Dear Snautzer, D James, Roman Susil, Wurger,
God bless all of you. It's good to know there are still nice people in the world.
I can't wait to get started on the leads you've provided.
So far I've found out he was based in Solenzara, Corsica. He was an aerial gunner on B-25's with the 447th. I have his records of July 1944 of some bombing missions on railroad bridges and viaducts in Italy: Ronta, Pietrasanta, Vado, Mantua, Allesandria Marshalling yards (40 miles east of Turin), Sermide, Borgoforte, Peschiera, Bogliasco, Ostiglia and Legnano.
They were heavily flakked on some of those missions in July with all 18 or 19 planes on the missions being holed. They lost a pilot over Vado on July 6th and the co-pilot (2nd Lt William Wigmore) was wounded on my father's plane (A/C #43-4060).
He trained at Columbia Army Air Base in South Carolina in Aug Sep 1942.
I haven't seen "Cover Girl" so far in the limited amount of data I've seen but he was on missions on "Little David" and "Superstitious Aloysius" among other numbered aircraft. He went to Rest Camp on Capri in Sep. of 44.
I'll post a picture of him with "Cover Girl" as I become more proficient with the computer. Right now I'm all thumbs.
Thanks again everybody for all your help. I really appreciate it. I'll be checking back in to advise of my progress.
Rdgrnr
PS
Thanks for the pictures Mr Susil, I'll bet you have some interesting stories to tell. By the way, my wife is of Czech descent, her last name was Horak.