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Message No. 1140
Subject: Andy B O'Hara
Date: Wed Nov 8, 2017 16:59
IP: 174.97.251.29

Message:
Jon, my uncle 1Lt Ralph E McCord was the pilot of the 319th Bomb Squadron B-24D named "Come And Get It" serial 42-40941 and arrived with his crew to Australia in late June or early July 1943. He was killed in action on October 16, 1943 and was the sole fatality on another plane named "The Sad Sack".
They were on a single plane recon mission about 60 miles east of Madang, and he took a single round of 20mm cannon file through the windscreen. His plane and crew made it back to Dobodura. The plane was salvaged after the war from the Nadzab airfield and a photo of it can be found on the Pacific Wrecks website.
A reprint of the 1944 Asterperious squadron photo book is available on The Book Patch website here for 35 dollars.

https://www.thebookpatch.com/BookStore/asterperious/fbe4a67d-a05e-4c22-a740-11049331ca70?isbn=9781633182264

The write up about the book indicates that there are notes which were in the original book, and were made by Andy B O'Hara.

Best wishes on your searches about your father's war history.

Bill Ralph McCord, Terre Haute, Indiana
Message No. 1140 ▷ Parent Message No. 1140 ▷ Grandparent Message No. 907
Responses:
  • Andy OHaraJon OHara, Mon Apr 27 11:10
    Kelly: Thank you for your response, Andy was my father, and I knew your family well. After he died I became ill myself and lost touch with Grandma Charlie, and moved to california. I remember the... more
    • Andy B O'Hara — bill mccord, Wed Nov 8 16:59
      • Ralph E. McCorddavid harter, Thu Nov 9 10:54
        I am the son of Major Leland I. Harter, Squadron Commander of the 320th. I have his book " Legacy of the 90th Bombardment Group." on page 83 and 84. The story of McCord is told, This is what it says. ... more
        • 90th BG 319th BS & 320th BSbill mccord, Thu Nov 9 15:14
          Nov 9, 2017 David Harter, Thanks so much for your quick post. Interesting info from the Wiley Book. Uncle Ralph's sister, my aunt Judy, bought me the book just after her brother (my dad) died. And... more
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