Author: Kimberly
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Resources for missing personnel families
For the families of servicemembers who went Missing in Action during the Second World War, the ensuing decades have no doubt been marked by profound uncertainty. The absence of definitive information about the fate of their loved ones’ left many relatives grappling with unanswered questions and the emotional toll of ambiguous loss. The families of…
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Life in wartime England
Stationed in England during World War II, the airmen of the Mighty Eighth Air Force lived a life that cycled between terror and routine boredom. These boys, many of them barely in their twenties, found themselves not only far from home in a foreign country but enduring the unique and harsh realities of a new…
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Famous pilots named Joe
The world of aviation has seen many remarkable pilots named Joe, each leaving a legacy of courage, skill, and groundbreaking achievements. This website is named after Joseph Herbert Noyes, from Seattle, but there are plenty of other notable Joe’s out there. Joe Henry Engle, an American aeronautical engineer and NASA astronaut, is renowned for his…
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A memory of Grif Mumford
In 1998, I enrolled as a member of the 95th Bomb Group (H) Memorials Foundation. My sponsor was the unforgettable gentleman known as Grif Mumford, or H. Griffin Mumford, Colonel, USAF (Ret.) Grif called me and wrote several times upon learning of my interest in the fate of The Joe Noyes Crew. Grif was thrilled…