COMMENTS & NOTES
MEMO 1:
CREW
2nd Lt Milton Alvo P FEH
2nd Lt David C.Tallichet Jr CP FEH
2nd Lt Donald E.Israel NAV FEH
1st Lt Walter M.Gibson,Jr BOM FEH
Cpl Boleslaw V.Bitel WG FEH
Cpl George I.Murray TTE FEH
Cpl Farrell J.Davls ROG FEH
Cpl Woodrow W.Wilson BTG FEH
Cpl Leonard G.Woodruff TG FEH
350th Sqdn. Joined 100th Group on 15/2/45.
Crew flew 20 missions and Lt Tallichet flew 22 missions
LT ALVO INCOMPLETE LIST OF MISSIONS (from Jack O'Leary)
DATE TARGET A/C # A/C ID A/C NAME POSITION IN FORMATION
9 MARCH,1945 FRANKFURT 42-31708 EP-R "SKIPPER II" B-SQDN,LOW FLGT
10 MARCH,1945 DORTMUND 44-8503 LN-A "BABY BUNTY" A-SQDN, LEAD FLGT
14 MARCH,1945 HANOVER 44-6297 LN-X "SPIRIT OF PITTWOOD" B-SQDN, HIGH FLGT, SHIP # 2
23 MARCH,1945 UNNA 44-6297 LN-X "SPIRIT OF PITTWOOD" B-SQDN (TEC) tail end charlie
24 MARCH,1945 STEENWIJK 44-6297 LN-X "SPIRIT OF PITTWOOD" A-SQDN, ELEMENT 3, SHIP # 3
28 MARCH,1945 HANOVER 44-6297 LN-X "SPIRIT OF PITTWOOD" D-SQDN, ELEMENT 2, SHIP # 2
3 APRIL,1945 KIEL 44-6297 LN-X "SPIRIT OF PITTWOOD" C-SQDN, ELEMENT 3, SHIP # 2
4 APRIL,1945 KIEL, 43-38383 LN-F D-SQDN
8 APRIL,1945 EGER 44-6297 LN-X "SPIRIT OF PITTWOOD" D-SQDN,ELEMENT 1, SHIP # 3
9 APRIL, 1945 MUNICH, AF 44-6297 LN-X "SPIRIT OF PITTWOOD" B SQDN.ELEMENT 3, SHIP #3 Radio- B channel Poobah.
10 APRIL,1945 BURG-bei- 44-6297 LN-X "SPIRIT OF PITTWOOD" A-SQDN,ELEMENT 2, SHIP # 2
MAGDEBURG
11 APRIL,1945 LANDSHUT 44-6297 LN-X "SPIRIT OF PITTWOOD" C-SQDN,ELEMENT 1, SHIP # 2
14 APRIL,1945 ROYAN 44-6297 LN-X "SPIRIT OF PITTWOOD" D-SQDN, ELEMENT 3, SHIP # 3
18 APRIL, 1945 STRAUBING 44-6297 LN-X "SPIRIT OF PITTWOOD" B-SQDN, ELEMENT 3 LEAD
25 APRIL,1945 CHOWHOUND 44-6297 LN-X " SPIRIT OF PITTWOOD" CAMERA SHIP FILMING PRACTICE MISSION
PRACTICE MISSION
4 JUNE,1945 GREEN SUPPORT MISSION (FERRY GI'S TO CASABLANCA) 42-97765 PFF LN-S
Mike,
FYI
In case he doesn't have it here is the formation sheet from that mission9 April,1945 Munich a/f
ALVO-B-SQDN
They were in Element 3, ship #3 on the Left Wing
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From: timberlinedavis@gmail.com
To: mpfaley@aol.com, jan.riddling@gmail.com
Sent: 2/15/2011 9:43:15 A.M. Pacific Standard Time
Subj: Timberline Davis' new book... ~13~
Hello Michael,
The story part of my book ~13~ is complete. Now I am getting all the pictures
together for the pages. Carol Tallichet is sending me some pictures from Calif.
The pictures you sent were great. Thank you. I need a picture of a Nissen hut,
(or Quonset) and a picture of a 100 BG sign. Here is another mission we flew...
Not on the list you sent me.
9 Apr 45 Munich Airfield. Aircraft, 297 X 28. B SQDN. Radio- B channel Poobah.
I don't know what our first missions were.
Thanks again for all your help.
Sincerely,
Farrell "Timberline" Davis
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David Tallichet Jr., noted WWII aircraft collector
Buffalo Evening News
Dec. 20, 1922 — Oct. 31, 2007
David Tallichet Jr., founder of the Anaheim, Calif., company Specialty Restaurants Corp., which owns Shanghai Red’s, and once the foremost collector of flying World War II aircraft, died Wednesday. He was 84.
Mr. Tallichet was born in Dallas and joined the Army Air Forces during World War II, serving in the 350th Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bomb Group, in Britain. He and his crew flew 23 combat missions in B-17 bombers. Later, he flew transport aircraft during the initial stages of the rebuilding of war-torn Europe.
He began working for Hilton Hotels Corp. after the war in a variety of staff positions while serving in the New Mexico Air National Guard so he could fly P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft.
After serving as general manager of the Lafayette Hotel in Long Beach, Calif., Mr. Tallichet and two partners opened the Reef Restaurant in 1958, launching Specialty Restaurants, which would encompass more than 100 restaurants across the country.
Shanghai Red’s, which was built on the site of the former Crawdaddy’s, also run by Specialty Restaurants, opened in October 2004 overlooking Erie Basin Marina.
Mr. Tallichet’s main interest was collecting and restoring World War II aircraft to flying condition. That sometimes took him to remote areas of the globe to recover them, including overgrown jungle battlefields.
Mr. Tallichet at one time held the largest collection of privately owned flying World War II aircraft, which were sometimes used in Hollywood productions. He flew a B-17 Flying Fortress across the Atlantic to Britain to take part in 1990’s “Memphis Belle” and participated in other films.
In July 2007, Mr. Tallichet, a resident of Orange, Calif., took one of his B-17s to an air show in Michigan, where he was honored as the last World War II combat pilot still flying one of those rare aircraft.
Survivors include his wife, the former Carol Margaret Schmidt, an Eden native; a daughter, Catherine Ann; and three sons, William Robert, John David and James Lee.
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