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Thu, 16 August 2012 13:18  |
rwsternfels
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HI KEN,
No I did not know you were a pilot.....by the way..it's PLOESTI...POLESI is AKA Nancy..ex speaker of the House..
Yes, I've heard the same story about the pows in Romania....
The US Air Force started a serious campaign to bomb Ploesti in 1944 when we had air fields in Italy...They had hundreds of B24s and B17s bombing during the day..then at night the English took over...Finally every one of the 14 oil refineries were destroyed and when the Russians entered Ploesti..they were mad at the Americans because the Russians had to rebuild all the refineries....You can't win...
Any questions on the Low Level I'll be glad to answer...Still can remember and have a book plus made a DVD on Ploesti.
Bob Sternfels
On Aug 16, 2012, at 9:44 AM, Ken Henderson:
> Bob,
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> As you may or may not know, I'm a retired USAF C-130 driver. My last assignment was at Robins AFB, GA as Chief of Commodities, Weapons, and Computers Reliability and Maintainability Engineering. The Section Leader for the Commodities group was John E. Washburn, formerly from Texas.
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> While I don't know many details, he was shot down over Polesti and spent the final days of the war as a POW. He didn't talk much about the ordeal, but most of what he said was not unpleasant; he said they were allowed a lot of freedom, and even allowed to wander the streets as the war wound down.
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> I mention him only on the off chance you happened to know him. I don't know what his rank or crew position, or outfit was. He had some college before the war so may have been commissioned. He later earned Aeronautical and Industrial Engineering degrees from Texas A&M. Unfortunately, he passed away in 2008.
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> Ken Henderson
> Americus, GA
> '76 X-Birchaven w/Cad500/Howell EFI+ & EBL
> www.gmcwipersetc.com
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> On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 11:19 AM, robert w. sternfels <rwsternfels@cox.net> wrote:
> HI DENNIS,
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> HAD JUST A SMALL AMOUNT PRINTED A FEW MONTHS AGO AND EXPECT TO BE OUT OF STOCK BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. AMAZON LISTS THE BOOK.....BUT I ALSO HANDLE THEM DIRECT.
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> THEY RUN $30.00 WITH POSTAGE BUT IF YOU WANT AN AUTOGRAPH PICTURE OF THE FAMOUS PLOESTI PRINT THAT SHOWS A B24 JUST MISSING 3 200 FOOT SMOKE STACKS...I WAS THE PILOT OF THAT PLANE, ADD $5.00 MORE...BOOK IS ALSO AUTOGRAPHED. CHECKS ONLY..ADDRESS 395 PINE CREST DR....LAGUNA BEACH, CAL.92651
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> BOB
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> On Aug 16, 2012, at 7:36 AM, As wrote:
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> > Bob,
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> > Are copies of your book still available?
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> > Regards,
> > Dennis
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> > Dennis F. Sexton
> > 7197 Mont Blanc Drive
> > Germantown, TN 38138-2066
> > USA
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: robert w. sternfels <rwsternfels@cox.net>
> > To: As <dennisfsexton@aol.com>
> > Cc: robert w. sternfels <rwsternfels@cox.net>
> > Sent: Wed, Aug 15, 2012 10:23 pm
> > Subject: Re: GMC off net
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> > DENNIS,
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> > Thank you for the nice note....a lot of guys were not so fortunate as i was..made over 50 missions as pilot of a B24 bomber at just 22 years old and flew on the most unusual mission..bombing oil refineries at PLOESTI, Romania from 150-200 feet above the ground....My book was written to correct the history of this event...Many books are written by groups of people for commercial gain so they expand on the true history...Being on the mission I have a leg up on all of them..
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> > Bob Sternfels
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> > On Aug 15, 2012, at 6:49 PM, As wrote:
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> >> Bob,
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> >> Dennis Sexton from the GMCnet forum.
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> >> My wife and I have been doing some searching lately on family history and participation in WWII. My wife's father Paul Crosier, Roanoke, VA, served in the Navy -- an ensign in Natal, Brazil and later a ltcmdr in the Pacific at Saipan. He was killed in an auto accident in 1953. Her step-father, Henry "Hank" Starke, Arcadia, MI, served in the Army air corps as a Captain. We have very limited history on either and are hoping to understand more of what they experienced during that time.
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> >> So, when I saw your post, and you mentioned your age, 92, I checked your name against my records -- and realized you received the Silver Star for your service in the Army Air Corps and are the author of "Burning Hitler's Black Gold"..
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> >> Thank you so much for your service -- it is an honor to know you and of your service to our country.
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> >> I am also happy that you have joined the GMC forum and look forward to your contributions.
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> >> Regards,
> >> Dennis
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> >> Dennis Sexton
> >> 7197 Mont Blanc Drive
> >> Germantown, TN 38138-2066
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