[or-roots] the missing plane

[Chris & Bill Strickland]

cklooster at aol.com wrote:

> Great research!

just a little intelligent use of Google ...  and taking the time to do it --

> Now about that missing bomber with colonels Smith and Hodge....  Was 
> it ever located?  You can't just leave us hanging; we need the rest of 
> the story!

there've gotta be a few mysteries left for Margie to solve ...

Air Force Colonel Archibald Y. Smith, 49, and Army Colonel Walter W. 
Hodge ...

there is an article in the Oakland Tribune Saturday, July 02, 1949, the 
previews of which indicate the men were still missing, available at  
http://www.newspaperarchive.com

It appears Col Smith survived an airborne collision of two bombers on 28 
July 1944 near Merseburg, Germany (WW II). While a  German POW, "Col. 
Archibald Y. Smith, SAO, made a continuous effort to place an American 
officer and several enlisted men in the German kitchen. This was finally 
accomplished 24 March and henceforward, rations improved steadily."

but all I find about the 1949 event is the aircraft is MIA

Bill Strickland
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