Comments on: The Crew of the Little Lulu

By: Peter Miraglia

Peter Miraglia — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 19:46:25 +0000

Felix B. Gleason is my uncle who I never met. When I was growing up I heard various versions of what happened to him from my grandmother (Gertrude Gleason) and my mother (Mary Gleason) but it hasn’t been until recently with all the information about the battle on the internet that we’re learning the details. All of his sisters and his oldest brother (who also served in the Army Air Corps.) are still with us.

By: Philippe Castellano

Philippe Castellano — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 20:17:45 +0000

Hello

Jst an samll information about the pilot John James. Mrs Betty Ruth James was his young sister, not his wife. Betty became after WWII Mrs Betty R. Karle, and the wonderfull 464th BG’historian for long, long time.

By: Antonio

Antonio — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 09:33:21 +0000

Missing Aircrew Report (MACR) 7968-464 identifies John H. James’ father as Milton P. James of Pleasanton, KS; Edward J. Maloney’s grandmother as Catherine S. Maloney of Ansonia, CT; Edwin G. Dunham’s father as Harry A. Dunham of Bloomfield, NJ; Walter W. Weaver’s mother as Anna M. Weaver of Clarion, PA; Eugene A. Jeleniewicz’s mother as Edna Jeleniewicz of Jersey City, NJ; John F. D’Amore’s father as Salvator D’Amore of Hollywood, CA; Ralph Robinson’s mother as Mary Robinson of New York, NY; Edward G. Ivan’s mother as Mary Ivan of Homestead, PA; Thad J. Watson’s mother as Etha M. Watson of Norton, NC; and Felix Gleason’s mother as Gertrude J. Gleason of Warren, PA.

By: The Little Lulu: Painting of the Air Battle | Digging in the Roots

The Little Lulu: Painting of the Air Battle | Digging in the Roots — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:02:14 +0000

[...] I have on my grandfather’s time in the Army Air Corps during World War II, particularly as a crew member of the Little Lulu, a B-24 Liberator assigned to bomb oil refineries in Europe. Daddy Thad (Sgt. Thad J. Watson Sr.) [...]

By: Dawn Watson

Dawn Watson — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 15:41:16 +0000

Thank you so much for sharing this painting. I have passed a link to it along to my father, Sgt. Thad J. Watson’s youngest son.

By: jiri soukup

jiri soukup — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 08:10:24 +0000

I’m from the Czech Republic and I really like aircraft and I’m interested in the WWII. By coincidence my son is very talented artist and he is able to draw almost everything. So I decided to tell him to draw some air battle scenes. Actually we are working on a series of drawings of the air battle up to Jindrichuv Hradec – the town in the
South Bohemia (we live here). During one bombing raid few of B-24 Liberators felt down just near Jindrichuv Hradec. One of these machines was called Little Lulu. Recently there was found a wreck of German FW 190 which was shooted by the Nose gunner of Little Lulu (Sgt Thad J. Watson Sr.,KIA) around J. Hradec. As a tribute to these brave mans which all, except one (radio operator), have died during this skirmish my son have painted this picture.

You can check it out here
http://vitoss.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d4qwuwa

In memory of all members of the 15th Air Force who gave their lives so that we may live.

Best regards,

Jiri Soukup
Jindrichuv Hradec

By: Anne Dembski

Anne Dembski — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:55:50 +0000

Thank you for the offer of a photo of Edward and crew.

I did some more research and you are correct about the co-pilot status. Our family now thinks Edward made co-pilot after he saw my mother and aunt at the wedding 14 months before he was shot down.

I had not thought about this man in years – I jyut happened to be bumping around the internet and found this blog. Once I had the name of the plane I was able to get much more information about the circumstance and I want to thank you for putting some valuable information together.

Anne Dembski

By: dncresearch

dncresearch — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 22:06:25 +0000

Nearly all of my information is from my grandmother (wife of Thad J. Watson, Sr.), who is now deceased. She made photo albums for Daddy Thad’s two children (my father and his older brother), and that’s where she had listed Edward as a co-pilot, I believe.

I believe I have a picture of Edward in that photo album. I don’t have immediate access to a scanner, but I will try in the next few weeks to find a way to get a picture to you.

Thanks for stopping by!

Dawn

By: Anne Dembski - daughter of Annmarie Maloney

Anne Dembski - daughter of Annmarie Maloney — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 12:48:51 +0000

My mother is a first cousin of Edward Maloney. She was suprised to hear that he was listed as a co-pilot since she remebers him as being a tail gunner. The last time they were all together was at my mother’s sister Mildred’s wedding. When Edward was leaving to go back to the base his mother Antionette told the family that she would not ever see him alive again. A mother’s preminission.

Anyway, Edward’s father’s name was Tom Maloney, I remeber he and his wife from my childhood. My mother said their grandfather’s name was John.

Any photos to be email shared?
Anne

By: Steve Edward Bobin

Steve Edward Bobin — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:35:48 +0000

Edward Maloney, the co-pilot, was my uncle. Thanks for sharing!