Posted By Susan Gilmont on November 06, 2007 at 15:21:29:
My father, Robert D. Gilmont, served in the 306th Bomb Group, 369th Squadron as a radio operator-gunner. Dad is gone now, and we have found his list of operational sorties. I notice that not all missions were counted. One is marked with a dash and the term ABAND - which might mean "abandoned." Others--short missions to France--are also not counted and marked with the word "SPARE." What does "SPARE" mean? Can anyone help interpret this?