Posted By James Gregory on November 06, 2007 at 18:37:28:
In Reply to: interpreting flight records posted by Susan Gilmont on November 06, 2007 at 15:21:29:
My cousin was with the 306BG, 369BS from 2 July 44 to 13 Sept 44 when he was KIA on his 13 mission. When was your dad with the 369thBS?
Jim G.
: 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?