Remember, the Air Force would not have the records as it wasn't in existence in WW2. So -- with the massive fir they had at Saint Louis in 1973, 80% of all army records of those discharged from 1912 to 1960 were destroyed. Approximately 16 to 18 MILLION records were destroyed. Here is the info from the Military Personnel Center: The 1973 Fire On July 12, 1973, a disastrous fire at NPRC (MPR) destroyed approximately 16-18 million Official Military Personnel Files. The affected record collections are described below. Branch Personnel and Period Affected Estimated Loss Army Personnel discharged November 1, 1912, to January 1, 1960 80% Air Force Personnel discharged, September 25, 1947, to January 1, 1964 (with names alphabetically after Hubbard, James E.) 75% Aloha Wayne, NH6K -----Original Message----- From: Yolanda De Martino [mailto:yola@demartinos.com] Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 5:47 PM To: ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [RC-ROOTS] Military History WW11 I have been trying to get Military History information with regard to my brother. He was a Lt in the 15th Army Air Force, a navigator on a B24, 742nd Bomb Squadron, 455th Bomb Group in Italy. His plane crashed on December 20th 1944. All the crew were killed. (I have all their names.) He was buried at Pinelawn National Cemetery, Long Island, New York. on March 2,l949. I contacted the Military Personnel Records in St. Louis, Mo. and filled out the necessary forms and was told of the fire. I then wrote to the AFHRA at Maxwell AFB, Alabama and received an e-mail telling me they couldn't find any info. Does anyone have any ideas? There must be some records somewhere. Yolanda ==== ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS Mailing List ==== HOW TO CONTACT THE LIST ADMIN: please click here and send: mailto:ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-admin@rootsweb.com ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237