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    1. [SCKY] WW2 Story - Glasgow KY
    2. Roy Kinslow
    3. Roy Kinslow sent me this link a couple of weeks ago and I just have had time to read it. I think you will find the article of interest with its connection to this area. Thanks Roy! Sandi Roy said: Sandi, the article at the attached link may be of interest to some Glasgow and So. KY listers. Two persons named in the story, Edwin F. Smith of Glasgow, and Aubrey K. Stinson of Caneyville, are from Kentucky. The story has to do with the mid-air crash of two B-29 bombers over Weatherford, Texas during a training mission on August 17, 1945. As you will recall, Weatherford is 20 or 30 miles northwest of Fort Worth. The training date seems a little strange to me because the Japanese surrender was signed on August 15, 1945. The difference could be from inaccurate reporting or other reasons. Edwiin Smith was still alive in the late 1990s because he was interviewed for the story. Lt. Smith and his waist gunner were the only survivors of the crash of the two planes. The other B-29 was piloted by Lt. Stinson. Nothing is said of him in the article. Roy Kinslow Dallas TX http://www.texasescapes.com/WorldWarII/TragedyOverWeatherfordTexas.htm SCKY Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=south-central-kentucky Barren Co Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybarren GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

    03/31/2007 02:56:46