Anthony
"Tony" Quesada submitted the following (for "History
of the 39th BG")
George
Walsh, my A/C became a weatherman in 1946. In 1947, he and
a colleague and their wives took a C-46 sightseeing to Venezuela
to see the Bridal Veil Falls. They crashed in the jungle
and all aboard perished.
Updated:
25 March 2002
The following is additional information submitted by Harry
D. Hink:
"George
Walsh, our aircraft commander, left the crew with a few
missions remaining before the war ended. He was reassigned
to Group Headquarters. I took over the crew as aircraft
commander. The crew had 28 missions at War's end. The last
mission was the big formation flight over Tokyo Bay and
the Battleship Missouri on September 2, 1945, when the peace
was signed.
As
a matter of interest, the name "Little George" was the name
of George Walsh's son who was born just before we went to
Guam.
As
I recall, the crews were broken up while we were still on
Guam. I was transferred to the 497th Group, 73rd Wing, on
Saipan September 21, 1945, and flew one of their aircraft
to the States, never to see "Little George" again.
The
only crew member I was stationed with in the years following
the War was Robert Wendels, our right gunner, while we were
both assigned to the Alaskan Command, 1956-1959.
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