Mission 436 / Christmas Day 1944
Need ship 82 drop-group evidence. The crew sheet confirms Bob Cary on the mission, but the remaining question is whether ship 82 dropped on Singen or was among the aircraft that mistakenly bombed Thayngen.
A focused list of documents, images, captions, and local records that could move the Bob Cary research from strong leads toward confirmed evidence.
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Need ship 82 drop-group evidence. The crew sheet confirms Bob Cary on the mission, but the remaining question is whether ship 82 dropped on Singen or was among the aircraft that mistakenly bombed Thayngen.
Need any source connecting Bob Cary to ship 78, serial 42-95746, or the aircraft name Lady Bugs.
Need photos, letters, captions, or Davis family records that clarify Hartwell Davis's connection to Bob Cary, the Pappy nickname, and the return-visit evidence.
Need Decatur school records, WMU registrar or transcript records, marriage, dental-school, license, obituary, church, newspaper, or funeral-home records.
Need reunion programs, photo captions, newspaper scans, or Chekhab book pages.
Research status last reviewed: 8 June 2026.