Name: Greg Griswold
E-mail: ggriswold@gmail.com
Date posted: June 27, 2010 - 09:56 pm
Message: My father, Truman "Bud" Griswold, was a co-pilot in the 445th at the time of this mission. He never spoke much of about his service in WWII. He did mention "The Sweetest Rose of Texas" once...so perhaps he was on that plane that made it home that fateful day. All I can say is I'm lucky to be here today.

Name: Katie
E-mail: flyawaywm@sbcglobal.net
Date posted: May 16, 2010 - 07:17 pm
Message: My husband was born in Kassel on September 5, 1944. Shortly after he was born, his grandmother pulled her daughter and grandson out of the local hospital feeling it was not a safe place....later ( don't know exactly when but it could have been during the mission ) the hospital was bombarded and leveled. My husband is today a retired US Department of Defense employee who retired not only on a high post but also with the highest award ever awarded to a civilian working for DOD. We consider it a miracle that this little boy lived and later prooved to be an autstanding US citizen and employee of US DOD. Our prayers go to all fallen soldiers and civilians. Katie

Name: Jerry Barnish ( - )
E-mail: ishkish@comcast.net
Date posted: April 25, 2010 - 05:22 pm
Message: Thank you for this invaluable web site. I have been researching
my father's line and was amazed to find a cousin who served
in WWII and afterwards. S/SGt Francis Barnish served in the
Air Force until 1961. I was dismayed to read that his plane was shot down during the Kassel mission and many of his crewman perished. I can only thank the men for their service to our country and cherish their memories and their contributions.

Name: Emily White
E-mail: benningtonbear@hotmail.com
Date posted: March 29, 2010 - 04:29 pm
Message: Private

Name: morgan leist
E-mail: mleist89@yahoo.com
Date posted: January 29, 2010 - 07:25 pm
Message: a relative of mine by the name of howard boldt was on the kassel mission flying top turret for the b-24 king kong

please email with any photos regarding the crew and the plane thanks

Name: Eberhard Weber
E-mail: eweber@sti.net
Date posted: January 20, 2010 - 06:54 am
Message: Today I came across your site where I learned about the Kassel Mission. I was about 12 years old then, visiting my mother in Brotterode from A Boarding school in Schleusingen when one Bomber went down near that town. It was an obvious attempted crashlanding in a small green valley between two wooded hills. A German soldier was posted at that site. I do not remember anything about the fate of the crew. But some of my friends and I crawled over the wreck and I managed to retrieve a solenoid from the fuselage. I had no idea that so many planes went down in a matter of minutes. Thank you for creating this site.

Name: Michael
E-mail: lauis-micha@web.de
Date posted: December 17, 2009 - 05:44 am
Message: Merry X-mas and a happy New Year from the 5 members of KMHS from Brotterode/Germany!

Name: Linda Dewey
E-mail: kmhs@kasselmission.com
Date posted: December 16, 2009 - 09:38 am
Message: Welcome everyone! Our Guest Book has been down since March 2009. We're so happy to be able to welcome those with an interest in the Kassel Mission and the 445th Bomb Group. Your posts will come to me, as moderator, and then will be posted to the board. Please allow several hours for this process. Again, welcome back!

Name: kassel test
E-mail: kassel test
Date posted: December 15, 2009 - 07:30 pm
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