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Bradley Anderson
July 2, 2018
My father was part of the B-24 crew that went down in Holland on March 6, 1944. His name was Russ Anderson, Hubert Cripe's co-pilot. Our family is so sorry to hear of H. Cripes passing; my dad talked fondly of him. My dad passed away back in 1983; we did not know where Hubert Cripe was still living; if we had we would have tried to contact him. We see that he had written a book entitled "Bittersweet Brutality" ... I have not been able to find the book. Would you know how we could get a copy? Please contact me with the e-mail address. Again, very sorry for your loss.
Brad Anderson
paul Wannarka
March 3, 2018
His memory was incredible and very vivid. He remembered and shared every detail, throttle settings, altitudes and mission targets. We eventually got to that fateful day when they were returning from a mission from Berlin and a ME-109 put a cannon round through their left wing. His B-24 on fire, Hubert in his southern accent told me I'd been told you could dive a B-24 and put a fire out, Son, I'm here to tell you it can't be done!
I'm so thankful that Hubert was still here at that time to tell us what happened to our family member and that he was willing to share his and our Uncle's story with us. I cannot begin to tell you how much it helped the healing process even after all those years for my mother and my family.
We will miss him and forever remember, and share his story and how it intertwined with our family story and the history of this Country. Hubert was truly a deserving member and rightfully earned his place among the ranks of the Greatest Generation.
Paul Wannarka
Paul Wannarka
March 3, 2018
About four years ago I decided to try find out what actually happened to my mother's older brother and my uncle, Staff Sergeant Gerald Yoder who never came back from WWII. We knew he was a bottom ball turret gunner on a B-24 and was lost somewhere over the North Sea on his way back to his air base, Old Buckenham in England. But other than that we did not really have many solid details, there were lots of different details passed around amongst my relatives that did not always add up and most had never been confirmed. The one thing I did know for a fact was how much my Mother, who was 10 years old when Gerald left for the war, wanted to know what happened to her big brother.
It turns out that the internet can be a truly wonderful thing. I started searching and before too long found a website dedicated to the US Army Air Corps 453rd Bomb Group. From there things started to really come together, I actually found an internet post from the grandson of the Dutch fisherman who helped pull out two of the surviving crew members from the North Sea and eventually, I found Hubert.
To make a long story short, I found the last surviving crew member of crew #44 of the B-24 named Libby Raider, my Uncle's crew. That member was Captain Hubert Cripe. I was able to get his address and I wrote him a letter. Hubert, now 93 must have opened my letter and immediately gave me a call. We were on the phone for what most of been the better part of three hours. He explained to me that he felt it was our birthright to know what happened to our family member so long ago and so far away. We talked about how he entered the service and his training and his journey to England through Brazil and North Africa with his crew and his B-24 named the Libby Raider which he wanted to name Cripes Almighty but was was outvoted by his crew. We also talked about their 6 missions into Europe and his year and a half in a German POW camp.
His memory was incredible and very vivid. He remembered and
Marvin Biesenthal Family
February 21, 2018
Hubert was a dear friend of our family. He will be totally miss by all our family
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