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Hastings Banner Published 1959. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Notes from Pilot Capt. Charlie McCann on the photo of him flying his P-38 "Lady Beverly"

Hastings Banner Published 1891. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Nashville News Published 1966. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Nashville News Published 1924. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Nashville News Published 1959. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Maple Valley News Published 2014. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Maxine Dibble in her Navy Uniform.

Hastings Banner Published 2019. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, September 9, 1943.

Photograph of head librarian Florence Wilson, 1964-1974.

James (center, running the ball) playing high school football.

94th Fighter Squadron pilot Lt. Robert Vrilakas. at Capri rest camp

Hastings Banner Published 1996. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Maple Valley News Published 1977. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Sun and News Published 2008. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

James Dibble (front row, center) and teammates at the Englewood Y in Chicago, IL.

Nashville News Published 1953. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Barry County Cemetery Burials, Listed by Last Name Alphabetically E-G. Notes: This data was compiled in 2006 and will not contain datas later than approximately 2004. Many first names are missing for some cemeteries whose names begin with S-W; we will address this issue if and when possible.

Nashville News Published 1883. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Banner Published 1919. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Maple Valley News Published 2009. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, July 25 to July 27, 1943.

Landscape view of the Padula Valley.

Letter from Lt. Col. Archie Jackson (Ret) to Jim Dibble talking about his WWII experience and life after.

Nashville News Published 1903. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Nashville News Published 1916. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Banner Published 1985. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Hastings Banner Published 1951. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Hastings Banner Published 1865. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Hastings Banner Published 1930. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Nashville News Published 1888. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, June 20 to June 24, 1943.

Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, August 5 to August 6, 1943.

James Dibble (left) and his brother Bill with their older brother Bob at Barlow Lake, west of Hastings, Michigan.

Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, August 28, 1943.

Letter from James in King City, CA during primary training to his brother Bill in Chicago, IL.

Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, July 6 to July 8, 1943.

Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, July 14, 1943.

The crash site in the Padula Valley with markers for plane parts. Red flags show where parts are thought to be buried based on metal detector scans.

Nashville News Published 1964. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

The Reminder newspaper article on a ceremony at Hastings High School to honor James Dibble. Included was his widow Maxine, also a Hastings High School graduate.

Mission report dated August 26, 1943 listing Lt. Dibble as destroying an Me. 109.

Jim Dibble's account of his uncle James Dibble's life and the search for answers into the details of his death.

Letter from James in Santa Ana, CA during primary training to his father.

German language page of a book describing events of August 30, 1943 from the German perspective. Provided by Frank McIntosh. Citation: Dr. Jochen Prien, Jagdgeschwader 77, Vol III (Struve Druck, Eutin, 1993), pp. 1719

Newspaper clipping listing James Dibble as missing in action.

Hastings Banner Published 1943. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Bull Diaries Index, Listed by Last Name Alphabetically Hu-Mc

Sun and News Published 2024. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.