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Nashville News Published 1875. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Flight logs for James Dibble from training at Chico, CA through his final flight on September 9, 1943.

Hastings Banner Published 2001. 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.

Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, June 3 , June 4 and June 5, 1943.

Hastings Banner Published 1925. 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 Book 15

Speech by Col. John T. Hanton at Lt. James Dibble's monument dedication in Padula, Italy.

James Dibble Crash Investigation Report summarizing the known facts and corrections, ultimately declaring James Dibble as killed in action on September 9, 1943.

Newspaper clipping listing James Dibble as missing in action.

Letter from State Librarian Genevieve Casey to Mrs. Richard Groos supporting the Hastings Library Board's recommendation to acquire the post office for a new library location.

The plaque on James Dibble's Monument.

Hastings Banner Published 1918. 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 1885. 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.

Pilot George Smith and a P-38.

Nashville News Published 1918. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Herald published 1902. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Sun and News Published 1983. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Nashville News Published 1899. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Banner Published 1979. 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 1873. 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.

Letter from James in North Africa to his parents.

Photo of a boot heel, top side, found at the crash site. It is USA made and most likely belonged to James Dibble.

James Dibble (right) and his brother Bill, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

P-38 pilot Lt. Frank McIntosh and his P-38 "Little Mae"

Letter from the Department of the Army to James' nephew Jim summarizing what they knew of James' death.

Newspaper clipping of James Dibble's burial in Mt. Hope cemetery

Letter from James in North Africa to his parents.

Sun and News Published 1999. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Memorial Service Program held at Hastings High School in 1946 honoring 27 Hastings residents who died in World War II.

Postcard from James in Los Angeles, CA to his mother.

Maple Valley News Published 1996. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

James (3rd from right, back row) and classmates at the Kellogsville School in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Hastings Banner Published 1879. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Note this is a partial year with issues available May - December. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Michigan Central Railroad Crash photos from 1914-05-28, outside Nashville, MI

Lt. Frank Mcintosh's account of August 30, 1943. Written in the 1970's or 1980's.

Hastings Banner Published 1976. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. <br /><br />Note this year wasanother where the paper was published every 2-5 days.<br /><br />Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, August 22 to August 25, 1943.

Bull Diaries Book 2B

Sun and News Published 2005. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Nashville News Published 1884. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Bill Dibble (third from right, back row) and classmates outside the Edger one room schoolhouse. He was in 7th Grade.

Account by James Dibble after his plane was badly damaged and lost an engine on a mission in Italy, August 9, 1943. Introduction by Jim Dibble, nephew.

An article in the From Time to Time Series describing the Bull's Prairies settlement in the 1800s. Note this document is not searchable and was scanned into PDF some years ago.

P-38 pilot Lt. Frank McIntosh and his P-38 "Little Mae"

Nashville News Published 1932. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Email from Jack Pettus mentioning James Dibble on the morning of August 30, 1943

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

Letter from Bill Dibble in Chicago, IL to his mother.

Bull Diaries Book 10

Letter from James at Muroc Air Force base (now Edwards), CA to his parents.