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Nashville News Published 1948. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Notes from Charles McCann clarifying events of August 30, 1943.

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

Signed Transition Flight Certificate where James Dibble certified he was trained to pilot the P-38, 1943-06-19.

Nashville News Published 1923. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Bull Diaries Index, Listed by Last Name Alphabetically Ri-Te

James Dibble's Posthumous Distinguished Flying Cross Award

Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, August 1 to August 2, 1943.

Barry County Cemetery Burials, Listed by Last Name Alphabetically P-S. 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.

Assorted newspaper clippings mounted on a scrapbook page about James Dibble shooting down a German Messerschmitt.

Maple Valley News Published 1995. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Banner Published 2022. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Sun and News Published 1988. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Banner Published 2007. 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 Chicago, IL to his mother.

Statement from Walter Pitman about Lt. Rigney, shot down on August 30, 1943.

Charles Schreffler and his Douglas A-1 Skyraider

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

Air Cadet James Dibble at Luke Field, CA.

Hastings High School Commencement Program, James is listed on page 3 under College Courses.

Photo of other pilots, some of whom flew on August 30, 1943. Left to right are Johnson (debriefing officer), Hurst (flew), Wineburg (flew, KIA), George Smith (flew), Smythe (didn't fly) and Newberry (didn't fly)

Bill Dibble, James' younger brother, at the crash site.

Luke Field Flight Training Graduation Booklet for Jim Dibble's Class 42-K

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

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

Letter to Maxine Dibble informing of her of where James Dibble is buried in Italy.

Letter from James in Chico, CA during basic training to his mother.

James (seated, second from left), his brother Bill (seated, far right) and classmates at the Edger School in 1931.

Nashville News Published 1920. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

James (2nd from right, back row) and classmates at the Kellogsville School in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Email from Stefania Melito in Italy recounting an interview with Giuseppe Pisano who witnessed James Dibble's crash.

Nashville News Published 1900. 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, August 3 to August 4, 1943.

Bull Diaries Index, Weddings and Anniversaries Listed by Last Name Alphabetically A-Kr

Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, August 26, 1943.

Sun and News Published 2017. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Nashville News Published 1911. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Sun and News Published 1994. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Maple Valley News Published 2017. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Nashville News Published 1928. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Nashville News Published 1912. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Banner Published 1869. 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 2012. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Example of a Ryan PZ-22 James Dibble trained on. This was the primary training plane.

James' "Short Snorter" $1 bill signed by, among others, Eddie Rickenbacker, WWI Ace and Carl Spatz, General and Commander of Strategic Air Forces in Europe, 1944.

According to the Air Mobility Command Museum, the Short Snorter was "paper currency signed by people you were flying with or people you met. If someone signed your short snorter and you couldn't produce it upon request, you owed him a dollar or a drink "a short snort." (https://amcmuseum.org/collections/short-snorter/)

Nashville News Published 1892. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Example of a Curtis Wright AT-9 James Dibble trained on.

Bull Diaries Book 13

The front facade of the Post Office that became the Hastings Public Library in 1965 at the corner of Church and Court streets, Hastings, MI.

Sun and News Published 2020. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.