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Missing in action telegram for James Dibble received by his wife Maxine.

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

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

Hastings Banner Published 2020. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Postcard from Bill in Arkansas to his mother.

Hastings Banner Published 1990. 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 1967. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Letter from the State Department to Jim Dibble regarding assistance in researching James Dibble's crash site.

Hastings Banner Published 1886. 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 1998. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

James at High School Graduation from Hastings High School, Hastings, Michigan.

Bull Diaries Book 13

James Dibble in Chicago, IL at night.

Nashville News Published 1929. 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 6 and June 7, 1943.

Nashville News Published 1939. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Newspaper article about James Dibble and the Distinguished Flying Cross. This appeared in Skywrighter, the base newspaper for Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio on February 15, 1991. Read more recent editions of the paper at https://www.skywrighter.com/.

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

Hastings Banner Published 1968. 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.

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

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

Sun and News Published 1992. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Banner Published 2002. 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, Weddings and Anniversaries Listed by Last Name Alphabetically A-Kr

Bull Diaries Book 3

Hastings Banner Published 1908. 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 1907. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

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.

Copy of a statement from 2nd Lt. Raymond Schultz on what he saw when James Dibble 's group was attacked at Padula. He mistakenly thought another plane had gone down and did not know it was James.

Weekly encounter report, 1943-08-22 to 1943-08-23, listing Lt. Dibble as downing an enemy Messerschmitt 109.

Pilots of the 94th Fighter Squadron

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

Hastings Banner Published 1952. 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.

Letter from James in King City, CA during primary training to his parents.

The Dibble family at Barlow Lake. Mother Estella (standing), brother Bob (kneeling), brother Bill (left), James (right), and father James (on the ground).

Letter from James in King City, CA during primary training to his father.

Maple Valley News Published 2004. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Pilot Capt. Charlie McCann flying his P-38 "Lady Beverly"

Letter from James in North Africa to his parents.

Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, July 13, 1943.

Handwritten note from Mrs. Richard Groos to the Hastings City Mayor and City Council accompanying a letter received from the Michigan State Librarian.

Nashville News Published 1945. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Letter to James Dibble's parents about the High School memorial.

Hastings Banner Published 1965. 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.

Newspaper article in the Nashville News from June 4, 1914 describing a train wreck near Gregg's Crossing, west of Nashville, MI on May 28, 1914

Maple Valley News Published 2000. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

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

Nashville News Published 1909. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Jack Hanton talking about flying through the Padula Valley back in 1943.