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Re: Charles J. Canty (my father)

Posted by Candice Canty on 11/24/2008, 2:27 am
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My father was Lt.Charles J Canty. He was with the 457th 750th squadron. I have his flight book, and he flew 32 combat missions. He was a bombardier/Navigator. He was injured on 7/9/1944, I believe he was on the fish and chips.
He received the DFC, I think for pulling some men out of the plane. My dad had alot of records in a cedarchest, which I have been going thru. I am checking the flight book against the missions on this web site. I also have letters written from Glatton from my father to his mom, and also from the pilot he flew with Edward Stevens and Charles Johns. I am trying to find out if he flew in the Flak Dodger, and the names of the other planes. Is there any family out there related to Stevens or Johns?

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Re: Charles J. Canty (my father)

Posted by Claude Sullivan on 11/25/2008, 6:27 pm, in reply to "Re: Charles J. Canty (my father)"
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Absolutely great to hear from you! Please send me your E Mail Address and I will provide you with "tons" of inforamtion about your father including several photos. I was the navigator on his crew (Stevens, Johns, me and your father.)
Can't wait to hear from you.
Claude (Sully) Sullivan.

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Re: Charles J. Canty (my father)

Posted by Candice Canty on 11/27/2008, 2:40 am, in reply to "Re: Charles J. Canty (my father)"
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Dear Sully,

I am so excited that I called my son and my sister to let them know I actually had an email from one of my dads crew members. we cannot believe it, my sister said it is a miracle. My computer is up and running, so we cannot wait to hear the stories you have about our dad. My dad had a son Steven from his first wife Emma. My dad might have spoken of him, I believe when my dad was gone, my brother lost the sight in one eye from a thrown rock. My dad was great, his first wife Emma married his first cousin, another Charlie, and after he married my mother, Lucille, we called Emma Auntie and Charlie (my dads cousin) was my godfather. Talk about a crazy family. So we would like to hear everything. Thanks so much for responding!
Candy Canty Freitas.
I was so excited the first time I wrote I am not sure I got my email address correct. So here it is again. danncandy@aol.com
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving! We will and we will be talking about Sully Sullivan!!!!!

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Re: Charles J. Canty (my father)

Posted by Sully Sullivan on 11/25/2008, 10:08 pm, in reply to "Re: Charles J. Canty (my father)"
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Great to hear from you!!! I was the navigator on Stevens' crew and I can tell you "tons" about your father. Please send me an E Mail and I will tell you more about your father than perhaps you want to know. We were very close in more ways than one...sharing the nose of a B-17 many hours and living in a quanset Hut with our cots a very feet apart.
Yes he was in the Fish and Chips when they had that mishap, but I was not flying with them that day as I had already been taken off Stevens' crew and was flying as a lead navigator.
Candice, I am very excited and happy that you posted your message on the Meaaage Board because I have wondered many time what happened to Charles. Again, please let me hear from you soon.
Sully

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Re: Charles J. Canty (my father)

Posted by CANDICE on 11/26/2008, 7:11 pm, in reply to "Re: Charles J. Canty (my father)"
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You have got to be kidding! This is great! email me. My computer is out, but should be fixed by next week.

I am really excited to hear from you!

My dad passed away in 1984. He was a great guy, we called him good time Charlie.

He would do anything for anyone. He and his first wife divorced, he later married my mom and had two girls.

I am also interested in what happen to Stevens and Johns. Do you know?

My dad told me afew things, but I would love to hear it all.
Thanks so much
Candice

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Re: Charles J. Canty (my father)

Posted by Sully Sullivan on 12/1/2008, 5:38 pm, in reply to "Re: Charles J. Canty (my father)"
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Candice, the moment your computer is "well" send me your Address and I will give you several hundred words about our crew.
By the way, the four officers on the crew always called each other by their last name...it was Stevens, Johns, Canty and Sully so please forgive me if I refer to your Dad as Canty...OK?
Stevens is alive and living in Lakeland Flordia. We saw him last year. He is 91 and in remarkably good health I beleive Johns passed away in late 2001. He was living in San Antoniop Tx in early 2001 but I could not reache= him later that year.
Waiting, almost patiently, to hear from you.
Sully
Sullytherev@aol.com

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Re: Charles J. Canty (my father)

Posted by Suilly Sullivan on 11/26/2008, 1:23 pm, in reply to "Re: Charles J. Canty (my father)"
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Sorry about the second posting....wasn't sure the frst one had gone through.(Did not remember wheher I had clicked on Post or Review)

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Re: Charles J. Canty (my father)

Posted by Claude Sullivan on 11/30/2008, 5:25 am, in reply to "Re: Charles J. Canty (my father)"
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Candice, Please give me your E Mail Address and/or your "Snail" Mail Address. I really would like to know more about your Dad, and what he did after the war. And I would like very much to know more about you.
I have talked and thought about him countless times since I last saw him in August/September 1944. Johns and I came back to the US on the Queen Elizabeth, but I do not know when your Dad and Stevens came back.
Please let me hear from you.
Sully

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Re: Charles J. Canty (my father)

Posted by Marnie on 12/5/2008, 1:09 pm, in reply to "Re: Charles J. Canty (my father)"
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Hi I am Marnie the granddaughter to Charles J Canty, I am also interested in any info about his role in the War and the friendships he had.

Gratefully, Marnie

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