Acknowledgements

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Thanks to all the people of the Avon Valley and the New Forest, both residents and expatriots, who have contributed to this project. Thank you also to the many librarians, journalists and editors in the UK and the USA who have searched for material, guided and otherwise assisted me in my research and to fellow reseachers and enthusiasts, especially Alan Brown, Les White, Peter Oliver and Ian Claxton who gave of their time and knowledge so freely. Thank you to the publishers, artists and photographers who have permitted me to reproduce their material in this site to enhance it in terms of both content and appearance. A special thank you to the staff of the Information Resource Centre of the Air Traffic Management Development Centre for their help in many ways. Thanks to Paul Williams Professional Photographic Laboratory, Parkstone, Poole UK for their advice and expertise in working with microfilm records and vintage photographic material.

Thank you especially to Bob Williams, Andy Wilson, Hal Shook, Fred Varn, Bob Bealle, Kemal Saied, Ralph Smathers, Doug Nelmes and other members of the 404th who have given me so much of their memories and photographs to make this web site a special record of them, their courage and sacrifice during just a part of their and their units' history.