by dbeach » Mon Aug 21, 2006 10:28 pm
Joe Kennedy jr 8/12/44<br><br>Kathleen Kennedy 5/13/48<br><br>"9/10/44 plane shot down.<br><br>William John Robert Cavendish was known as Marquess of Hartington, <br>after 1938,because his father was the Duke of Devonshire and he was <br>the elder son.FWIW he and Kathleen married May 6,1944,the anniversary of <br>the death of his grandfather,who was Harold Macmillan's father-in-law. <br>Macmillan of course was PM when JFKennedy was President."<br><br>The Hartington family had huge influence in Britain <br><br><br>6/19/64 Teddy K. broke back plane crash . 2 others died.<br><br><br>{7/17/96 Flight 800 TWA crash }<br><br>JFK jr 7/16/99<br><br>5/13/06 Teddy K. plane hit by lightning<br><br><br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.b-29s-over-korea.com/kennedy_story/kennedy_story02.html">www.b-29s-over-korea.com/...ory02.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>"THE SECRET MISSION OF JOSEPH P. KENNEDY, JR.<br><br>THE STORY<br> <br>From 1939 thru 1945 there were many secret missions by the allies to destroy the Nazi war machine. On Aug. 12, 1944, one of our most tragic secret missions occurred. A PB4Y-1, the Navy version of the B-24, loaded with 374 <br><br>[pictured above] German V-1 "Buzz Bomb"<br><br><br>[pictured above] German V-2 Ballistic Missile<br> <br>boxes of high explosives weighing over 20,000 pounds, took off from England. This flying bomb was piloted by Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., and accompanied by an armada of various types of aircraft. Flying V-Bombs launched by the Germans were creating havoc in England, and it was imperative they be destroyed. Besides the V-1 Buzz Bomb and the deadly V-2 Rocket, the Germans had developed a huge V-3 Supergun. Most of the launch sites were situated in heavily fortified underground bunkers that were difficult to destroy by conventional bombing. Kennedy was on his way to eliminate one of these sites when at 6:20 PM his flying bomb exploded in mid air. The U.S. Government ordered an immediate coverup. For almost 60 years the incident was shrouded in secrecy. Kennedy's younger brother became President. Why did the U.S. want this hushed up? What actually happened on that fateful flight? How was this flying bomb going to be guided to the target? What was Joe Kennedy's background, and how was he selected to carry out this dangerous mission? <br><br><br><br>AFTERMATH AND COVERUP <br>Joseph Kennedy Jr. was to be the first tragedy to strike the Kennedy Family. Very few parts of the B-24 were found, no bodies.The official crash report indicated the cause of the accident was unknown. Once the safety pin was removed ignition could have been triggered by any aircraft making radio contact with the aircraft. Joe was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously. The Navy Cross was also awarded to his brother in the PT-109 incident. After the accident there was an immediate coverup of the entire accident which was already clouded in secrecy. No information was released for almost 60 years, even now no real disclosure. One point that is pretty hard to swallow, the whole truth is that the mission was pointless. Through a huge intelligence failure it was later disclosed that the target launch site had been severely damaged by RAF raids a week before. They had dropped massive "Tall Boy" bombs on it. So- the disaster was probably unnecessary. It is largely believed this is the reason behind the coverup. 20 year<br><br>s after the war ended the case was opened up, which only raised more questions. Claims bordered on the ridiculous. The Germans claimed they shot the plane down, Joe was captured and later killed in an escape attempt. Other claims were that Joe parachuted and was captured by a Panzer division, and later Kennedy and Willy were both shot. Many articles were published which claimed mostly erroneous information. Finally Elliot Roosevelt, son of FDR, called all of the reports ridiculous and complete nonsense. He was there and saw first hand what happened. He witnessed the useless death of a potentially great American. After all, the U.S. had tried 19 RC bomb test and none of them were successful. Was this mission hushed up and so secret because it was not necessary? "<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.infoplease.com/spot/kennedytimeline.html">www.infoplease.com/spot/k...eline.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>Rise of family bush {British ancestry}<br><br>descent of family Kennedy{Irish ancestry}<br> <p></p><i></i>
