Bernard's parents applied for a military marker on August 23, 1950 for Belvidere Cemetery.
Wednesday, May 30, 1945 Morning Star (Rockford, Illinois) Page 9
PARENTS HOLD TO SLIM HOPE - Doubt Reports Son Died In Battle
Although their son, Staff Sgt. Bernard J. Fair, has been declared killed in action by the war department following a year and a day in the missing in action status, Mr. and Mrs. Lowell G. Fair, 308 River Park road, Loves Park, still have hopes for his safety.
The basis, Fair explained last night, was that although the war department officially declared that no parachutes were seen to fall from the plane after it exploded over Germany, three of the crew members have been reported prisoners of war. Mr. and Mrs. Fair have learned of this through correspondence with families of other crew members on their sons' Flying Fortress.
An investigation into the fate of members of the crew is being made, Fair said, through the efforts of U. S. Senator Scott Lucas, a friend of the family, and the war department.
Sgt. Fair was listed as missing in action May 11, 1944, when his plane exploded over Germany on Sgt. Fair's 29th mission. Employed by the W. F. and John Barnes company before enlisting in March, 1943, he was a graduate of Harlem high school.
Wednesday, May 30, 1945 Morning Star (Rockford, Illinois) Page 9
PARENTS HOLD TO SLIM HOPE - Doubt Reports Son Died In Battle
Although their son, Staff Sgt. Bernard J. Fair, has been declared killed in action by the war department following a year and a day in the missing in action status, Mr. and Mrs. Lowell G. Fair, 308 River Park road, Loves Park, still have hopes for his safety.
The basis, Fair explained last night, was that although the war department officially declared that no parachutes were seen to fall from the plane after it exploded over Germany, three of the crew members have been reported prisoners of war. Mr. and Mrs. Fair have learned of this through correspondence with families of other crew members on their sons' Flying Fortress.
An investigation into the fate of members of the crew is being made, Fair said, through the efforts of U. S. Senator Scott Lucas, a friend of the family, and the war department.
Sgt. Fair was listed as missing in action May 11, 1944, when his plane exploded over Germany on Sgt. Fair's 29th mission. Employed by the W. F. and John Barnes company before enlisting in March, 1943, he was a graduate of Harlem high school.
Bernard's parents applied for a military marker on August 23, 1950 for Belvidere Cemetery.
Wednesday, May 30, 1945 Morning Star (Rockford, Illinois) Page 9
PARENTS HOLD TO SLIM HOPE - Doubt Reports Son Died In Battle
Although their son, Staff Sgt. Bernard J. Fair, has been declared killed in action by the war department following a year and a day in the missing in action status, Mr. and Mrs. Lowell G. Fair, 308 River Park road, Loves Park, still have hopes for his safety.
The basis, Fair explained last night, was that although the war department officially declared that no parachutes were seen to fall from the plane after it exploded over Germany, three of the crew members have been reported prisoners of war. Mr. and Mrs. Fair have learned of this through correspondence with families of other crew members on their sons' Flying Fortress.
An investigation into the fate of members of the crew is being made, Fair said, through the efforts of U. S. Senator Scott Lucas, a friend of the family, and the war department.
Sgt. Fair was listed as missing in action May 11, 1944, when his plane exploded over Germany on Sgt. Fair's 29th mission. Employed by the W. F. and John Barnes company before enlisting in March, 1943, he was a graduate of Harlem high school.
Wednesday, May 30, 1945 Morning Star (Rockford, Illinois) Page 9
PARENTS HOLD TO SLIM HOPE - Doubt Reports Son Died In Battle
Although their son, Staff Sgt. Bernard J. Fair, has been declared killed in action by the war department following a year and a day in the missing in action status, Mr. and Mrs. Lowell G. Fair, 308 River Park road, Loves Park, still have hopes for his safety.
The basis, Fair explained last night, was that although the war department officially declared that no parachutes were seen to fall from the plane after it exploded over Germany, three of the crew members have been reported prisoners of war. Mr. and Mrs. Fair have learned of this through correspondence with families of other crew members on their sons' Flying Fortress.
An investigation into the fate of members of the crew is being made, Fair said, through the efforts of U. S. Senator Scott Lucas, a friend of the family, and the war department.
Sgt. Fair was listed as missing in action May 11, 1944, when his plane exploded over Germany on Sgt. Fair's 29th mission. Employed by the W. F. and John Barnes company before enlisting in March, 1943, he was a graduate of Harlem high school.
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