I'm a reporter with The Boston Globe trying to track down a series of women who worked for Consolidated Vultee (Convair) building and modifying B-24 bombers during World War II in San Diego, CA, and Tucson, AZ. One of them was named Jean Diemer.

We're doing a series of stories at the Globe about the military's Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC), which recovers, identifies, and returns for burial the remains of missing US soldiers, sailors, and airmen from past wars. JPAC also recovers artifacts, and twice in New Guinea it has uncovered fragments of B-24 bombers that contained the signatures of women who worked at Convair. If possible, I'm trying to track down these women or their relatives to tell the stories of their service and sacrifice on the homefront during the war.

The first fragment contains the printed names of four women from Tucson:
**Mary Sasso
**Florence Valine
**Bess Flemming
**Jean Diemer

The second fragment bears six signatures from San Diego, though only four are legible. These are my best guesses at those names:
**Iris Wallace
**Doris Willison or Williamson
**Grace McNough or McNoughton
**Dorothy Henderson or Hernandez

If anyone could help me track down these women or their relatives, I would really appreciate it. I can be reached at 781-860-5560 or at emoskowitz@globe.com. Thanks for your help!

Sincerely,
Eric

Eric Moskowitz
Reporter / The Boston Globe
Phone: 781-860-5560
emoskowitz@globe.com