Jeffrey- in reference to your "It is disappointing to note that I have not seen anyone say that they intend to place an inquiry in the newspaper as I have done.", I'd like to point out that you did not explicitly ask others to do the same. I've placed quite a few ads, asking for similar responses, in the Washington/Oregon/Idaho area, with no fruitful response. I got an unexpected response from my Dad (b. 1924), and from an old English teacher (b. 1925), recalling the newspaper accounts of the time. My English teacher turns out to have been a "Rosey the Riveter", working for an airline as a trained riveter, then for Boeing during the war, then for another airline before she became an English Teacher! I've provided her with a bunch of AE/TIGHAR material and anxiously await her impressions. She told me that she had gone to school to learn aircraft riveting, so had a certificate, and did much repair work during the war on battle-damaged aircraft (returned to Boeing Field in Seattle from the Pacific theater). One prescient comment she made to me was that 'girls were better with the small size of the rivets.' When I asked her what sort of rivets she used, she said she didn't remember. When I asked her if they had a dimple in the head, she said "of course, they were aircraft rivets."
Suggestions on what to ask her next?