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Houston, We Have a REUNION June 2013 Page 1 BLUENOSER 352nd Fighter Group Association Reunion Plans! New 352nd Movie! Princess Elizabeth Changes at Bodney Just take a look at all the in- A film about top ace George She’s been reassembled in Sadly, some of the remaining credible experiences planned Preddy is in the works. Get the UK, and is back in the buildings are no more. Find for you at this year’s reunion all the information about this air. We have the pictures to out the details. in Houston! wonderful project. prove it! Page 2 Page 3 Page 6 Page 7 Houston, We have A REUNION The dates have been set, the hotel booked, and you are going to LOVE the next reunion! October 24-28th will find us in the great state of Texas, at the South Shore Resort Hotel. This reunion promises to be an excellent experience for all! The Texas Flying Legends Museum arrive on Thursday so they can be video- (TFLM) has invited us to Houston as taped for the documentary. The film crew their special guests for the Wings Over will also be available for interviews and Houston airshow. This is an opportunity will be recording throughout the reunion. we could not pass up. Veterans from the Remember to bring your memorabilia for 352nd Fighter Group will be honored as the videotaping and for sharing with oth- the VIPs for the airshow. Our Veterans ers in the “Rendezvous Room.” will be able to sign autographs in the th Legends and Heroes tent. The 345 Bomb Group will also be at- tending. Our group will host them to an Thursday, October 24th – Unwind old-fashioned Ice Cream Social after din- from your flight and watch the yachts ner. These brave veterans flew low-level come and go at our beautiful hotel. Our strafing B-25’s in the South Pacific during “Rendezvous Room” will be the center of World War II and will join us for some of Our Reunion Hotel activity with snacks, beverages, and tables the reunion events. for books and scrapbooks, etc. Wonderfully tucked Friday, October 25th – Breakfast is between Houston and The TFLM has hired a professional film included in the hotel package. We will eat the beaches of Galves- crew to make a documentary to help breakfast at the hotel and then board the ton Island, overlook- teach the quality of “Sacrifice Above buses at 9:00AM to go to Ellington Field. ing Clear Lake in the Self ” that our veterans displayed so tranquil Bay Area, this valiantly. The film crew would like for the Just wait until you see the TFLM Hanger! beautiful resort south veterans and their wives and widows to After all, this IS Texas!! From the moment you open the door, it’s more than the pris- of Houston, amidst a tine planes awaiting you – it’s a hanger on sparkling tropical pool the tarmac at Ellington Field complete and a marina, ensures with a swimming pool! a truly unique escape. Continued on Page 2 352nd Fighter Group Association Page 2 June 2013 BLUENOSER We will spend the day at the TFLM After the business meeting, our buses hanger. There we will feed your body will depart the hotel to take us to the and your Space Center Houston – the official mind. The Visitors Center of NASA’s Johnson educational Space Center. Lunch will be on session will our own at NASA. There are many combine a things to do so everyone will be free luncheon The pool at the TFLM hangar to do and see whatever you want just and a panel seat to the airshow and also a place as long as you are at the buses and discussion to rest your feet. The TFLM will ready to leave by 3:30 to return to comprised provide a BBQ buffet. You will be on the hotel. The group tour rate is half of legends your own to wander the tarmac and price at $10.95. and heroes enjoy the show. Looking into the hangar of flight. At the conclusion of the airshow, we After the have a unique treat in store for our panel discussion we will go back to group. Two individuals from the the hotel to rest and change clothes, United States Air Force 147th Recon- then return to the TFLM hanger naissance Wing will talk about the for dinner and entertainment. The Drone program. They support two evening will be complete with a ’40’s 24/7 MQ-1B Predator Unmanned swing band, a mock dance competi- Aerial Systems (Drones) combat sup- The hangar boasts one of the tion, and a ballroom dance presen- port sorties which provide theater coolest bars you’ll ever see! tation. This promises to be a very and national-level leadership with This will be an event you will not entertaining evening as we journey critical real-time Intelligence, Surveil- want to miss. Some of the planned back in time to a USO dance dur- lance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) and activities are truly once-in-a-lifetime ing WWII. There might even be a Air-to-Ground Munitions and strike opportunities. The Wings Over Hous- surprise or two! capability. (Note: That’s military talk ton airshow is extremely well attend- Saturday, October 26th – Break- for, “they do really cool stuff.”) ed and hotel rooms and buses are fast from 7:00AM and we will leave We will return to the hotel at the already at a premium. All transpor- the hotel by 8:30. Our buses will have end of the Drone program and that tation between the hotel and events VIP access to the airshow and be evening will be our annual banquet. will be by chartered buses with wheel escorted through the traffic gridlock. Jay Stout, the author of FIGHTER chair lifts. In order to guarantee that Do not even consider driving your GROUP, the book about the 352nd you will have a seat, we must have personal car to Ellington Field! will be our featured speaker. an accurate count of participants as soon as possible. So send in your We will attend the fabulous Wings Sunday, October 27th – Breakfast registration right away! Over Houston airshow, complete with begins at 7:00AM. The 352nd Fighter zillions of airplanes from across Group Assn. business meeting will be See you in Houston! the nation. At the amazing TFLM from 9:00AM until 10:00. hanger you will have a front-row The view from inside the hangar. Note the tiled floor! 352nd Fighter Group Association June 2013 Page 3 BLUEnoser nd New 352 Movie New RC Plane Produced with stunning visual effects and digital ani- mation, CAROLINA ACE tells the incredible true story of a real American superhero, George Preddy Jr. of North Car- olina, who was the leading ace of the war in Europe before he was killed by friendly fire on Christmas In honor of Dan Bryan, one of our Radio Day, 1944. Control pilots, Aleksey Lomov, has built a new flying 352nd plane with Don’s CAROLINA markings. Check out the fine details! ACE is created by a visual ef- fects veteran of made through the Preddy Memorial Foundation web- both Academy site’s ‘Donate’ link – preddy-foundation.org. Request Award and the donation be applied specifically to Carolina Emmy Award Ace. We’re making great progress on the documen- winning film tary film, and UNC-TV has been excited to broadcast and television the production when it is completed. We’re nearly half- productions who is also the grandson of a P-51 Mus- way there! Every donation of funds helps us get closer tang fighter pilot and POW of WWII. This epic docu- to completion. drama features stunning digital animation recreations of the intense aerial battles and dogfights that George Thank you again for making your family and friends Preddy endured in the skies over Europe while serving aware of our diligent efforts to tell the incredible story with the Mighty Eighth Air Force during World War of George Preddy Jr. with the latest in high-definition II. The team of artists behind this film have credits and state-of-the-art digital animation reenactments, for that cover the gamut of recent blockbuster visual the world to learn of America’s greatest Mustang ace, effects films, applying their talents that have made and to inspire future generations to pursue and achieve superheroes famous again to tell the story of a true their dreams!” American superhero! You can find out more about the film at carolina-ace.com. The film needs donations to be completed. The film- A sample of the film can be viewed there, along with inter- maker reports, “Any donations that you or others views with Joe Noah, Jean Hood, Kermit Weeks, and oth- would like to contribute for CAROLINA ACE be ers who knew George and support his memory. Paying your dues This association relies on the dues of its members to Make your check out to the 352nd Fighter Group function, and right now we could use them! If you Association and mail it to our Treasurer: haven’t sent in your $10 this year ($5/family mem- Richard Gonzales ber, $50/Life Membership) – please do so soon! 1051 11th Street, Apt 9 Los Alamos, NM 87544 352nd Fighter Group Association Page 4 June 2013 BLUENOSER Maybe You Can Help We sometime receive inquiries regarding long-lost information about the 352nd. Currecnt we have two requests for help, and thought maybe you might be able to assist these gentlemen: From England – I have a particular interest in RAF Path Finder Force and have recently come across the name Henry M Stewart II, who was apparently the Acting Squadron Commander of the 487th Fighter Squad- ron at that time.
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