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Official Publication of the Second Air Division Association Volume 40 Number 4 Winter 2001 2AD GROUP BANNERS AT THE FORUM SEE BANNERS ON PAGE 18 POSTER OFFER ON PAGE 35 DIRECTORY SECOND AIR DIVISION ASSOCIATION Honorary President .................................... JORDAN R. UTTAL 7824 Meadow Park Drive, Apt. 101, Dallas, TX 75230-4939 Telephone: 214-369-5043 • Fax: 214-369-0758 OFFICERS President ....................................................WALTER J. MUNDY 24030 Basin Harbor Court, Tehachapi, CA 93561-9638 Telephone: 661-821-5101 • Fax: 661-821-5816 E-mail: [email protected] Executive Vice President........................RICHARD D. BUTLER 16828 Mitchell Circle, Air Force Village West, Riverside, CA 92518 TABLE OF CONTENTS Telephone: 909-697-2908 • Fax: 909-697-5875 E-mail: [email protected] President’s Message 467th Poop from Group Vice President Membership ........................... EVELYN COHEN FELIX LEETON ............................................. 3 WALTER MUNDY & GEOFF GREGORY ........... 16 6410 Delaire Landing Road, Philadelphia, PA 19114- 4157 Telephone: 215-632-3992 • Fax: 215-632-8319 Executive Vice President’s Message 489th Notes DICK BUTLER Treasurer ........................................... E.W. (BILL) NOTHSTEIN ............................................... 4 NEAL SORENSEN ........................................ 24 40 Meadow Drive, Spencerport, NY 14559-1142 The Editor’s Contributions 492nd Happy Warrior Happenings Telephone: 585-352-3350 • Fax: 585-352-4201 (Visits With ‘Hump’ Fliers) Secretary and Director of W.H. “BILL” BEASLEY.................................. 12 Administrative Services ....................... DAVID G. PATTERSON RAY PYTEL................................................. 29 28 Squire Court, Alamo, CA 94507-2230 Report from the 2ADA Representative Telephone: 510-837-1667 • Fax: 510-743-9940 to the Board of Governors STORIES & ARTICLES 2ADA Representative Board of Governors .................................. CHARLES WALKER CHUCK WALKER........................................... 9 Major General Andrew S. Low Honored 9824 Crest Meadow, Dallas, TX 75230-5331 Real Personal from the Honorary President WEST POINT CLASSMATES & WWII COMRADES.... 6 Telephone: 214-987-0467 • E-Mail: [email protected] JORDAN R. UTTAL......................................... 7 GROUP VICE PRESIDENTS The “Bad” Haircut News from Across the Pond Headquarters ................................................. RAY E. STRONG EARL L. ZIMMERMAN ................................... 7 320 Burlage Circle, Chapel Hill, NC 27514-2701 DAVID HASTINGS.......................................... 8 B-24 Bomber High on “SAC” Museum List Telephone: 919-967-2301 Folded Wings............................................... 21 44th Bomb Group ........................................... JULIAN S. ERTZ JAMES DENNEY .......................................... 13 1033 Damascus Circle, Costa Mesa, CA 92626-1608 New Members of the 2ADA......................... 5 Telephone: 714-241-7271 • Fax: 714-241-7281 The PX Page................................................ 32 Home at Last #1 and #2 93rd Bomb Group ............................................. ALFRED ASCH JAMES MERRIWEATHER......................... 14-15 6205 Meadow Court, Rockville, MD 20852-3637 Letters to the Editor ............................... 33-35 Telephone: 301-881-1376 “A License to Practice” .............................. 17 389th Bomb Group................................ FIELDER N. NEWTON GROUP REPORTS 3301 Shellers Ben #914, State College, PA 16801-3068 A Moving Ceremony for a Long-Lost Brother Telephone: 814-235-0889 Division Headquarters HENRY X. DIETCH ....................................... 19 392nd Bomb Group........................................ JAMES V. GOAR RAY STRONG ................................................ 3 2201 Red Bud Blvd., Frankfort, IN 46041-2899 The Judas Goats Telephone: 765-654-4456 • Fax: 765-654-4457 or 765-654-4253 44th News WITH PERMISSION FROM “FLY PAST”...... 20-21 E-mail: [email protected] R.D. “DICK” BUTLER ................................... 15 Unique Tribute Rises from the Ashes 445th Bomb Group .............................................FRED A. DALE Open Letter to the 93rd Box 352, Mahomet, IL 61853-0352 FROM “THIS ENGLAND” MAGAZINE............. 21 Telephone: 217-586-3136 E-mail: [email protected] ALFRED ASCH ....................................... 18-19 446th Bomb Group ............................................... AUD RISLEY 389th Green Dragon Flares What a Party! OR “A Good Time...” .... 22-23 682 Slade Avenue, Elgin, IL 60120-3066 BARNEY DRISCOLL ................................10-11 Telephone: 847-741-7757 • E-mail: [email protected] Reluctant Witness 392nd Bomb Group 448th Bomb Group ........... EDWARD K. “KING” SCHULTZ, JR. JAMES & BRIAN MAHONEY ......................... 23 CHARLES E. DYE .......................................... 9 1089 Rancho Santa Fe Road, Encinitas, CA 92024-6834 General John Brooks 389th BG Passes Telephone: 760-943-1641 • Fax: 760-943-0771 445th Bomb Group 453rd Bomb Group........................................... LLOYD PRANG FRED A. DALE ............................................ 17 Away at 84 .............................................. 24 2451 Willow Street, Greenwood, IN 46142 Telephone: 317-885-0224 446th Bungay Bull “Play It Again Uncle Sam” ........................ 25 458th Bomb Group.................................. E.A. (RICK) ROKICKI AUD RISLEY .............................................. 16 Woman Gets Closure on Dad’s Death 365 Mae Road, Glen Burnie, MD 21061-4694 Telephone: 410-766-1034 • Fax: 410-969-1452 The 448th Speaks LOUISE KONIARSKI, DAILY COURIER ........... 27 466th Bomb Group .................................... JAMES H. LORENZ CATER LEE ................................................ 28 “Southern Scenes”—A Book Review 5331 East Poinsettia Drive, Scottsdale, AZ 85254-4716 458th Bomb Group Telephone: 480-951-0343 ELLA WOODBURY. ...................................... 29 RICK ROKICKI ............................................ 22 467th Bomb Group......................................GEOFF GREGORY 3110 Sheridan, Garland, TX 75041- 4400 466th Bomb Group A Comrade’s Final Tribute Telephone: 972-278-8537 • E-mail: [email protected] JIM LORENZ ............................................... 26 WILLIAM GORDON...................................... 30 489th Bomb Group ...................................... NEAL SORENSEN 132 Peninsula Road, Minneapolis, MN 55441- 4112 Telephone & Fax: 612-545-2698 491st Bomb Group................................F.C. “HAP” CHANDLER MEMORIAL TRUST BOARD OF GOVERNORS 18 Willow Glen, Atlanta, GA 30342-2023 PAUL R. KING, Chairman DAVID HILL Telephone: 404-252-5445 • Fax: 404-256-3437 1 Limetree Road, Norwich NR2 2NF, England Shotesham Lodge E-mail: [email protected] Shotesham All Saints, Norfolk, NR 15 1 YL U.K. DAVID J. HASTINGS, Vice Chairman 492nd Bomb Group ............................... W.H. (BILL) BEASLEY “Westering,” Salhouse, Norwich, Norfolk NR13 6RQ, England EDWARD O. INMAN 1525 South Garfield Street, Denver, CO 80210-3022 Director of the Duxford Imperial War Museum NICHOLAS P. COOPER Telephone: 303-756- 4766 • Fax: 303-759-3684 Duxford Airfield, Cambridge CB2 4QR, England Wychwood, Colney Lane, Cringleford, Norwich, Norfolk, NR4 7RE JOURNAL MS. CAROL LYNN MacCURDY ASSISTANT PROFESSOR RICHARD CROCKATT Editor ...................................................................... RAY PYTEL Cultural Attaché, U.S. Embassy, School of Political History P.O. Box 484, Elkhorn, WI 53121-0484 24 Grosvenor Square, London, W1A 1AE, England University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, England Telephone: 262-723-6381 • Fax: 262-723-7981 VICTORIA MUSGRAVE MRS. FRANCES DAVIES HERITAGE LEAGUE Principal, Wymondham College 57 Church Lane, Eaton, Norwich, NR4 6NY, England Wymondham, Norfolk NR 18 9 FZ U.K. President......................................................... IRENE HURNER ROGER A. FREEMAN 7893 HWY #5, Hartville, MO 65667 KEITH R. THOMAS May’s Barn, Dedham, Nr. Colchester, Essex, England Telephone: 417-462-9109 • E-mail: [email protected] Cannell Farm, Bow St GT Ellingham CO7 6EW Attleborough, Norfolk NR17 15A, England 2ND AIR DIVISION MEMORIAL LIBRARY DAVID Q. GURNEY CHARLES WALKER Trust Librarian ................................................ DEREK S. HILLS Bawdeswell Hall, East Dereham, Norfolk NR20 4SA 9824 Crest Meadow, Dallas, TX 75230-5331 USA 2ADA / Fulbright Librarian ............................. ANDREA HOUGH HILARY HAMMOND LT. COL. W.D. WUEST SECOND AIR DIVISION MEMORIAL LIBRARY 1 Beach Dr, Strumpshaw, Norwich NR13 4AS, England 14 St. Andrews Close, Hingham, Norfolk NR9 4JT, England The Forum, Millennium Plain, Norwich, Norfolk NR2 1AU U.K. 2 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE BY FELIX LEETON (389TH) EDITOR’S NOTE: THE 2ND AIR DIVISION ASSOCIATION Next issue—President- traces its initial meeting to 1948 in Chicago, elect Walter Mundy Illinois. It was organized as a nonprofit corpo- takes over. ration in the State of Illinois on January 10, 1950. Members of the original Board of ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ Directors were 2nd Air Division veterans Marilyn Fritz, Howard W. Moore, Jordan R. he 2001 2ADA Uttal, and Percy C. Young. The association’s Tconvention in purpose is to advocate and support an ade- Norwich impressed quate, effective and efficient Army, Navy and Air Force at all times; to perpetuate the friend- me as a complete suc- ships and memories of service together in the cess!! All parties car- 2nd Air Division, 8th Air Force in England ried out their
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