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FALL 2003.Qxp:2Nd Air Division UPCOMING 2ADA CONVENTIONS ❋ 2004 ❋ PHILADELPHIA ❋ 2005 ❋ SAN DIEGO Volume 42 Number 3 Fall 2003 ❖ LINKS WITH THE USAF OF TODAY ❖ David J. Hastings (right), immediate Past Chairman of the Board of Governors of the 2nd Air Division Memorial Trust, has recently had his appointment as Honorary Squadron Commander of the 351st Air Refueling Squadron at Mildenhall extend- ed for a further twelve months. At the ceremony to swear in the new Honorary Commanders, David took the opportunity to present to Colonel Donald Lustig (left), the Base Commander, the B-24 Liberator painting on be half of the 2nd Air Divi- sion Association in the United States and the Memorial Trust in Norwich. The painting was given to Team Mildenhall in appreciation of the great benefit received by the Trust from the Honorary Squadron Commander programme. 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 .................................................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] From the President 467th Poop from Group DICK BUTLER ................................................ 3 GEOFF GREGORY .......................................... 20 Executive Vice President.............................GEOFF GREGORY 3110 Sheridan, Garland, TX 75041- 4400 Executive Vice President’s Message: 489th Notes Telephone: 972-278-8537 • E-mail: [email protected] The Chicago Convention, June 2003 JOHN deCANI ............................................... 10 Vice President Membership ........................... EVELYN COHEN GEOFF GREGORY ............................................ 4 491st Ringmaster Reports 06-410 Delaire Landing Road, Philadelphia, PA 19114- 4157 Report of the 2ADA Representative on the HUGH BENNETT ........................................... 10 Telephone: 215-632-3992 • Fax: 215-632-8319 Board of Governors of the Memorial Trust 492nd Happy Warrior Happenings Treasurer ............................................ E.W. (BILL) NOTHSTEIN CHUCK WALKER ............................................ 5 BILL BEASLEY.............................................. 17 40 Meadow Drive, Spencerport, NY 14559-1142 Telephone: 585-352-3350 • Fax: 585-352-4201 2ADA Annual Financial Statement BILL NOTHSTEIN ............................................ 5 FEATURES Secretary and Director of Administrative Services ........................ DAVID G. PATTERSON Notes & News from the Honorary President Impossible? When Pigs Fly? 28 Squire Court, Alamo, CA 94507-2230 JORDAN UTTAL .............................................. 6 OK, Now Hear This! Telephone: 925-837-1667 • Fax: 925-743-9940 The Editor’s Contribution MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL .................... 10 2ADA Representative RAY PYTEL ................................................... 6 Twisted Scrap Into a Liberator . Board of Governors................................... CHARLES WALKER 2004 B-24 Liberator Historical Calendar ..... 6 9824 Crest Meadow, Dallas, TX 75230-5331 or “Sheet Metal Magic” Telephone: 214-987-0467 • E-Mail: [email protected] 56th Annual 2ADA Business Meeting CHUCK STEWART ......................................... 13 DAVID PATTERSON .................................. 7 & 8 GROUP VICE PRESIDENTS Black and White Ice News from Across the Pond CECIL GRAY JOHNSON ................................... 14 Headquarters.................................................. RAY E. STRONG TAHITIA ORR ................................................. 9 320 Burlage Circle, Chapel Hill, NC 27514-2701 New Members of the 2ADA ......................... 3 Falling Leaf: The Big Question Telephone: 919-967-2301 ED WANNER ................................................. 16 Folded Wings .............................................. 11 44th Bomb Group............................. GEORGE A. WASHBURN “Gas Trucking Humor” 16 North Road, Montgomery, MA 01085 Attendees at 56th Annual Convention ........ 31 JIM RUSSELL ............................................... 16 Telephone: 413-362-4902 • E-mail: [email protected] Letters to the Editor............................... 32-34 And You Thought It All Started with 93rd Bomb Group ............................................. ALFRED ASCH B-24 at Dulles? It’s Time to Pledge .......... 34 6205 Meadow Court, Rockville, MD 20852-3637 World War II (Part 2): “Final Punch Proved Telephone: 301-881-1376 B-24 Liberator Die-Cast Models ................ 35 Value of America’s Air Power in WWI” 389th Bomb Group................................ FIELDER N. NEWTON B-24 Memorial – San Diego ...... BACK COVER EXCERPTED FROM: “OFFICIAL PICTORIAL 3301 Shellers Ben #914, State College, PA 16801-3068 HISTORY OF THE ARMY AIR FORCES” .............. 18 Telephone: 814-235-0889 GROUP REPORTS War Log of the Liberator 392nd Bomb Group..................................... JOHN B. CONRAD Division Headquarters REPRINTED FROM “BRIEFING” ........................ 19 2981 Four Pines Drive #1, Lexington, KY 40502-2979 Telephone: 859-266-5269 • Fax: 859-268-0514 RAY STRONG ............................................... 25 These Are Not Your New E-mail: [email protected] 44th News Dictionary Definitions ................................... 22 445th Bomb Group .............................................FRED A. DALE GEORGE WASHBURN .................................... 12 The Mulberry Harbors – The D-Day Surprise Box 352, Mahomet, IL 61853-0352 Open Letter to the 93rd WHO SENT IN THIS STORY??? Telephone: 217-586-3136 • E-mail: [email protected] ......................... 23 ALFRED ASCH ............................................. 11 Drones, Photos, and Chaff Were Us! 446th Bomb Group ............................................. LINK VEAZEY 389th Green Dragon Flares 1938 Harbour Oaks Drive, Snellville, GA 30078 JOE CAPICOTTO ........................................... 21 FIELDER NEWTON ........................................ 26 Telephone: 770-972-5883 • E-mail: [email protected] “I Never Got to Paris . But Our B-24 Did!” 445th Bomb Group 448th Bomb Group .......................................... KING SCHULTZ FRANK SCHAEFFER ...................................... 24 1089 Rancho Santa Fe Road, Encinitas, CA 92024-6834 FRED DALE ................................................. 27 Telephone: 760-943-1641 • Fax: 760-943-0771 446th Flixton-Bungay Update “Patriots Will” by Jack C. Hubbard BOOK REVIEW BY RAY PYTEL ........................ 25 453rd Bomb Group........................................... LLOYD PRANG LINK VEAZEY .............................................. 22 2451 Willow Street, Greenwood, IN 46142 The 448th Speaks Do More Than Remember . Never Forget! Telephone: 317-885-0224 KING SCHULTZ ............................................ 26 TONY PARSONS ............................................ 28 458th Bomb Group .................................. E.A. “RICK” ROKICKI News of the 453rd from Flame Leap The Red Cross Clubs 2605 Chapel Lake Dr. #207, Gambrills, MD 21054 From the NORTHAMPTON EVENING TELEGRAPH Telephone: 410-721-0298 • Fax: 410-721-0283 LLOYD PRANG ............................................. 12 .. 29 466th Bomb Group..................................... JAMES H. LORENZ 458th Bomb Group Mighty 8th Museum to be Debt-Free by 2004 5331 East Poinsettia Drive, Scottsdale, AZ 85254-4716 RICK ROKICKI ............................................. 21 C.J. ROBERTS................................................ 29 Telephone: 480-951-0343 466th Attlebridge Tales Congratulations from State Governors 467th Bomb Group......................................GEOFF GREGORY JIM LORENZ ................................................ 15 on 2ADA Memorial Library Dedication....... 30 3110 Sheridan, Garland, TX 75041- 4400 Telephone: 972-278-8537 • E-mail: [email protected] 489th Bomb Group ............................................. JOHN deCANI MEMORIAL TRUST BOARD OF GOVERNORS 226 W. Rittenhouse Square #1715, Philadelphia, PA 19103-5748 MATTHEW MARTIN, Chairman ANDREW HAWKER Telephone: 215-735-1342 • Fax: 215-732-8494 Dairy Farmhouse, Low Common, Swardeston, Humbleyard House, 10 Rectory Lane, Mulbarton, E-mail: [email protected] Norwich, NR14 8LG, Norfolk, England Norwich, NR14 8AG, Norfolk, England 491st Bomb Group ............ Asst. Gp. VP: HUGH M. BENNETT HILARY HAMMOND, Vice Chairman DAVID HILL 11069 Ocean Spray Blvd., Englewood, FL 34224-8371 1 Beach Dr, Strumpshaw, Norwich, Shotesham Lodge, Shotesham All Saints, Telephone: 941-696-4074 Norfolk, NR13 4AS, England Norfolk, NR15 1YL, England 492nd Bomb Group................................. W.H. “BILL” BEASLEY PROFESSOR CHRISTOPHER BIGSBY EDWARD O. INMAN 1525 South Garfield Street, Denver, CO 80210-3022 School of English and American Studies Director of the American Air Museum Telephone: 303-756- 4766 • Fax: 303-759-3684 University of East Anglia Duxford Airfield, Cambridge, CB2 4QR, England Norwich, Norfolk, NR4 7TJ, England VICTORIA MUSGRAVE JOURNAL NICHOLAS P. COOPER Principal, Wymondham College Editor.................................................................. RAY R. PYTEL Wychwood, Colney Lane, Cringleford, Norwich, Wymondham, Norfolk, NR18 9FZ, England P.O. Box 484, Elkhorn, WI 53121-0484 Norfolk, NR4 7RE, England KEITH R. THOMAS Telephone: 262-723-6381 • Fax: 262-723-7981 MRS. FRANCES DAVIES Le Bourg, 16140 Charme, HERITAGE LEAGUE 57 Church
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