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FRIDAY - MAY 15, 2009

B-24 Liberator Day
at
Cavanaugh Flight Museum & Ol' 927's Roll-Out Party
Addison, Texas

You are all invited! There will be several WWII B-24 veterans in attendance. Also, there will be B-24 rides available. This would be a perfect time to renew or join the CAF. Here is the link for the event:



http://www.cafb29b24.org/a/B-24_News.htm

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Taylor Stevenson

Wish I could be there Friday but will be unable, but I do think I'm gonna mozy on over Saturday to check out the festivities
I wanna see that Sherman run I hear the visiting -47 went unserviceable , but hopefully a substitute will be in its place
We'll just have to wait and see.

If any of you are interested, The Lib' will be coming to Midland for Memorial Day! Rides will be available there as well! It's open cockpit day and the Museum is open. The Helldiver will be here too.
Dave

This event has expanded beyond our expectations! We now have approximately 25 B-24 vets and their families coming.

If you ever wanted to thank a vet, this is a great opportunity!

Oh yeah, it is also a great way to support the "other" B-24

Please come and support the great folks at the Cavanaugh Museum, and the CAF B-29/24 Squadron.

Chris

It sounds like a wonderful event is shaping up! Even if all you can get your hands on is an audio cassette recorder - you or other volunteers/staff should go around and get some of the veterans' memories on tape! Or better yet, set aside an office space or side room with a video camera and record short interviews with the veterans. Here is what I would ask in a very abbreviated interview that might last 15 to 20 minutes tops:

1. Name and spelling of it.
2. Place and date of birth?
3. Memories of Dec. 7, 1941?
4. Date drafted or of enlistment?
5. Group and Squadron assignment?
6. Position on the crew and synopsis of duties?
7. How many missions he flew?
8. Most memorable mission?
9. What effect the war had on him as a person?

It would be a shame to have all those veterans in one place and not preserve some of their memories.

Zack

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Volunteer Coordinator/Curator - Military Aviation Museum - Virginia Beach, VA
"America's Flying Museum"
http://www.militaryaviationmuseum.org

Zack! You are a mind reader. On Friday, the CAF Oral History Program will be in full swing, tape recorders rolling. In addition, the local news media will be out to interview the veterans as well. Hopefully the news affiliates will supply times or days with links to their reports......
Alan Brooks
Deputy Public Information Officer
B-29/B-24 Squadron

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Just call me Al.

Hello all! Just a quick update.... either today (Wed 5/13) or tomorrow, there should be a couple of media flights happening.... then on Friday is the B-24 Veterans Gathering and B-24A "Ol' 927" Rollout Party. The last email that I received had a total of 30 B-24 vets (and their families) planning on attending Friday.... Should be a wonderful time. I snagged this list from our website as it includes our B-24 vets signed on as attending..... Guys and Girls if you get a chance, come by, say hello and "Thanks" to these guys....... I can tell you from being around Jack Bradshaw (88 years young)...that being back around these aircraft, these guys become young again..... BTW, Jack was flying over the D-Day beachhead, 6-6-44... later while on another combat mission in a P-47, he was shot down..... by a B-24! Alan Brooks


FRIDAY - MAY 15, 2009
B-24 Liberator Day
at
Cavanaugh Flight Museum & Ol' 927's Roll-Out Party
Addison, Texas




On May 15th, please join us to salute "Ol' 927" and her friends - those who built, serviced, and flew B-24 Liberators more than sixty years ago.

Ol' 927's honored guests include WWII B-24 airmen. We invite WASPs and Consolidated Plant workers - if you know of someone, please contact us. 927's guests are visiting from as far away as Pennsylvania. Grandfathers, Fathers, Uncles, Brothers, Sisters, Sons, Daughters, Grandsons, Nieces and Nephews will join us to reflect on the past and celebrate the present.
Our honored guests include:

Quincy Adams - Bombardier, 15th Air Force, 484th Bomb Group 826th Squadron
Anderson - Tail Gunner
Jack Burroughs - Navigator/Gunner, 8th Air Force, 466th Bomb Group, 786th Squadron
Charles S. (Chuck) Carrell - Pilot, 15th Air Force, 459th Bomb Group, 758th Squadron
CW Cooper - Navigator, 15th Air Force, 455th Bomb Group, 741st Squadron
George W. Crawford - Pilot 15th Air Force, 376th Heavy Bombardment Group, 513th Squadron
Walter Dyer, Pilot - 8th Air Force, 389th Bomb Group, 565th Squadron
Tom Faulkner - Pilot, 15th Air Force, 454th Bomb Group, 737th Squadron
Robert G. (Bob) Ford - Pilot, 5th Air Force, 90th Bomb Group, Jolly Rogers, 320th “Moby Dick" Squadron
CV Glines - Pilot - 6th Air Force, sub patrol. Author of authorized Biography of Jimmy Doolittle
Sherman Goodfriend - Bombardier, 15th Air Force, 461st Bomb Group, 764th Squadron
Bill Hamilton - Pilot, 5th Air Force, 43rd Bomb Group, 63rd Squadron (also P-38)
Coleman Jacobson - Bombardier/Navigator, 8th AF, 392nd BG, 579Sq, POW Stlgluft 1 Barth
Hiram Johnson - Pilot
Orvin (Olie) Johnston - Bombardier, 13th Air Force, 307th Bomb Group, 424th Squadron
Duane R. Jordan - Pilot, 10th Air Force, 7th Bomb Group, 493rd Squadron; River Kwai bridge bombings
John Lamar - Top Turret Gunner, 8th Air Force, 489th Bomb Group, 847th Squadron
Constant O. (Connie) Maffey - 15th Air Force, Flight Engineer, 465th BG, 783rd Squadron
CB Mallett, Pilot - Training Command Victorville, California
Dan McGrew - Flight Engineer, 8th Air Force, 448th Bomb Group, 714th Squadron, Crew 69
James Mumaw - Pilot, 15th Air Force, 464th Bomb Group, 776th Squadron
Cameron Murchison - Pilot, 8th Air Force, 453rd Bomb Group, 733rd Squadron
Robert E. (Bob) Neely - Pilot 8th Air Force, 2nd Div, 93rd Heavy Bombardment Group, 330th Squadron
Harry Pierce - Co-Pilot, 15th Air Force, 475th Bomb Group, 376th Squadron
James A. (Jim) Ruggiere - Tail Gunner, Okinawa deployment scratched due to war winding down
Bob Skelton, Pilot - 15th Air Force, 484th Bomb Group, 825th Squadron
Henry Kenneth Smith - Pilot, 5th Air Force, 90th Bomb Group, 321st Squadron, Jolly Rogers
Billy Stephan - Pilot, 8th Air Force, 445th Bomb Group, 702nd Squadron
Ollie Joe (Steve) Stevenson - Flight Engineer, 5th Air Force, 380th BG, 529th Squadron
Bruce Swenson - Navigator, 13th Air Force, 307th Bomb Group, 424th Squadron
Lee Swofford - Pilot, 8th Air Force, 445th Bomb Group, 703rd Squadron Commander
Chuck Walker - Pilot, 8th Air Force, 445th Bomb Group, 700th Squadron
Whit Whitaker - Navigator, 15th Air Force, 485th Bomb Group, 828th Squadron
Charles E. (Charlie) Yates - 15th Air Force, 376th Bomb Group, 514th Squadron

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Just call me Al.

hey don't forget that this is the kickoff to the Cavanaugh Flight Museum's
"Warbirds Over Addison" our annual fly days.
http://www.cavanaughflightmuseum.com/20 ... dison.html

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Blue Skies,
Doug

www.cavanaughflightmuseum.com

Doug
No disrespect meant! Without the support of Mr. C., you, and your staff this would not be possible.

For those who have never visited the Cavanaugh Flight Museum, you are missing out on a tremendous collection of warbirds.

See you tomorrow afternoon,

Chris

Will the schedule be basically the same Sunday as it will be Saturday
Thanks in advance.

Hey Doug, I hear you cook up a pretty good batch of crawfish, but I gotta work all weekend....... I would ask you to save me a couple dozen of them "mudbugs", but I'll have to wait until next year....


Sorry to not include the Cavanaugh Flight Museum kickoff for this year in the prior post........ Your staff, both in the hangar and office are one of the reasons we are having a great year. I am going to drop off a few items on Friday morning, after I get off work. I only can stay for a few minutes as I need to grab some sleep before heading back to work at St Paul's on Friday night. Any special surprises coming in or already at the hangar? I will have my camera handy, just in case Alan

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Just call me Al.

Does this mean that the P-51 is back, or is it a visitor?

Don't know where you found that schedule but it's from about 5 years ago. We haven't made a schedule per se. We wait to make sure what is coming in

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Blue Skies,
Doug

www.cavanaughflightmuseum.com

Doug,

That schedule is currently on the museum website.

http://www.cavanaughflightmuseum.com/20 ... dison.html

with the disclaimer that it is subject to change...and some note about Monday only..??

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Zane Adams
There I was at 20,000 ft, upside down and out of ammunition.
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Blue Skies,
Doug

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