[ 457th Bomb Group Message Board ]
Posted by Kit McChesney |
Posted by Alan Morton You may or may not know, that the 457th Bomb Group Association, Inc. has a scheduled Reunion in Pensacola, Florida this November 1 thru 4, 2007. The particulars on this Reunion are spelled out on the web site Home Page. What may be of interest to you is the fact that at this Reunion a Special Religious Service identifying those former 457th BG service men and women who have recently passed away. Further, It would help if you would drop an Email message to the Association's Secretary forwarding his Obituary to the assure your Father's death is properly announced and the Obit is published in our next Association News publication. Nancy Toth, Secretary can be reached by Email: n.henrich@comcast.net Alan Morton
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Posted by Kit McChesney Thank you. I did know about the reunion. I'll contact Nancy and let her know about my father's death. As an aside, I was sitting outside a coffee shop this morning in Boulder, Colorado, and heard the sound of a prop aircraft overhead. I looked up and to my surprise, spotted a shiny B-17 flying overhead. As it passed, flying fairly low, I saw the characteristic "U" inside the black triangle of the 457th on its tail. I was surprised, to say the least, and it sent chills up my spine. I assume the plane was in town for a Labor Day celebration. Kit McChesney
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Posted by Rod Peterson As I watched it in the pattern from my house it occurred to me that whatever the origin of that actual airplane (it never saw combat and was never actually in the 457th) that documentation might be of interest to the crew and the organization, so I gave it to them. I have no idea if they ever did anything with it but I know I felt better afterward. Rod
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