Ol' 927's honored guests included 30 WWII B-24
airmen. Our guests visited from as far away as Pennsylvania.
Grandfathers, Fathers, Uncles, Brothers, Sisters, Sons,
Daughters, Grandsons, Nieces and Nephews joined us to reflect
on the past and celebrate the present. Several guests enjoyed
flying in the Liberator on Friday afternoon.
Our honored guests
included:
John Quincy Adams -
Bombardier, 15th Air Force, 484th Bomb Group 826th Squadron
Gordy Anderson - Tail
Gunner, 20th Air Force
Harold Bartee - Lincoln,
NE
Charles S. (Chuck) Carrell
- Pilot, 15th Air Force, 459th Bomb Group, 758th Squadron
Jimy Coleman - 454th Bomb
Group, 738th Squadron
CW Cooper - Navigator,
15th Air Force, 455th Bomb Group, 741st Squadron
Joe Cragin - Flight
Engineer, Air Training Command, Florida
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
Bill Hamilton, Pilot - 5th
Air Force, 43rd Bomb Group, 63rd Squadron, Snooper Squadron
Jack Irby, Waist Gunner -
5th Air Force, 380th Bomb Group, 531st Squadron
Coleman (Coley) Jacobson -
Bombardier/Navigator, 8th AF, 392nd BG, 579Sq, POW Stlgluft 1
Barth
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
- Flight Engineer, 15th Air Force, 465th BG, 783rd Squadron
Dan McGrew - Flight
Engineer, 8th Air Force, 448th Bomb Group, 714th Squadron,
Crew 69
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
Raymond Powell - Pilot,
8th Air Force, 44th Bomb Group, 67th 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
Glenn Stinchcomb, Pilot -
VP-27, Fleet Air Wing 4, flew the PB4Y2
Ollie Joe (Steve) Stevenson
- Flight Engineer, 5th Air Force, 380th BG, 529th Squadron
Bruce Swenson, Navigator -
13th Air Force, 307th Bomb Group, 424th Squadron
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
- Bombardier, 15th Air Force, 376th Bomb Group, 514th Squadron |
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While AM927 never saw combat, she trained
airmen, she proudly served as an important test bed for
avionic improvements used in later B-24 models, and she
transported critically needed parts from Consolidated San
Diego to the Fort Worth plant. Once you step up into this
aircraft, your heart is filled with awe, pride, and
bittersweet emotion. |
A big THANK YOU to all the B-24 related folks, their families, their
survivors who joined us!
Some of our guests joined us to fly on the B-24; some are came to
tour the aircraft with their families. And, some simply
came to enjoy the sights, sounds, smells, and the
energy felt on a warbird ramp.
Activities included: B-24 Rides ($450 per person tax deductible
donation), free cockpit tours, photos, interviews, filming,
oral history recordings, media .... a brief ceremony followed
by a casual light supper.
We hope that you enjoyed the day
with us ... relaxed and enjoyed the fun, the sounds, the sights,
and meeting others with similar interests ... sat in the shade
of a wing or in one of the hangars, enjoyed the Cavanaugh military
history and warbird collection. CFM consists of 4 hangars in
close proximity.
May 16/17 Saturday and
Sunday
Cavanaugh Flight Museum hosted 'Warbirds
Over Addison'. An assortment of the museum's unique warbirds
will fly over at various times on Saturday and Sunday.
http://www.cavanaughflightmuseum.com/aircraft.htm
May 16th is Armed Forces Day. |
