Bulletin
Official publication of the
390th Memorial Museum
Foundation
A Unique Museum Built by Veterans
VOL. XII, NO. 4
2007-2008
WINTER
A 390th Bomb Group B-17 roars over snow covered German fields on the way to
bomb aircraft engine plants at Brunswick January 11, 1944. See page 13.
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From the Executive Director
A new year has arrived and we are all optimistic
that 2008 will be the best year ever for your museum! Thanks to the generosity of some of our
members, we will be able, finally, to take some
positive action on our roof and cooler problems.
Our thanks to all who participated! Work has
already been started and will be finished by the
end of January. At last, our museum will be
cooler in the summer and drier when it rains!
Our seventh annual reunion is on track for April
3-6, 2008. We will be headquartered at the
newly remodeled Las Brisas Best Western Hotel
located right at the airport. We have arranged
some excellent rates at this fine facility, and our
personal test of the in-house restaurant has
proven that their food and service are excellent!
Applications will be in the mail by the time you
receive the current J Bulletin. Please plan now to
attend!
In addition to some interesting tours in the Tucson area, we have arranged a very special event
for the Saturday night banquet. We will have
General Thomas J. Keck, USAF (Ret) as our
keynote speaker. General Keck is a former com-
mander of the Eighth Air Force, and is presently
Vice President, Air Force Programs for Raytheon
Missile Systems. He will have some fascinating
stories for us regarding his experience with the
Eighth Air Force and has promised an incredible
verbal tour of the latest Air Force weapons systems. You won’t believe your ears!
Unfortunately, Liberty Belle is scheduled to be at
another location just prior to our reunion and
can’t be here with us.
Regarding the Veterans Association Reunion, it
will take place in San Antonio, Texas September
8-14, 2008. Descendants who wish to attend
should take note of the announcement on page 4.
Basically, you must register your intent with the
Museum prior to May 31 in order to be on the
list to receive a registration packet.
Our annual renewal period has resulted in an excellent response in terms of renewals and additional donations from a great many of our members. Membership cards may be a little delayed
due to the volume of mail our Membership Coordinator must process, but please be patient. All
cards will be in the mail by the end of January.
Thank you everyone!
Tom Drugan
390TH MEMORIAL MUSEUM FOUNDATION
6000 E. Valencia Road ♦ Tucson, AZ 85706
520/574-0287 ♦ Fax 520/574-3030
e-mail the390th@aol.com ♦ Web site www.390th.org
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
Don Brooks, President
Richard Bushong, Treasurer, Director
Frank Drain, Vice President
Allan S. Moller, Secretary
Vonna (Von Arb) Husby , Director
Mary Pennebaker Truitt,
Truitt, Director
William MacVicar,
MacVicar, Director
Jim May, Director
Gerald Grove,
Grove, 95th Bomb Group Representative
STAFF
Thomas C. Drugan, Executive Director
Dewayne “Ben”
“Ben” Bennett, Curator Emeritus
Rod & Peggy Church, Curators
Andrew Anzanos, Director of Operations & Facilities
Meredyth Dinniman, Membership Coordinator
William Frostick, Manager B-17 Reconstruction
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Don Anderson, Volunteer Coordinator
Marcia Balmut Ward, Descendants Correspondent
mward@ctcn.net
Carolyn Beaubien, Research Director Res390@aol.com
Web Master. Stephen Presswood, skpress@swbell.net
“J” Bulletin
Editor Andrew Anzanos,
Andy 390th@aol.com
Associate Editor Meredyth Dinniman
The Square J Bulletin is published quarterly by the 390th
Memorial Museum Foundation, a nonprofit educational
organization. The Foundation is recognized by the Internal
Revenue Service as a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization. All dues and
donations to the Foundation are tax-deductible to the fullest
extent allowed by law. (IRS identification number 94-2764158.)
The 390th Memorial Museum is located on the grounds of the
Pima Air & Space Museum, Tucson, AZ. The Museum is open
daily, except Thanksgiving and Christmas, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
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DESCENDANTS!!
Please be advised that all descendants who are current members of the 390th Memorial Museum are invited to attend the annual veterans’ reunion. This reunion is scheduled for September 9-14, 2008 in San Antonio Texas. Here are the rules if you want to attend this reunion:
• Send your request to the 390th Memorial Museum by mail, e-mail or phone.
• Indicate your intentions to the museum prior to May 31, 2008.
• Be sure you are at least a 2008 or a life member of the museum.
• If you are a 390th veteran, you do not need to register…you will automatically receive a registration packet from the Veterans Association.
• If you are a descendant and will be going as the guest of a 390th Bomb Group veteran, you do not need to register.
Please contact the office at (520)574-0287 or by e-mail the390th@aol.com to register or to get
answers to any of your questions.
Visitors from Thorpe Abbotts
New Signs at the Museum
Mike Nice and Paul Bennett, from one of our
sister groups, the 100 Bomb Group (H), are
care developers of the Thorpe Abbotts museum in England. They visited our museum
30 November 2007. Mike is a trustee of the
100th Bomb Group museum and Paul is an
aircraft restorer.
Mike’s written note regarding their visit to
our 390th museum:
“An excellent museum, fantastic displays
topped off with the B-17 which is restored to
perfect condition. It looks just like the crew
left it. It was a pleasure to visit, and a pleasure to meet the staff.”
They said it…
“Strategic bombing is...the first war instrument of history capable of stopping the heart
mechanism of a great industrial enemy. It
paralyzes the military power at the core.”
General Carl E. (“Tooey”) Spaatz
390th Memorial Museum Foundation
Our east wall is currently being adorned with a
large, new 390th Memorial Museum sign courtesy of Pima Air and Space Museum. This
sign will make your museum more easily seen
by the visitors as they enter the museum
grounds. As they look straight ahead from the
entrance, this is the first building everyone will
see. This should make for more visitors here!
Pima will also refurbish our existing signs on
both the east and south entrances which have
become weathered by the strong Arizona sun.
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Annual Foundation Reunion
Plan now to attend the 7th Annual 390th Memorial Museum Members’
Reunion at the museum in Tucson, Arizona!
April 3-6, 2008
Please come to enjoy this annual gathering and …
Join interesting and educational tours;
Renew old acquaintances;
See what is new at your museum;
Enjoy fine food and entertainment at the annual foundation banquet
and volunteer recognition ceremony!
Registration packages are in the mail—look for them!
ABOUT THE REUNION
All of the events and the schedule for our seventh annual reunion are in place. Most of you will have your registration
packets by the time you read this issue of the J-Bulletin. Here are some bits of information regarding the event.
Headquarters:
Best Western Las Brisas Hotel at the airport will be the headquarters again this year. This hotel has recently been remodeled and the work is finished. It looks just fine! All our Friday tours will leave from this location, packets for registrants will be available there, our banquet will take place there, and we have arranged some special pricing for those
who wish to stay there. They have a nice breakfast buffet (free) and are open for lunch and dinner. Shuttles will run to
the museum and elsewhere as you require. Detail time schedules for the reunion will be in your reunion envelope
which you will be able to pick up at the hotel upon arrival.
Friday Tours:
Titan Missile Museum and Mexican Lunch. Back by popular demand, we will again offer a tour of the only Titan II
missile site in America that is open to the public. Truly a battlefield of the “Cold War,” you will learn exactly how we
planned to defend the United States during this period of mutually assured destruction. This is a real eye-opening experience! A no-host lunch is scheduled at one of the very fine Mexican restaurants nearby.
Spanish Mission and Tubac: From the Las Brisas you will take a scenic drive to one of the oldest and best preserved
Spanish missions in the entire southwest…Tumacacori. Built in 1691, it was the scene of some serious fighting with
the Apache Indian tribes. A Ranger-guided tour takes us to all of the fascinating points on the mission grounds. Following this visit, we will proceed back up the road to Tubac Presidio. This is Arizona’s first state park, and the first
European community in the state. Founded about the same time as neighboring Tumacacori, it served as an extended
mission. Since the 1730s Spaniards, Mexicans and Europeans have inhabited the community. Many of the buildings
are on the National Register of Historic Places. The community is now home for the works of dozens of artists and
unique shops with a southwest flair. There will be an informative presentation by the Tubac Historical Society for your
enjoyment. Several excellent restaurants are in the community and you may take in a no-host lunch while there.
AMARC Tour:
This is a one-hour, narrated bus tour of the Aircraft Maintenance and Regeneration Center at Davis Monthan Air Force
Base. You will see and learn about the 4,000 aircraft of the post World War II era which have been mothballed and
preserved here in the dry desert environment. You will need picture identification in order to board the tour bus.
Golf: Course will be selected and reservations made upon receipt of your reservations.
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Carolyn Beaubien
R
ecently, Mr. Jan Koster from the Netherlands wrote us about meeting up with another former member of the Dutch resistance.
They attended the same school in the Netherlands when they were young but were not
aware of one another’s work in the resistance
movement. They recently met at a reunion of
their school class of 1944. Both men were
teenagers during WWII. As they discussed
their adventures as members of the Dutch resistance, the name of Arthur Brown was mentioned.
such brave men and women.
The English certificate reads: “This certificate
is awarded to KLAAS SCHENK as a token of
gratitude for and appreciation of the help given
to the Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen of the British Commonwealth of Nations, which enable
them to escape from, or evade capture by the
enemy.”
The American certificate signed by Dwight
Eisenhower by direction of our president is
shown:
Arthur F. Brown was a Waist Gunner with
Crew #51, LaRue Cribbs, pilot. Their aircraft
#297983 collided with aircraft #2107070 over
the Zuider Zee near the Dutch village of
Hoorn. Years later the citizens of Hoorn
erected a monument dedicated to both air
crews in the collision over their village on July
7, 1944.
The two men talked about their resistance
work and suddenly realized they had both
worked in helping Arthur F. Brown back to his
unit in England. It was a long journey for Arthur F. Brown as he stayed in the Netherlands
and worked for the resistance until such time
he could return to England.
Mr. Jan Koster thought we might be interested
in seeing the certificates of appreciation that
England and the United States gave to Klaas
Schenk, his fellow worker in the resistance.
He scanned the certificates to us with the one
from England having the signature of the Air
Chief Marshall, Deputy Supreme Commander,
Allied Expeditionary Force and Dwight D. Eisenhower, General of the Army, Commanding
General United States Forces European Theater.
This was the first time that our Research office
became aware of the recognition that was
given to the Dutch resistance workers. Our
veterans consider it a well-earned award for
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To the many 390th BG veterans who evaded
through the Netherlands, it might be of some
comfort to know that the people who helped
them evade were recognized for their heroic
acts.
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Framlingham Station 153 Today
Current
Air Park
(Light Aircraft)
Control Tower
Museum
Restored
Country Road
Source: Google Earth
Airpark
Pads 9, 10 & 13
retained
Operational Station 153
Prints on Vinyl still
Available
2 ft. wide @ $ 50
3 ft. wide @ $ 75
By special order
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The following table, from the Air Force News, shows some interesting ways one can manipulate numbers.
Adding the numbers in each column results in the same total for each of the main leaders of World War II.
Some people have too much time on their hands!
Churchill
Hitler
Roosevelt
ILDuce
Stalin
Tojo
Year born
1879
1889
1880
1882
1884
1887
Age
65
55
64
62
60
57
Years in office
4
11
11
20
22
6
Year took
office
1940
1933
1933
1924
1922
1938
3888
3888
3888
3888
3888
3888
Note first letters of names – CHRIST
EIGHTH AIR FORCE
COMPARATIVE STATISTICS
The Eighth Air Force was activated at Savannah, Georgia, 28 January 1942. In February a small detachment of officers arrived in England to make initial arrangement for the housing and basing of groups to follow, and by June 1942, aircraft, crews, and ground personnel had begun to arrive in the United Kingdom.
On 17 August 1942, the first operational mission in its own aircraft was carried out by the Eighth Air Force
-- the first of 459 days on which heavy bombers struck at enemy targets. At peak personnel strength, the
Eighth Air Force numbered more than 200,000 officers and men. At peak operating strength, it numbered
40 1/2Heavy Bomb Groups, 15 Fighter Groups, and 2 Photo/ Recon Groups operating from bases in the
United Kingdom. At this strength, a typical mission consisted of 1,400 heavy bombers escorted by 800
fighters, consuming 3,500,000 gallons of aviation gasoline, expending 250,000 rounds of .50 cal ammunition, destroying 25 German aircraft in the air and on the ground for the loss of 4 United States fighters and
five bombers, and dropping 3,300 tons of bombs on enemy targets of which on visual missions, 40% fell
within one thousand feet of assigned Mean Point of Impacts and 75% within two thousand feet.
Behind these figures are the combat crews and fighter pilots who fought in the skies -- 46,456 of whom became casualties; the maintenance/ground personnel who kept the airplanes flying -- repaired 59,644 battle
damaged aircraft, loaded the 732,231 tons of bombs expended, and linked and loaded the 99,256,341
rounds of ammunition; and the planners who directed the missions and guided the team.
There were 14 Medals of Honor, 220 Distinguished Service Crosses, 11 Distinguished Service Medals, 207
Legions of Merit, 817 Silver Stars, 41,497 Distinguished Flying Crosses, 478 Soldier's Medals, 6,845 Purple Hearts, 122,705 Air Medals, 2,972 Bronze Stars, 28,000 POW Medals, and 27 Unit Citations made to
members of the Eighth Air Force.
Source of above: Published in “The Mighty Eighth” AF NEWS Dec. 2007
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Marcia Balmut Ward
Thank you to Catherine Bishop (retired MSgt
USAF), widow of Major Hal Bishop (USAF –
fighter pilot), daughter of TSgt Francis G.
O’Connell – 390th Bomb Group, 569th and 570th
Bomb Squadrons – POW Stalag Luft IV – for
the following story! Mrs. Bishop is an incredible
soldier in her own right…and it is a true honor
to share her words:
“During one of the searches to find out my father’s war history, I met through emails the author
of “The Shoe Leather Express” series of books Joe O’Donnell - who was a prisoner at Stalag Luft
IV. After a few emails Joe and I figured out that
Dad and he both walked the same path out of Luft
IV to liberation. It took that group 86 days. The
guys did a fantastic job putting six books together. The dedication in one of Joe's books says it
all ‘To all survivors from all of the Prisoner of War
Camps, and especially for those Prisoners of War
from all theaters of operations who either died in
camp or passed away by the roadside’.
The following is an excerpt from one of the books:
‘The Geneva Convention prohibited captured personnel of officer status from manual labor. The
Germans classified Sergeants and above in this
category, and most American airmen were ranked
as Sergeant or above.
.
The idle mind is just as susceptible to decay as
physical labor is to fatigue thus an active mind is
just as important as an active body. The activities
in a prisoner of war camp were many and varied,
from crafts learned in civilian life, to harassment of
the German guards….from digging tunnels to writing poems and prayers. The tunnels are long gone
but the poems and prayers have survived.
One poem that had more of a positive effect on
downed airmen was a poem scratched in the wall of
a solitary confinement cell. This poem “Can You
Take It” appeared in “Behind Barbed Wire” a
book written soon after WW II (1946) by
Lt Morris J. Roy, now Lt Col (Ret.). This poem
also received attention in “Poets Laureate of Luft
I” by Royal D. Frey. Frey flew P-38’s in combat
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and was credited with two ME-110 kills before
bailing out from his crippled flak-riddled plane. He
was incarcerated at Barth Stalag Luft I. This poem
also appeared in Aerospace Historian magazine. Allen King from Trenton, Tenn. was the first
to bring this poem to my attention.
CAN YOU TAKE IT?
Anonymous
It’s easy to be nice boys, when everything’s OK
It’s easy to be cheerful when you’re having things
your way
But can you hold your head up and take it on the
chin
When your heart is nearly breaking and you feel
like giving in?
It was easy back in England, amongst the friends
and folks
But now you miss the friendly hand, the joys, the
songs, the jokes
The road a head is stony, and unless you’re
strong in mind
You’ll find it isn’t long before you’re lagging far
behind.
You’ve got to climb the hill, boys; it’s no use to
turning back
Remember you're American, and when you reach
the crest
You’ll see a valley cool and green, America at its
best.
You know, there is a saying that “sunshine follows rain”
And sure enough you’ll realize that joy follows
pain
Let courage be your password, make fortitude
your guide
And then instead of grousing, just remember
those who died. ‘
The effect of this poem on downed airmen was best
described by Royal D. Frey. ‘No one will ever
know how many newly captured fliers were
cheered by this poem. The Germans apparently did
not realize its effect, for although they would
whitewash the wall to obliterate the poem, some
subsequent POW would pick out the whitewash to
determine what the Germans had attempted to
cover. Every so often a new POW would arrive at
Stalag Luft I and report he had seen the poem on
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the wall of his cell in solitary confinement at Dulag
Luft, Frankfurt-on-Main, Germany.”
On the earth there’ll remain no trace.
J.P. O’Donnell
Just who is Joseph P. O’Donnell? I met Joe through
the internet searching my father’s war history. As I
am sitting here looking at the Stalag Luft IV Anniversary Book (Turner Publishing) I realize the author of the six- volume “Shoe Leather Express”
series also was the chairman of the Stalag Luft
IV memorial project which constructed a monument site in Poland. Joe was shot down in a B-17
on a bombing run over Wiener Neustadt, Austria
on his 13th mission flying out of Stepperone, Italy
(Foggia). He was assigned to the 483rd Bomb
Group, 815th Bomb Squadron as a ball turret gunner. He and my father survived through an enormous miracle that 86-day march through hell in the
dead of winter with inadequate clothing and almost
no food.
“LAUGHING LUNA”
Thee, Nocturnal eye you watch o’er me
You can skirt the earth and laugh at freedom
While I in my odious company
Write these lines to ward off boredom.
Nay! Day or night you are there,
Though the veil of the heavens may hide thee
You have your freedom everywhere
That’s just of what they deprive me.
I seek thee thru a clouded pane
With an aching heart of stone
I envy you and your wide terrain
And the freedom I once had known.
The preface to Joe’s book in the series ‘And Then
We Came Upon A Time of Great Rewarding (A
Time of Remembrance)’ says it all.
J.P. O’Donnell”
“ ‘A Time of Great Rewarding’ is a collection
of prayers and poems from the eras of wartime and
peace. Prayers and poems are stories told from
inspirations of the heart, of experiences and the
true inner feelings of someone who lost their freedom. - Joe”
Here are two of Joe’s poems he wrote while in captivity:
TIME INTO ETERNITY
The evening mist is creeping
‘neath the serried towers high,
my heart is tired from weeping
for the day that has passed me by.
I’ll never regain what I lost today,
It will never return to me;
For time has taken its wandering way
And has passed into eternity.
We are most appreciative of Catherine Bishop and
her continued support of the Descendant’s Corner!
As I sit here contemplating the words you have just
read I am forever in awe of the amazing bravery
exhibited by our 390th heroes…and all men and
women in military service.
When my own son, Anthony, recently joined
the Air Force ROTC program at the University of
Cincinnati, it was with great pride I shared his
news with my mother, Margery Balmut. We both
agreed my Dad, her husband, Henry Balmut, 8th
Air Corp, 390th Bomb Group, would have been so
proud!!
I wanted Anthony and my other children to read
these amazing stories and have purchased 390th
Descendant Memberships for all of them. If you
know of a descendant who has a story or would
enjoy receiving the Square J, please make that happen! The museum needs your support…and we all
need to hold these stories near to our hearts!
Thinking of all of you
……Marcia Balmut Ward
Never idle a moment away,
Each second is running a race,
To reach oblivion without delay
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Flying a B-24 in WW II was Half the Battle
One man’s view…
The March 7 General Dynamics advertisement asking for donations “to help restore a B-24
to its original condition” just happens to strike this particular former B-24 pilot as a piece of
supreme irony and unmitigated chutzpah.
True, “forty-five years ago, our freedom was on the line” and on the night of November 14,
1944 (at the ripe old age of 22), I flew a B-24 and a crew of 11 out of Fairfield-Suisun (later
renamed Travis Air Force Base) in California, to join the 868th Bomb Squadron (“The
Snoopers”) of the 13th Air Force, for combat in the South Pacific: Noemphor, Morotai and
Okinawa.
Aside from being variously called (with no affection), “the flying prostitute” (no visible
means of support) “the prop hanger,” “the flying brick” - and enjoying its own notorious
version of the Air Corps song: “Off We Go into the wild blue yonder – CRASH!” – it was
the worst, misbegotten, wrongly conceived, improperly designed and negligently slapped
together piece of junk ever to needlessly take the lives of American flyers.
I flew and survived 35 missions. But seven out of my original 11 crew members died – not
from enemy action, but from mechanical failures of the B-24! If they restore a B-24 “to its
original condition,” then God help and have mercy on whoever has to fly it again.
If they really want to symbolize “the American Spirit,” that honor belongs to the brave
crews of the B-24, who fully knew it was a horrible deathtrap but went up in it anyway, because “forty-five years ago, our freedom was on the line.”
Murray Grainger
South Orange, N.J.
Letters, Wall Street Journal, March 23, 1989
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Museum Tour - Part IX
I
t wasn’t all bombing of the enemy for the
390th Bomb Group. There were six missions
of humanitarian effort conducted by the Group
to help the starving people of Holland during the
week of 1 May through 7 May 1945.
As the Germans retreated from Holland, they were
also very scarce of food and scavenged from the
land whatever was available leaving the crops and
supply lines decimated. Food drops were made by
the 8th Air Force with the 390th dropping supplies
to the starving peoples of Valkenburg, Amsterdam,
Vogelenzang and Utrecht.
The display has eight panels with actual photos and
descriptions of the missions. One panel has drawings of appreciation made by Dutch school children
and presented to the 390th members who were on a
tour to Holland in year 2000.
On top of the display panels is a model of a 390th
B-17 dropping the food parcels.
Visitors from Holland who come to our museum
still express their thanks to us even though they may
be of a later generation. They have not forgotten.
The museum gets many visitors from Holland and
some of them have stated that they have heard of
our display before coming over.
It is truly a touching display that presents another
view of the war. It receives a great deal of attention
from visitors from all countries.
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Mission 47 to Brunswick, Germany, 11 January 1944
Beginning just three months after their deployment to the war zone, the 390th Bomb Group was sent
to Brunswick to attack the aero-engine complex which provided ME-110’s, FW-190’s, and JU-88’s
with much of their engine output. They performed that same mission six times over the next several months.
The attacks were carried out in January, February and March of 1944, when the war in the air was
at its height.
On 11 January mishaps dogged the formations sent out to this target. Weather was closing in over
English bases so a recall signal was sent out. Some groups heard it and returned. Others did not
pick up the message and, as they were near the target area, continued their flight. Sadly, many
fighter escort groups caught the signal and returned.
The enemy threw up its greatest interceptor force since Schweinfurt on 14 October 1943, and many
groups were engulfed in one of the big battles of the war. The Eighth Air Force lost 60 bombers
while claiming enemy losses at 152 destroyed, 48 probable, and 47 damaged. The 390th Bomb
Group was spared from the major fighter attacks.
It is very likely that the reason why the 390th Bomb Group was not attacked as fiercely as most of
the other Groups was that the enemy fighters would direct their attacks on the loosest formation.
The 390th Bomb Group was noted for flying very
tight defensive formations. On this mission, they
were led by Bill Pennebaker who successfully survived 42 combat missions as Command Pilot. His
lead pilot was Julian McAfee on this mission and
the flight formation officer was Luke Dunkerly.
The German fighters probably sought out softer
targets!
Twenty-one planes from the 390th in addition to 5
that were part of the 95th Composite Group met 20
Capt. Bill Pennebaker
enemy planes, and claimed 4-4-0 for the loss of
one aircraft which straggled. The straggler was the
Clyde Sanders crew, shot down by fighters on this, their first mission. The crew became POWs except the tail gunner who was killed.
The 8th Air Force suffered 608 casualties with the 60 bombers that were shot down:
358 Prisoners of War
235 Killed in Action
7 Evaders
2 Prisoners Repatriated
1 POW Deceased
5 No Record of Fate
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Donations and Club Memberships
Donations Fourth Quarter Year 2007
W
Museum Donors
e are pleased to announce the names of the
Robert Pinkus
Gerry Green
Angelo Amato
ladies and gentlemen who have made
Douglas Plume
Charles Hargis
Emily Ann
donations to the museum general fund and
Joe Prebilsky
Robert Harriman
Archuleta
endowment fund during the fourth quarter of 2007.
Gary Prebilsky
Curtis Hartman
George Arnold
General funds are used to pay operating costs, fund
Randy Pressley
George Hauskins
Robert Arnold
a substantial research effort, and improve exhibits.
Cliff Puckett
Bridget Hayes
Beth Becker
Endowment funds ensure our future survival.
Eugene Radtke
Jim High
Margaret
Without the generosity of people such as these, we
David Rauh
Robert Hilson
Belkengren
would not be able to keep the museum doors open.
Tom Rettberg
Harold Hinkens
Leona Boettcher
On behalf of all the visitors, veterans, and
William Reulbach descendants who enjoy the museum and marvel in its
Dan Houser
James Bolger
Virgil Sheets
Thurman J. Boyher Michael Hutson
wonders, THANK YOU!
Norm Sherer
Robert Jesko
Alan Brooks
Herbert Showers
John Johannessen
Enid Brown
Air Division Club Oscar E. Hille
George Shutes
Shannon &
Kendall Bryan
Charles A. Hodnicki
John F. Babbitt
Alan Smith
Jeff Johnson
Richard B.
Randall J. Hoehn
Richard S. Finlayson
John Smith
Wayne Johnston
Bushong
Robert S. Jacobs
William Spencer
Kim Jurick
Dennis Calden
Craig S. Kamansky
Wing Club
Irene Kauffman (2) Robert Steele
Rich Carr
John M. Keema
Luella M. Sterr (5) David S. Buehler
Randy Kautz
Lois J. Carter
Joel Klein
John
H.
Hammond
Riley V. Stone
Frances Keelan
Jerry & Gayle
William R. Koller
Albert
"Dick"
R.
Harris
James Sundahl
Chris Kenny (3)
Cates (6)
Carol Kurtz
Peter
C.
Kenny
Donald Thomas
Melinda Kimes
Matthew Chew
Paul L. Lawson
Barbara
Carr
Prem
Lowell & Martha
Patricia KirKum
Jack Clifford
Sidney Lieberman
Alan
D.
Smith
Tompkins
Robert Knobel
Harry Condry
Samuel J. Linn
John D. Wootten
Gloria Triplett (6)
William Koller
Bonnie Kenny
John Magill
Cal Worthington
Al Tschudy
Hilda Kovitz
Cooper
George P. Marco
Dorothy Turner
Richard
Richard Cowles
Edward P. Minerley
Group Club
Deborah Tyler
Krekemeyer
Carmine DiChiaro
William Naeve
Candace Bibby
John Watts
Kenneth Dougherty Maurice Ledford
Lisa Ford Nogar
Carol A. Brezan
Roland Weber
Chris Lefteroff
Thomas Drugan
Kenneth E. Olson
Donald
W.
Brooman
Madalyn Werkheiser
David Lewandos
Donna Dusso (2)
Leon J. Peragallo
Margaret
E.
Brown
Jack White
Elsie Jane Ellefson Bill Long
Ken Poortinga
Robert E. Brubaker
Arthur Wilson
Frederick Engleman Richard Luke
Jacob Popik
Thelma W. Burk
Robert Yablonski
Betty Maher (4)
Eugene Ensing
David Richard
Gwendolyn Simmons
Greg Yoder
Doris Mahsman
Harry Finn
Ann Sherrill Richarz
Burnham
George Zadzora
Patrick Marek (6)
Everett Fitchlee
Joseph J. Rimassa
Richard B. Bushong
John Zakian
Susan Martin
Leonard Fitchlee
Lester D. Roark
Craig Citro
Stephen Zediak
Raymond Foppiano Ellen KauffmanSamuel E. Robertson
Charles
F.
Curtis
Thomas Zuchowski
McFarlane (2)
Harry Frostick
David Saalfrank
Taylor
Grout
Deshon
Edward Minerley
Mary Frostick
John E. Schneider
Armand DiSchiavi
Russell Munson
Joseph Garrett
Barbara Scully
Louis C. Eldredge
John O'Brien
Leonard Garvin
Marshall Smyth
Daniel B. Engelbrecht
Henry Paddubny
George Gilbert
Richard E Steele
Brian J. Flax
David Gillmore (1) William Payden
Elbert S. Steele
Arline Garcia
David Payne
Robert Gillmore
Patrick E. Taylor
John Gilcrest
Leon Petruk
Kenneth Gonsch
Victor Tennery
Robert
W.
Ginn
Jean Pettit (6)
Mike Green
Jack W. Thomson
Nancy Grout
George W. Von Arb
Marjorie H. Grout
In Memoriam
Louis C. Wampler
Thomas J. Hart
Robert E. Warburton
Larry A. Hartman
1. C. Earl Gillmore
5. Dorothy Donnelly
Frank G. Ware
George Hartman
2. Nevin G. Kauffman
Moller
Claude E. Webber
Donald K. Hassig
3. H.J. Kenny, Jr.
6. Ralph Pettit
Robert C. Westmyer
Wilbur H. Hendrix
4. Francis Maher
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Merchandise & Publications
Order Form
 Indicate the quantity and price total for the items you wish to purchase;
 Tell us where to ship your order (all prices include shipping);
 Calculate your total;
 Decide on a payment method: check, money order, or credit card;
 Send in your completed order form via mail, fax, or give us a call!
Publications
Mug
Anthology I
_____ x $32 = _____
Anthology II
_____ x $32 = _____
Both Anthologies for $60 _____ x $60 = _____
Story of the 390th (Blue Book reprint)
_____ x $87 = _____
Liberty Belle Mug
_____@ $____ = _____
1/$10, 2/$19, 4/$34
Patches/Pins
_____ x $10 = _____
Embroidered Patches (3” diameter, cloth)
390th BG
_____ x $10=_______
Squadrons
_____ x $8 = _______
Specify: 568th, 569th, 570th, 571st
“Wild Children” Over Framlingham Castle (6x9)
5-pack/$5
_____@ $3 = _____
Museum Reunion Pins
2006 Museum Pin_____ x $6 = _______
2007 Museum Pin_____ x $6 = _______
Museum History Book
Postcard
Video/DVD/CD
Caps/Clothing
Pistol Packin’ Mama VHS or DVD (specify)
_____ x $22 = _____
“The Men Who Were There” DVD
_____ x $20 = _____
Official 390th B-17 Caps
Red or White
_____ x $13 = _______
White with patriotic flag bill
_____ x $15 = _______
Nose Art Slide Show (PowerPoint CD-ROM)
_____ x $10 = _____
Official Red or White Museum Polo Shirt with Logo
Med Large XL _____ x $19 = _______
Lithographs
Dark Blue Jacket with Logo
S,M,XL _____ x $34 = _____
“Top Cover” (20x30)
_____ x $29 = _____
“First Over Berlin” (11x15)_____ x $14 = _____
“Cabin in the Sky” (24x18)
_____ x $35 = _____
Dark Blue T-shirt (1/$15, 2/$28, 3/$39)
M, L, XL
______ @$___=______
(prices include U.S. shipping & handling; call for international rates)
Total Cost: $_______________
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Address
Form of Payment:
Check # _______
Money Order Visa/MasterCard:
Card Number
Phone
Exp. date
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Send your order to:
390th Memorial Museum
6000 E. Valencia Road
Tucson, AZ 85706
Fax: 520-574-3030
Phone: 520-574-0287
E-mail: the390th@aol.com
www.390th.org
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390th Memorial Museum Foundation
Membership Application
6000 East Valencia Road
Tucson, AZ 85706
Phone: 520/574-0287
Fax: 520/574-3030
E-mail: The390th@aol.com
Name___________________________________________________ □ New Membership
Address________________________________________________ □ Renewal
City, State ____________________________________________ □ Gift Membership
Zip ___________
Spouse’s Name _______________________________
Phone _____________ Fax _____________ E-mail_______________________
Please check the appropriate membership category and select your method of payment. Return this form to the
address above. Credit card information may be faxed.
MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES
□
Bomb Group or SMW Veteran
$20
□ Spouse
$25
□ Descendant (of whom:____________________) $25
□ Associate
$25
□ Life Member (390th BG Veteran)
$250
□ Life Member (Others)
$500
390th
SUPPORT CLUBS
Support Clubs offer you the opportunity to provide additional support to the Foundation.
□ Group Club
□ Wing Club
□ Air Division Club
□Air Force Club
$100-$499
$500-$999
$1,000-$3,999
$4,000 and more
DONATION
Enclosed is my additional donation of $___________________ in support of the Museum.
PAYMENT INFORMATION
□ Check or Money Order
□ Visa or MasterCard
Check Number: ______ Total Amount: _________________
Card Number _______________________
Name on Card: ___________________________________________________
Expiration Date: _________________
Signature: _____________________________________
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