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07-16-2006, 02:58 PM
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| Junior Member  Join Date: Jul 2006
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| Introducing myself! Hello! My name is Meredyth and I work at the 390th Memorial Museum in Tucson, Arizona. We have a beautiful B-17 on site and my co-worker Andy (82 years old) was a WWII top turret gunner! I love my job and just wanted to say hi and see if I can find out more info on the B-17 and related aircraft. If anyone has any 390th or B-17 stories, I'd love to hear them. We have a quarterly newsletter and are always looking for material. Also, if you have any questions for us, let me know. We can research and Andy loves to answer questions. 
__________________ Meredyth Membership Coordinator at the 390th Memorial Museum in Tucson, Arizona. Very interested in WWII aviation, especially the Flying Fortress! (Air Force brat of an F-111/F-16 pilot) http://www.the390th.org.com http://andyanzanos.com |
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07-16-2006, 09:00 PM
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| "Shooter"   Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA
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 | Welcome. Anyone who volunteers where they restore these oldf birds is ok by me.  I am a CAF Colonel myself at the Southern California Wing.
__________________  > I Support Doug Gilliss < For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. Leonardo Da Vinci |
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07-16-2006, 10:13 PM
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| IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO   Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Colorado, USA
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07-17-2006, 05:07 AM
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| Der Crewchief  Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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| Welcome. Hey Eric can you give me some info on how to get into the CAF. I have an A&P Liscense I can work on the aircraft, I can do whatever they want! Man that would be awesome to work on the aircraft.
__________________  fly boy:"isnt that the first jet bomber becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles" |
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07-17-2006, 07:56 AM
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| "Shooter" Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA
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| It's very easy actually. If you go to the CAF website, they have the application for commission. Fill it out and pay yearly dues and that's it. Of course, it helps to be near a local chapter. Go to the main CAF website and click on Wings and Squadrons on the left, it lists all of them by state or country. The only current European chapter is in France. Unfortunately, there aren't any in Alaska. But you could contact them on starting one. Official Home Page of the Commemorative Air Force
__________________ > I Support Doug Gilliss < For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. Leonardo Da Vinci |
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07-19-2006, 11:13 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2004
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 | "The only current European chapter is in France." Eric ... Switzerland is in Europe too, y'know?
__________________ "When you go home tomorrow, don't expect anyone to know what you have been through. Even if they did know, most people probably wouldn't care anyway. Some of you may get the medals you deserve, many more of you will not. But remember this, all of you are now members of the front-line club, and that is the most exclusive club in the world." - Lt. Col. Matthew Maer CO 1st Battalion, the Princess of Wale's Royal Regiment. Camp Abu Naji, Oct. 2004  To those in that club. |
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07-20-2006, 05:29 AM
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| Der Crewchief Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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07-20-2006, 05:58 AM
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| "World Traveller"  Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK
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 | Welcome Meredyth.
__________________  "Success is not Final, Failure is not Fatal, it is the Courage to Continue that Counts" Sir Winston Churchill "To him the People of the World Largely owe the Freedom and Liberties they Enjoy Today" Enscription on Hugh Dowding's (AOC Fighter Command 1936-40) statue in London WW2 Talk: A WW2 Discussion Forum My Photo Collections on Flickr |
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07-20-2006, 08:28 AM
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| "Shooter" Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA
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 I forgot about that one. You would think, being mostly Swiss in lineage, that I would rememebr that!
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07-22-2006, 07:18 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Long Island Native in Mississippi
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| Old age does have its drawbacks...
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07-22-2006, 07:28 AM
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| "Shooter" Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA
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| hehe yep.
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