Return-Path: <303rd-announce-bounces@303rdbg.com> X-Spam-Score: 1.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on squid.yrex.com X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.5 required=5.0 tests=BOTNET,BOTNET_CLIENTWORDS, HTML_MESSAGE autolearn=no version=3.2.5 Delivered-To: 28-glm@303rdbg.com Received: (qmail 4990 invoked from network); 24 Feb 2009 13:37:19 -0700 Received: from localhost (HELO squid.yrex.com) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 24 Feb 2009 13:37:19 -0700 Return-Path: Delivered-To: 28-303rd-announce@303rdbg.com Received: (qmail 2875 invoked from network); 24 Feb 2009 13:36:47 -0700 Received: from glm.dsl.xmission.com (HELO ?192.168.1.104?) (166.70.14.29) by yrex.com with SMTP; 24 Feb 2009 13:36:46 -0700 Message-ID: <49A45A34.2020502@303rdBG.com> Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:36:04 -0700 Organization: 303rd Bomb Group User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: 303rd-Announce@303rdBG.com X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:37:15 -0700 Cc: From: 303rd-announce@303rdBG.com Subject: [303rd BG News] 24 February 2009 X-BeenThere: 303rd-announce@303rdBG.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: glm@303rdBG.com List-Id: 303rd Bomb Group News <303rd-announce.303rdBG.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============0412786221==" Sender: 303rd-announce-bounces@303rdBG.com Errors-To: 303rd-announce-bounces@303rdBG.com This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --===============0412786221== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------020005090009080307050703" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------020005090009080307050703 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit _* *_* 303rd Bomb Group NEWS - 24 February 2009*_* *_* www.303rdBG.com* _*Keeping the Legacy Alive*_* * I plan to try to keep everyone as up to date as possible with news from the 303rd Bomb Group. The very infrequent updates of the past will become more regular in the future. If you know of other friends or family of the 303rd BG who would like to receive these updates, let me know --- or they may subscribe themselves from a button on my home page: http://www.303rdBG.com _*RAF Molesworth - Mr. Peter G. Park*_ Probably the most overlooked historian of the 303rd Bomb Group is Mr. Peter G. Park of the Joint Analysis Center Commander's Action Group at RAF Molesworth. He is also an excellent tour guide and host for visits to the base. My family received the royal treatment on our visit last June. For the past year or so, Peter has written numerous articles about the 303rd Bomb Group for the base website. I'm sure you will enjoy a visit to the site and find many interesting articles. See: http://www.501csw.usafe.af.mil/ Below are some selected articles written by Mr. Park over the past year. /*JAC Heritage: The Night Molesworth Was Bombed*/ http://www.501csw.usafe.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123087953 */7,336 World War II Veterans of Molesworth, are returning HOME!!/* http://www.501csw.usafe.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123087944 /*JAC Ceremony Honors World War II 303rd Bomb Group*/ http://www.501csw.usafe.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123093029 /*303rd Bomb Group Volume Donated to Base Library*/ http://www.501csw.usafe.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123093985 */Son Completes a Mission at Father's WWII Molesworth Base/* http://www.501csw.usafe.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123094562 /*Sons of Pilot of B-17 "Thunderbird" Return to Father's Base*/ http://www.501csw.usafe.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123103850 /* JAC Pays Respects to WWII 303rd Bomb Group Leader*/ http://www.501csw.usafe.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123102290 /*JAC Modeler returns B-17G "Thunderbird" to RAF Molesworth*/ http://www.501csw.usafe.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123106774 /*Wood Carvings at JAC - From a WWII London Air Raid Shelter, A Frightened English Boy's Legacy of Honor*/ http://www.501csw.usafe.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123112577 /* First Grandchild of WWII 303rd Bomb Group Visits Molesworth*/ http://www.501csw.usafe.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123123580 */ B-17 Ball Turret Gunner: 33 Missions Without a Scratch; The 34th Was Different /* http://www.501csw.usafe.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123135013 Cheers! Gary -- *Gary L. Moncur* 303rd Bomb Group (H) Historian www.303rdBG.com --------------020005090009080307050703 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
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Keeping the Legacy Alive

I plan to try to keep everyone as up to date as possible with news from the 303rd Bomb Group.  The very infrequent updates  of the past will become more regular in the future.  If you know of other friends or family of the 303rd BG who would like to receive these updates, let me know --- or they may subscribe themselves from a button on my home page:
http://www.303rdBG.com


RAF Molesworth - Mr. Peter G. Park

Probably the most overlooked historian of the 303rd Bomb Group is Mr. Peter G. Park of the Joint Analysis Center Commander's Action Group at RAF Molesworth.   He is also an excellent tour guide and host for visits to the base.  My family received the royal treatment on our visit last June.

For the past year or so, Peter has written numerous articles about the 303rd Bomb Group for the base website.   I'm sure you will enjoy a visit to the site and find many interesting articles.  See:
http://www.501csw.usafe.af.mil/

Below are some selected articles written by Mr. Park over the past year. 

JAC Heritage: The Night Molesworth Was Bombed
http://www.501csw.usafe.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123087953


7,336 World War II Veterans of Molesworth, are returning HOME!!
http://www.501csw.usafe.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123087944


JAC Ceremony Honors World War II 303rd Bomb Group
http://www.501csw.usafe.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123093029


303rd Bomb Group Volume Donated to Base Library
http://www.501csw.usafe.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123093985


Son Completes a Mission at Father's WWII Molesworth Base
http://www.501csw.usafe.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123094562


Sons of Pilot of B-17 “Thunderbird” Return to Father’s Base
http://www.501csw.usafe.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123103850


JAC Pays Respects to WWII 303rd Bomb Group Leader
http://www.501csw.usafe.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123102290


JAC Modeler returns B-17G "Thunderbird" to RAF Molesworth
http://www.501csw.usafe.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123106774


Wood Carvings at JAC - From a WWII London Air Raid Shelter, A Frightened English Boy's Legacy of Honor
http://www.501csw.usafe.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123112577


First Grandchild of WWII 303rd Bomb Group Visits Molesworth
http://www.501csw.usafe.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123123580


B-17 Ball Turret Gunner: 33 Missions Without a Scratch; The 34th Was Different
http://www.501csw.usafe.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123135013

Cheers!
Gary
--
Gary L. Moncur
303rd Bomb Group (H) Historian
www.303rdBG.com


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