Posts by Nancy Hildebrandt
2025 “First Flight” Reunion/Convention in Dayton, Ohio
REGISTRATION IS CLOSED Heritage League of the 2nd Air Division 93rd Bombardment Group Association Annual Joint Reunion/Convention Dayton, OH October 2 – 6, 2025 Once again, the Heritage League has partnered with the 93rd Bomb Group Association for our annual Convention. Our organizations share the same interest and enthusiasm in preserving the legacy and…
Read MorePresident’s message, January 2025
At over a mile elevation at Colorado Springs, the recent reunion of the Heritage League, 93rd and the 467th Bomb Groups was indeed a wonderful success…
Read More2024 Colorado Springs Reunion/Convention
Heritage League of the 2nd Air Division 93rd Bombardment Group Association 467th Bombardment Group Association Annual Joint Reunion/Convention Colorado Springs, CO October 17 – 21, 2024 (with optional add-on October 21 & 22) This year the Heritage League has partnered with the 93rd Bomb Group Association and the 467th Bomb Group Association for our annual…
Read MorePresident’s message, June 2024
Photo: Wendy Dwyer Christopher D. Clark(489 & 44 BGs) 8th AF Vet PFC Hurwitz. Photo: Wendy Dwyer The 80th anniversary of the D-Day assault on Fortress Europe to rid the world of forced oppression, slavery, work camps and ethnic cleansing had me glued to the TV, mainly C-Span and the BBC. While watching the veterans…
Read MorePresident’s message, January 2024
Christopher D. Clark(489 & 44 BGs) I am honored and privileged to be elected President of the Heritage League of the Second Air Division. I want to personally thank Marybeth Dyer, our past President, for all her outstanding work for the Heritage League in a number of roles and all of her continuing work as…
Read MorePresident’s message, February 2023
“You can never have too many friends” my mom used to say. Well, she was right. Those of us who attended our Boston convention with the 93rd BG found that out. We learned a lot about each other for sure. We created relationships and friendships and appreciated how each organization worked and found out that…
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Evolution and Technology…. How times have changed with communications from when our Veterans were in East Anglia in the 1940’s and currently how we are communicating in the present. It’s been an amazing transition and evolution. There were many ways that the military communicated in WWII. Here are a few ways: Radio- B24 used a…
Read MoreGovernment Research Resources
The following data has come from various sources including Scott Burris of Army Air Forces and www.b24.net. We hope these references will help you in your research. National Personnel Records Center, Military Personnel Records This is where you obtain Service Records (201 file) located in St. Louis. Note that a fire in 1973 destroyed many…
Read MoreMilitary Research by the Heritage League
We, of the Heritage League, are dedicated to the preservation of the military records of our veterans. These documents in of themselves have no real meaning until you can see how one man’s record might connect him to units, awards and decorations. Since the loss of so many veteran’s records in the 1973 Fire at…
Read MoreThe B-24 Liberator
Just as the Handley Page Halifax was overshadowed in the UK by its partner, the Avro Lancaster, so the B-24 never gained the popular appeal of its USAAF partner, the Boeing B-17. In fact, the B-24 was newer, more efficient, built in far greater numbers and, unlike the B-17, served on every front in World…
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