[303rd-Talk] Nicknames for Molesworth

Tue Jan 6 08:08:02 MST 2009

I do not recall hearing any nicknames.

--- On Mon, 1/5/09, Leslie Jean Newell <ljnewell at hotmail.com> wrote:

From: Leslie Jean Newell <ljnewell at hotmail.com>
Subject: [303rd-Talk] Nicknames for Molesworth
To: "Gary Moncur" <glm at 303rdbg.com>, "303rd Bomb Group Talk Forum" <303rd-talk at 303rdbg.com>
Date: Monday, January 5, 2009, 10:33 PM

Gary, 
Can you or anyone else tell me if there were any nicknames given to Molesworth
Air Field?  An associate of mine told me that there was a 
name that was sometimes used for the Air Field, but I forgot what it was. 
Anything else too.  Thanks.  Happy New Year!

Leslie Newell
Hendersonville, NC  

> From: glm at 303rdbg.com> To: 303rd-Talk at 303rdBG.com> Date: Mon, 22 Dec
2008 11:05:01 -0700> CC: > Subject: [303rd-Talk] 8th AF Museum> > I
think most of you got my email about the B-17 coming to the 8th AF > Museum
in Savannah. If not, it is pasted below. If you didn't get > it, email me
direclty (glm at 303rdbg.com) and I'll make sure you're on > my
list.> > Here the history of that B-17 taken from the book "Final
Cut."> > http://www.303rdbg.com/44-83814.pdf> > Gary> >
-----------------------------> > Dear 303rd BG Members, Families and
Friends,> > We thought you would be interested in some very exciting news
from > the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum in Pooler (Savannah), GA.> >
We are happy to report that the Museum will soon be getting a B-> 17. The
fortress is B-17G 44-83814, currently in storage the > Smithsonian Air and
Space Museum Dulles Annex. > > -----------> > MIGHTY EIGHTH AIR
FORCE MUSEUM NEWS> > Brenda Elmgren, Chief Administrative Officer at the
Museum reports:> > "The B-17 is coming. A team of aircraft moving
experts will go to > Dulles on January 5 to dismantle and load it. It will be
put on 4 > lowboy trailers and dispatched to the Museum. This process
will> take about a week, give or take a day. The different trailers will >
arrive separately, depending on the staging of the process. Once > here, each
trailer will be unloaded into the Combat Gallery, where> the aircraft will be
reassembled and prepared for restoration. We > expect the reassembly to be
completed around the middle of January. > It will be on public display for
the entire process. We are> intently determined that it should be a shared
with everyone, > particularly the troops out there who have made it
possible.> > "We have received the official deed from the Smithsonian
and I will > be traveling to the Smithsonian to finish up the details
immediately > after Christmas. I'll go from Washington DC to Dayton to
observe > some display techniques and lighting methods at the National US Air
> Force Museum at Wright-Patterson.> > "Things are presently being
rearranged in the Combat Gallery to > accommodate the big bird. The Stearman
trainer will be mounted on 6 > Ft pylons. The Deenthorpe exhibit is being
moved and will be> greatly enhanced with new lighting and graphics. Likewise
with the > Ploesti diorama. The initial viewing experience for the B17 will
be > dramatic. As you step out of the Mission Experience, you will> look
to your right - and stare right down the row of props. Whew! > What a
sight!> > "It's an exciting time for all Mighty Eighth
supporters. If you know> of anyone who wants to contribute, there is a
special fund for it."> > -------------> > 303rd BOMB GROUP
ASSOCIATION FINAL REPORT> > The 303rd Bomb Group Association has sent
their remaining assets, > totaling $14,663.87, to the Mighty Eighth Air Force
Museum. In his > > November 20, 2008 letter to the Museum, 303rd BGA
President Col. > William H. Cox reported:> > "Our Board of
Directors, meeting on August 27, 2005 voted to dissolve> the Association by
December 31, 2007. The publishing and distribution> of the third and final
book of Hell´s Angels Newsletters took longer > than anticipated, as did the
processing required by State and Federal> agencies. We officially dissolved
as an organization on August 31, > 2008.> > "It was further voted
by our Board that the remaining assets of the > 303rd Bomb Group (H)
Association, Inc. be gifted to 'The Mighty > Eighth Air Force Museum and
designated for the purpose of aiding in > the acquiring, restoring,
transporting, insuring or whatever else is > required to place a B-17 on
permanent display at the Mighty Eighth > Air Force Museum.'">
> ------------> > We are delighted that the Association's final
assets can now be used > for their intended purpose. If you would like to
donate to the B-17 > > restoration, please contact the Museum
directly.> > Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum Website:>
http://www.mightyeighth.org/> > Mailing Address:> Mighty Eighth Air
Force Museum> P.O. Box 1992> Savannah, GA 31402> > For the most part
it has been a wonderful year. Susan and I > sincerely wish each of you a very
Merry Christmas and a Happy New > Year.> > -----------> > -- Gary
Moncur> 303rd Bomb Group (H) Historian> http://www.303rdBG.com > >
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