[303rd-Talk] Nicknames for Molesworth

[Bob Van Pelt]

Could it be "Station 107?"
Bob


--- 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  
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> > 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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