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307th
Bomb Wing History Book Moves Forward
Michael Hill, a LAFB SAC BRAT from 1958
to 1965, is proceeding apace with the planning, research, and
writing of the story of the 307th BW during it’s Lincoln
lifetime. His dad, Sedge, served with the wing in several areas
during that period. His memory of growing up at LAFB and its people
is vivid and his objective is that those hectic days of serving
with SAC should be preserved for future generations.
Possessing a proven author’s track record, over the last
15 years he has had the honor of having seven books published
by Schiffer Publishing of Atglen PA. They are one of the foremost
publishers of military history in the United States. The titles
include Black Sunday-Ploesti, Peace Was Their Profession and Role
Call,Thud. His dad and he also did a history of the 451st Bomb
Group called The Fightin 451st. Later came a rewrite of the book
for Schiffer Publishing and then a history of the 464th BG in
World War 2.
With a background of published books behind him, he knows how
much work goes into a project like this. It is not a thing to
undertake without a lot of prior planning, research and thought
before sitting down at the computer and hitting the keys. He has
been in contact with Schiffer Publishing and they are very interested
in doing the book if we can come up with enough material.
First we need enough material to fill between 175 and 250 pages.
We also need between 200 and 400 photos to illustrate the work.
We have the "official" history on Microfilm from Maxwell
AFB. This is the Wing history as written from the daily records
and reports compiled by the Wing at Lincoln. If you have ever
read this kind of material, then you know that by Page 5 you fell
asleep. This is where you, the members of the Association come
in. In order to make the history readable and interesting your
help is needed to put personality on the pages.
Each of you has a lot of memories of those days when you served
with the 307th. These memories are what are needed to make the
book interesting to read not only for you, but also for future
generations.
With the above in mind, here is what is needed to accomplish the
mission: stories from the early days at Lincoln; building and
training the Wing to combat ready status; memories of Reflex,
TDY, deployments, ORIs, daily life on the flightline, training
missions, and scary moments on the ground or in the air. When
was Jimmy Stewart at Lincoln? We need stories from all aspects
of the wing, from flightcrews, crew chiefs, commanders and clerks.
Remember the Cuban Missile Crisis, what did you do during that
near-the-brink moment?
Mike also plans to include a listing of the B-47 and KC-97 tailnumbers
and what happened to the aircraft. Crew Chiefs, tell us about
your bird. Was she a good plane or a "dog". It doesn't
matter if your memory of past events is not earth shattering;
if you lived it, then it is part of the History of the 307th and
should be put down in the book.
Contact Mike Hill at1405 8th ST SW, Minot ND 58701. Or email Mike
at mikendaf@srt.com
Mike Hill
1405 8th St SW
Minot, ND 58701
1-(701) 838-9288
mikendaf@srt.com
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We've Had Reunions
Lincoln 1986
Tucson 1986
Both of the
above were organized independently of the other and were
attended mostly by those living in the local area.
Our first nation wide reunion was in 1988 and resulted
in the formation of our Association.
Las Vegas 1988
Lincoln 1990
Orlando 1992
Seattle 1994
Dayton 1996
Colorado Springs
1998
Lincoln 2000
Fort Worth 2001
Las Vegas 2004
Charleston 2006
Branson 2008 |
The
370th Bomb Squadron lives on...
On 24 September
2001 the 370th was reactivated as the 370th Flight Test
Squadron and became an Air Reserve unit on 1 October 2001.
It is assigned to the 452nd Operations Group at Edwards
AFB.
This was discovered
by Douglas Matthews who is the son of David Matthews,
a member of the 370th BS in World War II. |
307th
Memories DVD Production
R. T. Boykin, Jr. has volunteered to assemble and make
a 307th memories DVD. He needs copies of photos, videos,
audios etc. taken during the time 307th was based at
Lincoln. He is looking for any and all activities –
photos taken at work, play, unit functions, reflex,
and alert, anything that will help tell the total story
of the 307th at Lincoln.
The DVD will be a combination of video clips and photos.
With each photo and video please include information
in writing or on cassette audio that explains the situation
and include information such as date, unit, names of
people & places.
Please send anything that you think will help make the
DVD entertaining and interesting. Should you send something
you want returned, please so state, and it will be copied
and returned.
While we have official histories of the 307th, this
DVD is to reveal the human and humorous side while stationed
at Lincoln. A photo or video taken at work, the club,
Parker’s Steak House, Gold’s, downtown main
street, your neighborhood, base housing block party,
Halloween, Christmas, Little League, etc., etc.
You can send your contributions via US Postal mail or
that new fandangle email.
Postal to: R. T. Boykin, Jr.; 832 Shady Glen Ln.; Bedford.
TX 76021-4335 or email at dru_rt92@sbcglobal.net.
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