Preserving the history of the Mighty 8th
Meetings Are Free. Meetings are open to everyone. There is no cost to attend. You do not have to be a member in order to attend a meeting.
Doors open at 10:00 A.M.
A luncheon sandwich bar is available for $16
1: Treasurer, Pat Keating will tell us about his recent trip to New Orleans for the National 8th Air Force Historical Society reunion, and his visit to the National WWII Museum.
2: Pilot, Paul Bazely will talk about ferrying aircraft to England via the “Northern Route” through Labrador, Greenland and Iceland.
Paul flew a DC-3 and C-53 (militarized version of the DC-3) over that route for a D-Day Commemoration, and will talk about the planning and preparations required to fly a WWII-era radial engine aircraft through the weather, winds, and cold temperatures along the northern route.
In addition, Paul Bintner will display his 1958 Ford which was used in “The Las Man Club,” a movie about a WWII veteran flier who embarks on a cross country adventure to find the last remaining members of his B-17 bomber crew.
See you at the briefing!
On-line transcripts of available previous meeting presentations from 2002 to 2023
Local membership is open to all and Annual Membership cost is only $15.00. Link takes you to the signup Forms
August 8, 2023 Presentation: B-29 and F-94 collide between Tualatin and Wilsonville during mission practice.
November 11, 2023 Presentation: Veterans Salute meeting.
February 02, 2024 Presentation: "Beauty and Duty." speaker, Alice Miller.
May 11, 2024 Presentation: "The Bloody 100th Bomb Group" by Lt Col Terrence G. Popravak, Jr., USAF (Retired)
August 10, 2024 Mike Morrow and Chris Gattman, Aviation Historians "Two Pacific Northwest B-17 crash sites."