Ash Wednesday …Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Claudia Bartow Jan 5, 2012.
By Colonel Ronald L. Albers, USAF, retired
It was February 25, 1945, at a remote airfield in eastern Bavaria near the small village of Pocking. Nazi warplanes were well hidden in areas cleared into the forest, then covered with netting and other camouflage. These were special aircraft at this particular airdrome that no other field possessed. The field also held some of…
ContinuePosted on May 8, 2012 at 4:16pm — 1 Comment
My Perception of Today’s Heroes
By Ron Albers, Colonel, USAF, retired
It appears to me that the heroes of the average American today are sports figures. Our Air Force members are a professional team, so let’s compare them to professional athletes. Airmen are often criticized for occasionally missing targets, perhaps causing “collateral damage.” True, sometimes they are off-target; but certainly more than…
ContinuePosted on January 3, 2012 at 6:23pm — 1 Comment
Tuskegee Airman Returns to Spot in France Where He Was Shot down in 1944
(This trip took place in May of 2008)
by Ronald L. Albers, Colonel, USAF, retired
On August 12, 1944, 22-year-old 2nd Lt Alexander Jefferson of the famed Tuskegee Airmen 332nd Fighter Group was flying his “red tail” P-51 Mustang (named Margo, after his girlfriend at the time) on his 19th combat mission over Europe. His formation’s mission…
ContinuePosted on December 23, 2011 at 6:44pm
Two months ago, I was returning from an RV trip out east, when I saw a sign for the National D Day Memorial. It seems to me that it was about 30 miles off I-81. (Bedford is east of Roanoke and half way to Lynchburg.) Anyway, the previous month I spent an entire week on Normandy Beach visiting all the museums there, and I recalled reading that the small town of Bedford had lost more young men per capita during Operation Overlord than any other town in the US. I expected to see a nice monument…
ContinuePosted on December 23, 2011 at 6:25pm
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Ron: Surprise I do know George Peto, we were in the same Marine Corps League Detachment(Belleau Wood) in Columbus. He is one hell of person and an outstanding Marine S?F TOP.
Colonel Albers
Welcome Aboard
George peto
Colonel Albers,
It is a pleasure to have you here. We look forward to hearing about your memories from your long Air Force Career, and from the stories you will share of others through your relationship with Motts Military Museum.
Claudia