MID-ATLANTIC AIR MUSEUM'S             
20TH ANNIVERSARY WORLD WAR II WEEKEND                   
"A GATHERING OF WARBIRDS"               
 SPECIAL GUESTS         

June 4 - 5 - 6, 2010        

 



IN MEMORIAM TO OUR FRIEND AND HERO:

FORREST LEROY "GOODY" GUTH
Corporal, USA, 506th PIR, 101st Abn Inf Div., Easy Company, 3d Platoon
"Band of Brothers"


 


What follows is a partial roster of our scheduled Special Guests for the 20th Anniversary WWII Weekend.  As the show draws near and others are confirmed we'll add them, so please check back to see what other guests are coming.

WWII Weekend guest speaker's schedules will be posted at each speaker's venue at the show.  At other times, many of these veterans will be available to meet and sign autographs at tables in the main hangar.

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Some Boogie Woogie while you hurry up and wait?

 

  Frederick "Boots" Blesse

Major General, USAF, 334th Fighter Interceptor Sqdn, 4th FIW, double jet ace, Korean War

 


"Boots" Blesse's F-86

  
Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson

Colonel, USAAF, 357th Fighter Group, triple ace, test pilot

 


P-51B and P-51D "Old Crow"

  
R.V. Burgin

USMC, K Co., 3rd Bn., 5th Marine Regt., 1st Marine Division, veteran of Cape Gloucester, Peleliu, and Okinawa.  Portrayed in the HBO mini-series "The Pacific".

  
Sid Phillips

USMC, H Co., 2nd Bn., 1st Marine Regt., 1st Marine Division, veteran of Guadalcanal and Cape Gloucester.  Portrayed in the HBO mini-series "The Pacific".

  
Katherine Phillips

Red Cross Volunteer

 


Charles "Mac" McGee

Colonel, USAAF, 302nd Fighter Squadron, 332nd FG, "Tuskegee Airman"

 


P-51B "Kitten"
 


Herb Ing

Colonel, USMC, L Co. 3rd Bn, 4th MarDiv, veteran of  Marshall Islands, Saipan, & Iwo Jima

  

Richard Cole

Lt Col, USAAF, Doolittle Raider, Plane #1 Co-Pilot


B-25C Tokyo Raider Plane # 1

Thomas Griffin

Major, USAAF, Doolittle Raider, Plane#9 Navigator, POW


Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk 

Major USAAF, 509th Composite Group, Navigator of the 'Enola Gay'

 


B-29 "Enola Gay"

Jack Widowski

Major USAAF, 509th Composite Group, Navigator - Atomic Missions

  
 


Robert Ferguson

Lieutenant, USAAF, 6th NFS, P-61 Black Widow pilot
 


P-61A "The Virgin Widow"


William "Wild Bill" Guarnere

Staff Sergeant, USA, 506th PIR, 101st Abn Inf Div., Easy Company
"Band of Brothers"

 


Donald Malarkey

Tech Sergeant, USA, 506th PIR, 101st Abn Inf Div., Easy Company
"Band of Brothers"

 


Lynn "Buck" Compton

Lt Col, USA, 506th PIR, 101st Abn Inf Div., Easy Company, 2d Platoon
"Band of Brothers"

 


Ed Mauser

Staff Sergeant, USA, 506th PIR, 101st Abn Inf Div., Easy Company
"Band of Brothers"

 

  


Bradford Freeman

Staff Sergeant, USA, 506th PIR, 101st Abn Inf Div., Easy Company
"Band of Brothers"

 

  


William "Bill" Fili

Sergeant, USAAF, 450th Bomb Group, B-24 Engineer/ Top Turret Gunner, Ploesti Raid, POW

  

 


Jack Colby

Corporal, USMC, 4th MarDiv, veteran of Marshall Islands, Saipan, and Tinian 

  

 

Grant Lee

USN, LST Gunner, Normandy and Okinawa Invasions

  

Jim Duratz

USA, veteran of Manila recapture and MP at the Nuremburg Trials

  
 

Will Ketnr

USAAF, B-17 pilot

  

Carl Constein

Lieutenant, USAAF, "Hump" pilot

  
 

Paul Gordon

Sergeant, USAAF, 327th Bomb Squadron, 92d Bomb Group, B-17 ball turret gunner

Lester Tenney

Sergeant, USA, 192d Tank Battalion, Bataan Death March and Hell Ship survivor

Hank Heim

Major, USAAF, Pearl Harbor survivor, B-17 pilot

  

David Thatcher

SSgt, USA, Flight Engineer/Gunner plane # 7, Doolittle Raid

  


B-25C Tokyo Raider Plane # 7 "Ruptured Duck"
 

Russell Gackenbach

USAAF, 509th Composite Group, Navigator  B-29 "Necessary Evil", photo-plane on the Hiroshima mission

  

Evangeline Coeyman

Lieutenant, US Army Nurse Corps, 59th Field Hospital, 90th Infantry Division, death camp liberator

 

Len Lazarick

Sergeant, USA, K Co., 382nd Regt., 96th Infantry Division, veteran of Okinawa

  


Vernard Brinzehofe

Corporal, USMC, 3rd Bn, 25th Marine Regt, 4th Marine Division, veteran of Guadalcanal, Coral Sea, Saipan, and Iwo Jima  

  

 

Kay Bentley

"Rosie the Riveter"

  


Mae Graybill

"Rosie the Riveter", Glenn L. Martin Plant, Middle River, MD

YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE:

WWII Weekend Special Guests and WWII Aircraft are scheduled to attend in the best of faith by all parties.  Unfortunately last minute health issues, weather factors, and mechanical issues may prevent attendance.  Scheduled times and venues are subject to change because of these possibilities.  We apologize if this should occur, however we offer no refunds or reductions.

WWII VETERANS - "UNCLE MAAM" NEEDS YOU!

If you are interested in being a special guest at the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum’s World War Weekend in future years please contact the museum in writing via email not later than October 1st for consideration at the following June event so that we may create a contact file.  The event is always held the first FULL weekend in June each year.

Special guests are considered for autographs, book or print signings, and as speakers regarding their military or war-effort experiences.  Thank-you.

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