Price per copy, inclusive of postage and packing, is € 20,00 (twenty euros)
 

Bill Varnedoe - Navigator, "Possible Straight"
"For those making a pilgrimage to the old 385th Bomb Group site at Great Ashfield in England, this will be a great help! If you are a-stay-at-home, you can visit vicariously with it."

Jim "Duke" Skophammer, Daly City, California - Right Waist Gunner, "War Horse"
"I enjoyed your CD very much and was able to show it to some friends. They were all amazed at the amount of work you put into it, as I am. There are pics and information not available anywhere else. Thanks very much for a good job well done."

Carl Hannon - Korean War veteran.
"This album helps to preserve part of the 385th's history - history that should never, ever, be lost to time."

George Menkoff, Weapons Mechanic, MOS 405, bomb and fuse handler.
"I have read the CD Rom Flip Book written by Bill Daysh and found it very informative and comprehensive. Reading this authentic history of our 385th Bomb Group makes my mind return to the war years and the pictures bring back warm, reminiscing memories; memories of that time in history, WW2, when we answered the call of our country."

THE CD-ROM CONTAINS FOUR ALBUMS:
1. A virtual tour of what remained of the 385th's Great Ashfield base in 2002 through more than 80 photos of the quarters and communal buildings that were still standing; the remains of the runways and perimeter tracks, plus 1944 and 2002 aerial views of the site and the Air Ministry Record Site Plan to which it was built.
As a preface, Chapter Eleven of Graham Smith's book Suffolk Airfields in the Second World War covers the Group's history at Great Ashfield.
2. An album containing the pages of the 385th's Memorial Book that is held in trust at Great Ashfield church, in which the names of the Group's fallen are hand-scribed, plus images of the All Saints church and its 385th memorial plaque. Included are images of the American Battle Monuments Commission military cemetery at Madingly, Cambridge, UK, and the list of names of all of the Group's fallen who are buried or honored there.
3. A collection of personal photos of some of the men of the 385th during their time at Great Ashfield, kindly supplied by the men themselves.
4. A collection of photos taken at the 2002 Duxford Flying Legends air show, which was dedicated to American warbirds of WW2 and includes the last two flying B-17s in Europe - Sally B and Pink Lady.
 

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Last modified: 18 November 2007