USAAF Archives - Mechtraveller https://mechtraveller.com/tag/usaaf/ Mechanically-minded travel Wed, 06 May 2026 08:31:48 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Review: 95th Bomb Group Museum & Red Feather Club https://mechtraveller.com/2022/08/review-95th-bomb-group-museum-red-feather-club/ https://mechtraveller.com/2022/08/review-95th-bomb-group-museum-red-feather-club/#respond Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:49:34 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=7869 A visit to the 95th Bombardment Group museum and Red Feather Club is a rare treat, and when I say rare, I mean rare, so grab any opportunity to visit with both hands! The USAAF’s 95th Bombardment Group – the only Eighth Air Force Bomb Group to receive the Distinguished Unit Citation three times – […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2022/06/review-100th-bomb-group-memorial-museum-at-thorpe-abbotts/feed/ 6 The day a President’s son watched a President’s brother die in World War II https://mechtraveller.com/2020/12/the-day-a-presidents-son-watched-a-presidents-brother-die-in-world-war-ii/ https://mechtraveller.com/2020/12/the-day-a-presidents-son-watched-a-presidents-brother-die-in-world-war-ii/#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2020 16:50:10 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=6644 Many people know that President Kennedy’s elder brother died tragically during World War II, in a colossal airborne explosion over East Anglia in the UK on 12 Aug 1944. Not many, including myself, knew that the event was witnessed by Col. Elliott Roosevelt, son of FDR who was President at the time. Ironically, Joseph P. […]

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