USAAF 97^th BOMB GROUP (H) REUNION

October 22, 2006

Washington, DC

Photos Credit David Shelby Edited by Doug Cook

Motto: Venit Hora - The Hour Has Come

In Press: Gulley, Thomas F., et al. The Hour Has Come: The 97th Bomb Group in World War II Dallas, TX: Taylor Publishing Company, 1993.

The 97^th BG (H) served the US ARMY AIR FORCE in WWII under the 8^th, 12^th, and 15th Air Forces

97^th BG 414^th BS B-17 in action over Italy 1943 (Col. Wm. Ross photo)

97th BG Memorial USAF Museum Dayton Ohio

WREATH DEDICATED AT THE WWII MEMORIAL Credit: David Shelby

97th BG's Reunion on October 22, 2006 visiting the WWII Memorial Credit: David Shelby

USAF MEMORIAL DEDICATION HONORING 97^th BG B-17 and B-24 FLY OVER

USAF MEMORIAL DEDICATION HONORING 97^th BG

Yankee Queen Pilot in original flight jacket

The USO Liberty Belles were at another event the same weekend at a hotel in Arlington. 

They sang "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" and danced with Col. Hank Tillman.  What a wonderful moment that was!

Credit: David Shelby

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