1. Not unexpected but another casualty of Covid 19

8th AFHS Group,

I am asking you to share this message with your 8th AFHS Group. The Board held a Skype meeting on August 9 and it was decided to postpone the Memphis Reunion to October 19-23, 2022. We are not meeting in Memphis this year but will next meet October 27-31, 2021 in Savannah. Obviously, this decision was necessitated by the realities of Covid-19. We are investigating a Zoom meeting platform for Saturday, October 24, 2020 so that the members of the Society can touch base via this format. More details will be forthcoming.

Travis Chapin
8th AFHS Board 

2. The 385th BGA has published a new book: The 385th Bomb Group, World War II History and Data, by W. W. Varnedoe, Jr. and Charles W. Lundsberg, III

This 265 page, 9″x12″ hard-cover book focuses on the 385th’s combat missions, targets and losses incurred.  Several stories and first-person accounts of combat experiences are included.  Also included are crew and aircraft photo appendices and a table with detailed information (serial #; name, if any, squadron; last pilot; and ultimate fate) for each of the B-17s flown by the 385th BG. 

Anyone interested in purchasing a copy of this $50 book should contact Tom Gagnon via email at The385thbga@aol.com.