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493rd Association, Web site, Reunion details - 06/11/2003 08:20:30 PM
[link="http://www.armyairforces.com/dbgroups.asp?Group=303"]Click here for a brief history of the 493rd.[/link]

Association contacts: None known.

Reunion News: Nothing listed.

Web sites:

http://allbombers.tripod.com/dayspay.html , B-17 "Day's Pay" (transfered to the 94th BG from the 493rd) which was paid for by the employees at the Hanford Engineering Works Project. A mural of the aircraft now graces a gymnasium wall at Richland High School.

http://www.geocities.com/gordonWW , Gordon W. Weir's web site covers his personal history with the outfit as a navigator and includes a summary of the 493rd in action, mission list, and other nice details.

http://members.tripod.com/richardwhite1/id53.htm , Tribute to Sgt. Ersel L. Hall.

Related Book:

HELTON'S HELLCATS: A Pictorial History of the 493rd Bombardment Group in WWII, Martin W. Bowman. Turner Publishing, 1998. Heroic record of 156 combat missions with 4,781 combat sorties in only 10 months. 1563114186.
<message edited by Scott Burris on 11/28/2004 11:00:03 AM >

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