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Radio Table
When I started working with Ray on Lucky Thirteen, I began by building various wooden components. You see, I come from a long line of carpenters. My dad and his brothers are master carpenters, the next generation following my grandmother’s brothers, of whom almost all were carpenters. I cannot say I am a master carpenter, […]
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Thermos Bottles
When it comes to historic preservation, sometimes the most interesting things are those pieces usually dismissed as the least exciting. In terms of strategic bombardment in the Second World War, it is very easy to overlook the conditions at which these airmen were operating. Temperatures averaged between -30° and -50° and the majority of USAAF […]
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Aldis Lamp Donation
As I mentioned in my last post, I recently returned from this year’s 384th Bomb Group reunion in Dayton, Ohio. It was there that the foundation’s photographer and historian, Keith Ellefson, graciously offered to donate his Aldis Lamp in memory of his late uncle, Raymond O. Wisdahl. Born to Norwegian immigrants, Wisdahl joined the Army […]
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384BG Reunion
I recently returned from the 384th Bomb Group reunion in Dayton, Ohio, where I was invited to make a presentation on behalf of Hangar Thirteen on 19 October. Lucky Thirteen was a veteran of this unit and they have been after Ray to attend a reunion for quite some time. Ray rarely has time off […]
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