Pyramidiers

Updated B-24 Database

admin — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:03:31 +0000

Herb has updated his records for the B-24 losses.
His database is shown below.

“Out of the Desert” available to 98th members.

admin — Thu, 21 May 2009 01:36:46 +0000

Out of the Desert available now available at a special price.

We have procured a very limited, last print supply, of OUT OF THE DESERT. This book is now out of print with no further plans for a reprint.

John Blundel was a T/Sgt. in the 98thBomb Group Photo Section. In this book, he tells of his assignment and experience with the 98th from Palestine, through North Africa to Italy. in his book “OUT OF THE DESERT”. Particular interesting is; He describes how most of the cameras were mounted and set up on the TIDAL WAVE, Mission (Low Level Ploesti).

The book is out of print with NO plans for a reprint. We have just obtained the remaining books from Turner Publishing and making them available at half retail price to our readers. The retail price was $25.00, so they are available to you at $14.95 post paid.

Order here:

Attendance Map of our Cincinnati Reunion

admin — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:33:00 +0000

As always, we had tremendous representation of our members at our annual reunion. Our members came from far and wide and we appreciate everyone who attended. As always, it’s good to see familiar faces.

Below is a picture of an attendence map produced with the Google Earth mapping software.
Click on the picture for a larger view.

If you are familiar with Google Earth you can download this map and explore it to see EVERYONE who attended. The .kmz file is located here: Google Earth 2008 98th Bomb Group Veterans’ Reunion

WWII Aircraft Crashes

admin — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:32:14 +0000

I have been making GPS data tracks of known WWII Aircraft crashes.

Here is a sample satellite image of several crashes.

Additionally, I have made a Google Earth tour. If you have Google Earth on your computer, you can download the following .kmz file.
Run the file and it will give you a tour of the crash sites.

.kmz crash file

If you have technical questions or suggestions about this process, let me know and I will attempt to help.

B-24 Database Test

admin — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:48:22 +0000

We are continuing our work on the B-24 Database.

This is a work in progress and we already have over 1200 records in our database.
If you have further information or corrections for us, please let us know.

Force For Freedom Books

admin — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 21:12:54 +0000

We have JUST received a special quantity of:
FORCE FOR FREEDOM Vol. 1 & FORCE FOR FREEDOM Vol. 2

Turner Publishing is OUT of these books and both books are now OUT OF PRINT.

We have a small quantity left. Get yours now, just in time for our REUNION IN EL PASO.

CLICK HERE to order your copy.