Around the Museum
by
Andy Anzanos

Our proposed next project will completely fill the museum’s wall tops at the “Nose Art” level. The East wall has broken open areas that are not conducive to “nose art” but which permits us to design a display of a formation of B-17s from the 390th flying through a flak field. This presentation is from an actual picture taken over Paris, France on the 15th of September 1943. The formation presentation will be four feet high and 16 feet wide.

On the right of the flak picture will be a continuation of the flak field with a descriptive panel tailored to fit into the available area. This panel will be four feet high and approximately six feet wide.

We have another unfinished project, the Marienberg mission presentation. For quite awhile now we’ve had a temporary display put up for constructive criticism. It does draw attention but it is about time to make it a more attractive and durable display. See page 10 for more details.

An Evader display is needed to accompany the recently added POW display. Preliminary plans had been drawn that need to be revised and expanded.

We’ve had excellent support for our nose art project and we would hope to receive your continued support to aid us in completing all of the unfinished items before time runs out. If you would like to make a special contribution toward these projects, please mark your donations for “displays.”

Ye Ole Gavel
Retires to Museum Display

The 390th Veterans Association has retired their presidents board meeting gavel for museum display.

The gavel was hand crafted by 390th veteran Jerome Osadnick during our formative years. The gavel was made from a 300-year-old English oak fence post that served on Percy Kindred’s farm in Framlingham.

The accompanying striking block was derived from a piece of Black Walnut that served as a door, left in shambles, from the bombings of Cologne, Germany.

When the president called a meeting to order he would do so by striking a German block with an English gate post.