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388th Bombardment Group Association to hold reunion, tour base

The 388th Bombardment Group Association will hold its annual reunion at Hill Air Force Base from Sept. 3 through Sept. 6. The group of World War II veterans will meet with the 388th Fighter Wing and spend several days touring Hill Air Force Base sites.

A ceremony and flag dedication will be held at the Hill Aerospace Museum chapel Friday, Sept. 5, at 11:30 a.m. The 388th BGA flag will be displayed in the chapel thereafter.

Later that day, retired Air Force colonel, Wayne Daniels, of the 388th BGA will be a guest speaker at the monthly Hill AFB Warrior Call. Daniels will share his experience as a prisoner of war after he was shot down in his B-17 Flying Fortress over Germany during World War II.

The 388th BGA, also known as the 388th Bombardment Group (Heavy), flew the B-17 Flying Fortress out of Gowen Field, Idaho, in 1942. The group then relocated to Royal Air Force Base Knettishall, England, as a fundamental unit of the 8th Air Force, where they flew more than 300 missions throughout Europe from 1943 to 1945. The 388th Bomb Group was inactivated, reactivated, relocated and renamed several times over the next few decades before it finally became the 388th Fighter Wing here at Hill AFB.

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