2010 Reunion in Dayton Ohio, October 9-11

On Feb 2, 2010, Mike Berdan wrote:
Dear 315th Bomb Wing Family:

As of right now, the plan is to have people arrive either on Friday afternoon/evening or Saturday morning (if they don't want to miss a day of work or school) and hold our informal gathering on Saturday night. Sunday will be our big day with our tour of the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, our memorial service (at the Wright-Patterson Memorial Garden), and our banquet that evening back at the hotel. Monday (the federal holiday) will be for saying "goodbye" and getting back home. So mark your calendars accordingly.

At this point in time, I would like to ask you to do two things:

1) Start spreading the word to all the members of your individual "squadron", especially those who you know aren't members of our Yahoo Group. Once we have nailed down all the particulars, we will be sending out a flyer to all members for whom we have a vaild mailing address. But as that won't be for another couple of months, there's no time like the present to start getting the word out.

2. Respond to me (either via the Yahoo Group or at mike.berdan@att.net) if you are seriously considering coming. With the reunion still 8 months away, we have plenty of time to negotiate with the hotel, which will most likely be the Dayton Marriott, site of our 1988, 1995, and 2003 reunions. But we still have to predict the total number of rooms that we will be occupying. I would like to think that we will have as many this year as we had last year in Reading, but until I start hearing from people, I have absolutely no idea. To that end, a preliminary show of interest (I'm not asking for a commitment) would be of great help.

And finally, if there is anyone out there willing to take on the considerable responsibility of being our membership secretary, please step forward. We desperately need is someone to oversee the revival of our mailing list so that we can get our information flyer out to as many 315th Bomb Wing Association members as we can find.

Sincerely,
Mike Berdan

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  • The 315th Bomb Wing Association no longer exists as a chartered legal organization. As such, the former Association is not holding reunions. However, reunions are still being planned and conducted by the 2nd generation of the 315th Bomb Wing veterans. The first such reunion was held June 5-7 in Reading, Pennsylvania at the Mid American Air Museum.

    Planning is currently underway for a reunion in 2010. Dates and location are still pending.

    The 315th Bomb Wing (VH) Association was founded on October 4, 1984, as a corporation not for profit, by George E. Harrington (deceased), who was also the first Executive Director. The Association was led by a Chairman, Vice Chairman and an Executive Director. There were seven directors that covered six geographical areas and one director for the Air Service Groups, an "In Memoriam" Chairman and four honorary directors. Original by-laws called for annual reunions and membership limited to veterans of the 315th Bomb Wing and its subordinate units. Later the by-laws were modified to allow associate memberships to surviving spouses of deceased members and honorary memberships to others with a connection to the 315th Bomb Wing.

    A permament display of 315th Bombardment Wing (VH) memoribilia is located at the Pima County Air and Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona.

    Additional memoribilia of the 315th Bomb Wing Association is located at the Museum of the Soldier, Portland, Indiana.

    The Association held annual reunions between 1984 and its dissolution in 2008. Starting in 2009, and through the efforts of Mike Berdan, the tradition of annual reunions has been carried forward. Locations where reunions have been held:

    1984 - Orlando, Florida
    1985 - Omaha, Nebraska
    1986 - Marina Del Ray, California. From there, several members of the Association travelled to re-visit Guam.
    1987 - San Antonio, Texas
    1988 - Dayton, Ohio
    1989 - Washington, DC
    1990 - Colorado Springs, Colorado
    1991 - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
    1992 - Seattle, Washington
    1993 - St. Louis, Missouri
    1994 - Orlando, Florida
    1995 - Dayton, Ohio
    1996 - Tucson, Arizona
    1997 - San Antonio, Texas
    1998 - Nashville, Tennessee
    1999 - Tucson, Arizona
    2000 - Omaha, Nebraska
    2001 - New Orleans, Louisiana
    2002 - Indianapolis, Indiana
    2003 - Dayton, Ohio
    2004 - Wichita, Kansas
    2005 - Orlando, Florida
    2006 - Tucson, Arizona
    2007 - St. Louis, Missouri
    2008 - Washington, DC
    2009 - Reading, PA, 1st reunion, post Association dissolution

    Webpage by Larry Miller

    November 14, 2009