Report from 2010 Planning Meeting

On 12 DEC, members of the 1st Allied Airborne’s B/502 held their 2010 planning meeting at the Military Air Preservation Society Museum in Akron, Ohio. The minutes are as follows:

1. Pvt. Penix gave a debriefing on the field exercise conducted by the 83rd ID. A very enjoyable and educational activity. We did a lot of close order drill, attack and patrol formations, as well a live firing of weapons. Our thanks to Lt. Mike Felmlee and Maj. Bo Johnstone for allowing us to participate.

2. The 65th Battle of the Bulge reenactment at Ft. Indiantown Gap was discussed. It looks as if we will not have as many troopers attending unless some logistics change for some of the other guys. Doc Bottomley gave us a run-down as to what to expect at the event. We also discussed proper equipment, uniforms, and travel arrangements.

3. Our 2010 event schedule was discussed and fleshed out. We do not have specific dates for everything but more information will be forth coming.

29 -31 JAN: 65th Battle of the Bulge. Ft. Indiantown Gap, PA (www.wwiifederation.com)

27-28 MAR: Spring Tactical, Mansfield, OH

1-2 MAY: Military Show, Mansfield, OH*

15-17 MAY: Armed Forces Day Show, Findlay, OH

20-22 AUG: Dennison Railroad Depot, Dennison, OH (invitation only)

24-26 SEP: Ride Through History, Alliance, OH


POSSIBLE OTHER EVENTS

4-6 JUN: Reading WWII Weekend (http://www.maam.org/maamwwii.html)


4. Blank manufacturing. Pvt. Gaynor will be setting up shop to produce more .30-06 blanks for the season. We currently have 500 pieces of brass to de-prime, clean, and size.

5. This year, the unit plans to make a concentrated effort to recruit new members. We will be setting up recruiting information at the D-Day Quartermaster booth at the Mansfield Military Show.* We noticed in Gettysburg for the Remembrance Day weekend this past November, many of the Civil War reenactment sutler shops are featuring a WWII reenacting section. This means that many of the WWII reenactors are coming from the Civil War reenacting community as an additional hobby.

SUBMITTED:

Pvt. C.L. Smith
Chairman
1st Allied Airborne Reenactors

Airborne meeting reminder

Just a reminder of the meeting this Saturday to brief on Ft. Indiantown Gap and discuss events for 2010. Again, the meeting information is as follows:

TDG: 1000 hrs / 12 DEC 09

LOC: Military Air Preservation Society (MAPS) Museum - http://www.mapsairmuseum.org/
2260 International Parkway, North Canton, OH

Following the meeting we will get a personal tour of the museum by one of the former combat pilots that volunteers there. Discount cost for the group is $6.50 per person.

If anyone is interested, after the tour we can grab a bite to eat.

2010 Planning meeting

This will be our annual meeting to plan for WWII reenacting events in 2010. We will also be conducting a briefing of uniforms, equipment and assignment for the 65th Battle of the Bulge reenactment at Ft. Indiantown Gap (FIG).

The meeting will be held at the MAPS Air Museum. Following the meeting, there will be a personally guided tour for the group by one of the volunteers who is a former military pilot.

Cost is $6.50 per person which is a discount over the normal $8.00 rate. Please RSVP to chris@ddayquartermaster.com.

REMEMBER!!! Registration for FIG MUST be postmarked no later than December 4th. That is THIS Friday!!

PRIORITY MESSAGE: Battle of the Bulge 2010

TO: All Personnel
MSSG FOLLOWS: Priority

During the training weekend in Centerburg, we were able to gather some information on the unit's involvement at the Battle of the Bulge reenactment at Ft. Indiantown Gap, PA.

Dates and Registration

The unit will be deploying to the event on Thursday, January 28 and returning in the morning on January 31st. The battle scenarios are on Friday and Saturday.

Registration is $50.00 and MUST be postmark BEFORE 7 DEC 10! You must send this in your self. The link to the registration is as follows:

http://wwiifederation.com/files/RegistrationForm.pdf

Please READ the entire package. There is important information for you to know. MAKE SURE to check the box next to "option B event no Dinner" AND next to "Regt HQ" on the form as this is who we will be attached to. It will also make sure you are assigned to the correct barracks.

Again, you MUST have this post marked NO LATER than 7 DEC 10!

Duty Assignment

Baker Company will be merged into a combined Info & Recon platoon for the regimental headquarters, headquarters company. Specifically the S-2 section. The platoon will consist of the personnel from the 83rd and 90th ID with a total of at least 35 men. This is a pretty sweet assignment and details will be communicated to the squad at an up-coming meeting.

Pre-Event Planning

As mentioned above, we need to plan a Sunday in December and January to accomplish two things. First, so that Sgt Eddy can cover our duty assignment in detail, logistics of attending the event, and impression with regard to uniforms and equipment. The second meeting will specifically be to load ammunition and cover any other items.

Head Count

For the sake of getting an idea of our numbers, those who are planning to attend should reply to this email along with a few Sundays in December and January when you would be available to attend a meeting.

If you have any questions at all, please don't hesitate to contact myself at chris@ddayquartermaster.com, or Patrick Eddy at patrick51st@yahoo.com.


Submitted:

Pvt Christopher Smith
B/502
Chairman, 1st Allied Airborne Reenactors

Ride Through History a good time

For those of you who missed it, the Ride Through History event in Alliance was a hoot! About 6 members of the Baker Company squad attended and we mixed in pretty well with the guys from the 4th Armored and 1st ID.

Check out some of the photos posted by our own Bill "Smokey" Krause.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/alliedairborne