1st Air Division Headquarters Heritage Society

We continue to develop the website so please check back often.  

The Society has been featured in the lastest edition of 8th AF News magazine. 

The magazine is the voice of the 8th Air Force Historical Society.

Don't forget we are having our spring meeting tomorrow!

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Thanks to the members of the FOTE for allowing us to speak on Saturday.  Hopefully new information was provided to those that attended.

Looking forward to our next invite.

*Archive Update*

After weeks of moving boxes,cabinets and the lot, the 1stADHHS Archives are getting back in shape. We currently have one rack within the Air Field Research Group archives. I added to our educational section today original back issues of The War Illustrated, December 1939- January 1941.

I am planning our next meeting within the next couple of months to talk about the Society progress and for people to have a chance to view the archives.

Copies of the archive documents that we hold on computer are also available for review. We just need advance notice for viewing.

The Society was asked by the Brampton Parish Council to provide information about the Society and an update of our progress within the community for their annual report they provide to the parish. Just received my copy yesterday and we were given 3/4th of a page! The annual report is sent to every household in the parish , which is around 5,000 homes. I'm hopeful that we can raise awareness in the parish of the activities and history of the Headquarters.

It has come to my attention that anyone trying to open photos in the gallery with an Apple smartphone or IPad were met with a black screen.

I believe I have fixed this problem now.

The Society received a great new addition to the archives. In the front cover the owner of the pamphlet wrote down his journey from the USA to England via Scotland on board the Queen Elizabeth in January 1945. We hope to use this in our education program.

There will be an informal meeting at the Black Bull, Brampton, on Monday 11th November 2013, starting at 7pm, to bring any interested parties up to date with the progress of the Divisional Archive Project and the activities of the 1AD HQ Historical Society so far.

The Society would especially like to extend an invitation to those with an interest in any of the Groups assigned to the Division and their supporting units:

1st Combat Bomb Wing: 91st BG, 381st BG & 398thBG
40th Combat Bomb Wing: 92nd BG, 305th BG & 306th BG
41st Combat Bomb Wing: 303rd BG, 379th BG & 384th BG
94th Combat Bomb Wing: 351st BG, 401st BG & 457th BG
482nd BG
801st/492nd BG
67th Fighter Wing: 20th FG, 352nd FG, 356th FG, 359th FG & 364th FG

For those who require it, the address of the Black Bull is 25 Church Road, Brampton, Huntingdon, PE28 4PF.

All welcome, we look forward to seeing old hands and new faces too.