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New! 357th Fighter Group official combat gun camera film from 1944 has arrived! 
See it on YouTube here!

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT!

Memphis Belle comes to Roanoke!

Click here to see photos of our members visit

Fallen Comrades of the 357th Fighter Group:

Remembering Captain Bill Overstreet

By Pastor Jeff Clemens

From the June 2014 edition of the 8th AF News magazine

Capt. Edward K. Simpson: "Yoxford Boy" becomes "Yank Hero of Orleans Forest" 

COLLINGS FOUNDATION ROANOKE VISIT
OCTOBER 2016 

 We have 3 of these beautifully framed prints of Bill Overstreet's P-51 "Berlin Express" framed by Russ Robinson, B-24 pilot. One can be yours for a donation to our group of $100.00. Message me from the contact link if you are interested.

Air Force Roanoke

Roanoke 8th Air Force member's combat experience


 
USS LST-56
Air Force Roanoke

449th Bomb Group (H) Grottaglie, Italy

Ploesti Bomb Strike Photographs

"The Flying Horsemen"

The personal stories of two sailors in WW2, one a German U boat radioman on U-172 and the other an American Gunner's Mate on an LST at Omaha Beach on D Day.


 
Capt. John Lavra

WW2 enlisted sailor gets commission, becomes aviator, shot down and rescued in Korea, retires as Captain

Air Force Roanoke
Air Force Roanoke
Roanoke 8th Air Force

VIRGINIA HOUSE OF DELEGATES HONORS BILL OVERSTREET IN HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 157

 

 

SALEM VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER 90TH ANNIVERSARY

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LAST UPDATE 4/2/2024

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