What is New
On the Oregon Chapter Eighth Air Force Historical Society Web Site

WW II Specific

This page is to allow a short summary listing of updates that occur on the site to be easily found. It is a rolling 12 month history list of changes on the web site.

• Created a new version of the Oregon chapter poster and informational flyer in PDF format. Updated and posted info on Luftwaffe personel, uniforms, and decorations. Added in photos of B-17s on the Seattle production line and of the plant. November 2007.
• Added into the online archives B-17 crew photos of the 306th BG (H) and B-17 nose art of the 95th BG (H) . October 2007.
• A monthly e-mail update is now being sent during the months in which no meeting occurs with chapter information and other related items of interest. It is called "Milk Run." September 2007.
• Started posting the write-up of the meetings that appear in the National magazine into the archives. August 2007.
• Added in meta-data into all the PDFs that are in the archive as well as meeting information notes.
• Added in GAF production data in the German stats section.
• Chapter meeting transcripts of the presentations given from 2002 thru May 2006 on the web site now in PDF format. Soon after each meeting the transcript of it will be posted onto the site. July 2006.
• One of Charles W Hawking's B-17 strike photos that was identified by him as "unknown" I researched, using Google Earth and Microsoft Mappoint Europe, and found it to be an attack on the V-2 rocket base at Peenemunde. Re-labeled the PDF to reflect that. February 2006.