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                15TH ANNUAL WORLD WAR II AIR POWER DISPLAY
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                         St. Paul Downtown Airport
                          August 7th, 8th and 9th
                             9:00 - 6:00 daily
     
     
     The 15th Annual WWII Air Power Display will be held again at  St.
     Paul  Downtown  Airport  (Holman  Field).  Minnesota's oldest and
     largest aviation event will continue rain  or  shine,  road  con-
     struction or no.
     
     This year's display will  feature  a  centerpiece  of  FIVE  B-25
     Mitchell  bombers.   This  is the largest collection of B-25's in
     Minnesota since World War II.  The fleet will  be  lead  by  Miss
     Mitchell, the Southern Minnesota Wing's B-25J.  This aircraft has
     been in restoration for 12 years and flew for the first  time  in
     April.   Fresh  from Oshkosh, this is one of her first appearance
     anywhere.
     
     The display will also feature over two dozen World  War  II  air-
     craft  including the P-51 Mustang, F6F Hellcat, TBM Avenger, A-26
     Invader, P-47 Thunderbolt and many others.  These  aircraft  will
     be  joined  by  modern military aircraft including the C-130 Her-
     cules and F-16 Fighting Falcon.
     
     Special guests will include Russ Lott, survivor of the USS Arizo-
     na,  sunk at Pearl Harbor, Major General Gene Andreotti, Adjutant
     General of the Minnesota National Guard and  Elizabeth  Strohfus,
     one of the first women pilots and one of the first WASPs (Women's
     Army Service Pilot) to see service.
     
     The display will also feature artifacts recovered during  several
     expeditions including artifacts from the Doolittle Raiders B-25's
     which were recovered in China, B-17 Flying Fortress artifacts and
     B-24  Liberator  components recovered during an expedition to the
     Ploesti Oil Fields.
     
     Finally, a very special reunion will take place at the show.  One
     of Miss Mitchell's crews were flying another B-25 over Yugoslavia
     on November 18th, 1944 when they were shot down.   Four  survived
     the  direct hit from anti-aircraft fire and bailed out over enemy
     territory.  The last time these men saw each other  was  watching
     the  parachutes  descend  to  earth.  Three of the four survivors
     will be reunited for the first time since that day.  They will be
     re-introduced  to  their aircraft as well as their Crew Chief who
     lives in Burnsville and is Crew Chief of the Miss  Mitchell  res-
     toration.
    

 
     DONATION REQUESTED IS $7.00 FOR ADULTS, $2.00 FOR CHILDREN 12 AND
     UNDER,  TODDLERS  FREE.   PARKING  AND  SHUTTLE  BUSSES ARE FREE.
     PLEASE BRING A NON-PERISHABLE CONTRIBUTION  FOR  THE  METRO  AREA
     FOOD  SHELVES.   THE  SHOW RUNS DAILY FROM 9:00 A.M. TO 6:00 P.M.

              FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL 612/455-6942.
     
     
     
     [Note: best bet for driving: Take 494 to Highway 3 and  go  north
     to Plato Boulevard.  Follow signs and police directing traffic.]
     
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Robert J. Granvin                                       School of Statistics
rjg@umnstat.stat.umn.edu                             University of Minnesota