26 missions, 2 fighters credited. Shot down by friendly fire after completion of combat tour
Also writes of other memorable training experiences.  This book is a fascinating account of a young man's
experience fighting a war abroad.  Andy is brutally honest and thoughtful and often sees humor in his situation. 
You will laugh and you will cry.

Andy's book, My Combat Diary with Eighth Air Force B-17s, is available at www.lulu.com, or for an autographed copy contact Andy at Andy390th@aol.com,

The Museum and its displays were constructed by the 390th Bomb Group Veterans of World War II.

A very unique, one of a kind Museum with its own restored B-17.  The Museum is located on grounds of the Pima Air and Space Museum as a museum within a museum. There is no admittance fee even though we receive no financial support from our PASM host

 Mission Map

The Mission Map is a major orientation display for the 390th BG and the other Eighth Air Force groups. Presented information includes: the 301 combat missions and locations of the targets of 390th BG, Location and losses of  all 8th AF groups, stats of casualties for the 8th AF as compared to other major units.  A data board also details the leaders and commanders for each 390th mission, the combat losses and the credited enemy fighters by the Group.

Munster Mission 

The Munster mission of 10 October 1943 is on display.  The mission was notable for the 390th Bomb Group for the record number of enemy fighters shot down by any bomber or fighter group.  The 390th also suffered its highest percentage loss of any of its 301 missions at a loss of eight B-17s out of 18 on the mission.

The display shows the crews, the serial numbers and names of the participating bombers and also those credited with enemy fight

Berlin Diorama

A diorama is on display of a mission to a ball bearing plant at Erkner on the edge of Berlin.  This mission severely reduced the manufacturing capability of the German industrial complex.

All participating bombers are shown with their formation position and identification. Crew make up is also displayed.

The group lost 3 bombers on this mission.

The main purpose of the display is to show the arrangement of a typical group formation and to present the Berlin mission story, orated with sound effects from B-17 veterans.

13th Combat Wing Flag Case

The flag case contains the American flag, the 390th Group flag with its citations, the 100th Group flag and the 95th Group flag with its citations

Ball Turret Gunner Display

The museum visitors often ask questions about the ball turret gunner.  The display attempts to answer the most common questions.

The tops of our 12 foot high walls are lined with nose art surrounding the main exhibit hangar.  The North and East walls contain 23 of those that were available from the 390th Groups 37 original aircraft.  

The individual displays were from original black and white photographs that were colorized and printed to a 4 ft by 4 ft size with the number of missions for each aircraft and its demise added.  Only one of the original 37 survived to return to the US.

The South and West wall tops carry the Nose Arts of the remaining, non-original, aircraft.  The Group had approximately 225 replacements/enforcements with 41 of these having available nose art.

These are also printed in 4 ft. by 4 ft. size with each one carrying the aircraft's serial number, the name, the number of missions, the casualties throughout the aircrafts missions and the final demise.