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55th and 58th WRS
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There are numerous small, and not so small, groups of
Weather Reconnaissance veterans who share both a
love of the mission and a desire to stay in touch with
their buddies from the United States Air Force.
One of the more active is a group led by Conrad "C.R." Layton
C.R. has maintained close ties with many of those who
attended training with him as part of Flight 394,
and those who were assigned to the 58th SRS (M) Wea.
This group started as a gathering of mostly WB-29 vets
from Alaska, who got together for over 10 years.
Over the past several years, C.R. has rebranded the reunion
as the 55th and 58th WRS Reunion and advertised it in
numerous veterans magazines. As a result, he has heard from
many folks who served at McClellan with the 55th and folks
who served with the 58th WRS when it was at Kirtland.
C.R.'s group gathers each year in Branson, MO
The dates for the next reunion are: 16 - 17 June 2016
If you are not on C.R.'s mailing list, and would like to be
added, contact him at: crl34@cox.net
(that's the letters CRL and the number 34)
Go to C.R. Layton's personal 55th and 58th WRS web page
C.R. organizes a gathering of these friends each summer in Branson, MO
They take in several different shows and spend a few days exchanging
information about their current lives and remembering the good old days.
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The 2009 58thWRS/Flight 394 USAF Reunion Group |
Front row L-R Robert Stowers Evelyn Stowers Beverly Layton C. R. Layton Second row L-R Marilee Wiles Beatrice Bersing Millie Ham Edna Mahaffey Deloris Helm Marlys Wing Betty Hartline Carolyn Gamby Pat Earl Frances Horton Gage Payne Myrtle Walker Dee Lowe Third row L-R Norma Baugher June Henry Heidi Katzer Shirley Merkling Pete Mahaffey Wesley Helm LeRoy Wing Bill Hartline Ken Earl Mel Beers Steph Keenan Jewell Harding Ada Maynor Ray Lowe Dod Waldron Summer Austin Back row L-R Harold Tipton Dalton Henry Phillip Wi;es Max Hunter Dan Ham Bob Merkling Dick Gamby Ben Horton Edwin Benjamin Ed Keenan Tom Harding Steve Maynor Ken Waldron David Austin Missing from photo: Tom & Mireya Short |
Next Reunion for this group is 16 - 17 June 2016 |
| C.R.
maintains a list of over 260 former classmates and
squadron members and is constantly looking for others. He sends
out invitations to the gathering both by E-mail, and the USPS "snail
mail". There are quite a few folks who are on both C.R.'s list
and are AWRA members. AWRA encourages cross membership, and
welcomes all these groups to also participate with our AWRA activities. |
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| One project that C.R. is interested in, is to identify everyone in the above 1955 squadron photo of the 58th WRS. The original photo, as printed, was over four feet wide. We have scanned it in sections that can be downloaded reasonably quickly. Click on the picture to open Section 1 in a new window. Follow the links to see all of the sections. If you think you can identify anyone, or are interested in getting on C.R.'s contact list, please contact him by E-mail at crl34@cox.net, or by phone at: (918) 446-6945. |
Go to a "Historical" mention of the 58th WRS
Go to C.R. Layton's personal 55th and 58th WRS web page
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