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Wings of Freedom

2/11/2014

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Wings of Freedom Tour Flight Experience
Photos by Minerva Bloom for Buddy Galvin

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Visit the Wings of Freedom Website
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Help us

2/11/2014

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Can you recognize these men?

Date taken: From April to November of 1945.
Location: Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale base, 1945. And also at the New River downtown Ft. Lauderdale, 1945.


The following photographs were donated by Maureen Campbell Clark from Manchester, New Jersey, a relative of Walter R. Parpart, Jr.  Walter was one of the crewmen of the fated Flight 19, a training Squadron of 5 TBM Avengers whose disappearance initiated the "Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle."

If you can recognize any of the young men in these photographs, please contact the Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale Museum, we are trying to research who they are: E-mail the Museum
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Visit Walter R. Parpart, Jr., Flight 19 Page
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Ray Rivera

2/11/2014

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NASFL Museum member and volunteer
Ray Rivera was among the Biographies and Portraits of World War II Veterans
Presented by Students of Miami-Dade County Public Schools
Intergenerational Service - Learning Oral History Project
Visit Ray Rivera Biography and USS Bunker Hill Cruise Book Page
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Next Luncheon

2/10/2014

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Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale
Historical Association & Museum LUNCHEON


Saturday, FEBRUARY 22, 2014 at 11:30 am

Lauderdale Yacht Club
1725 SE 12th Street
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316

Guest Speaker

JOHN BOWEN, USAF VIETNAM
Author and Illustrator

Also members will be able to cast their votes
for the next Board of Directors


Please RSVP by Thursday, February 20: Debbie or Minerva
(954)359-4400 or (754)300-9259

Donation: $28.00

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Paul Bradley

2/6/2014

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PicturePaul Bradley and his wife Barbara.
Paul Mayberry Bradley, Jr., an architect and artist, died at his Wilton Manors home January 19, 2014. He was 91.

Paul Bradley was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His parents moved to New Jersey where he attended Atlantic City High School. Paul trained in the Army at Camp Butner in North Carolina. He served in the Army during World War II and was wounded in action by German artillery fire. He returned home in 1946, married his high school sweetheart Barbara, and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Design. In 1950, the couple moved to Broward County, where he worked as an architect.

Paul Bradley worked throughout South Florida in the development and construction of public works, hotels, and subdivisions. Paul was also an artist who specialized in pen and ink drawings; with subjects such as lighthouses, nature landscapes, military airplanes & ships as well as depictions of WWII battles. Paul Bradley was a Director at the Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale Historical Association, which oversees this Museum. He donated many of his line drawings which you can see on exhibit.


On May 2011, NASFL Museum President Allan McElhiney presented a plaque to member Paul Bradley, in recognition for his many years of outstanding dedication and contribution to military history.

Mr. Bradley illustrated books, including "Florida Lighthouse Trail" in 2001. His artwork reached national prominence in 2003 when the Postal Service unveiled a commemorative stamped envelope emblazoned with a rendition of the Hillsboro Inlet Lighthouse he created. Auctions of his artwork of the 30 historic lighthouses in Florida helped raise money for the restoration of this historic Lighthouse. He helped found the Florida Lighthouse Association in 1996 and served on the board from 2003 - 07.

Mr. Bradley is pre-deceased by one son and his wife. In addition to his daughter Pat Bradley, of Coral Springs, he is survived by daughters Barbara Bradley, of Albuquerque, N.M.; Sherry Bradley, of Santa Fe, N.M.; son Peter Bradley, of Pompano Beach; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Burial with military honors will be Friday, February 6, at South Florida National Cemetery in Lake Worth.

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His love of Florida lighthouses helped create an organization dedicated to preserving them, and his artwork of the structures with powerful beams meant to guide ships to shore was lauded by the U.S. Postal Service.
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