We Served with Honor

Memoirs of the Men Who Served the 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Wing

Author: Frank T. Hayes, Linda Rios Bromley and James F. Bard Jr.

The 91st Bombardment Group, the forerunner of the 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, arrived in England in September 1942 prepared for the initial bombing operations against Fortress Europe. Commander of the 305th Bomber Command, Curtis LeMay and Director of Operations, Joseph J.

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We Served With Honor: Memoirs of the Men Who Served the 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Wing

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Frank T. Hayes is dedicated to preserving the history of SAC. He is a retired engineer with Fairchild Republic, Northrop Grumman and as consulting engineer at GASL. He is an advocate of advanced aerospace technology and education of engineers and scientists. A FAA Certified Flight Instructor, Frank has 2,646 accident-free hours in the cockpit and serves as a volunteer FAA Pilot Safety Counselor. A native Texan, Linda was born in Del Rio. Linda retired from the U. S. Government in 1997, after being employed in various occupations during her 33 years Civil Service career, in which she worked in various locations, including the Laughlin AFB, Charleston Naval Base, USAF HQ Europe, Wiesbaden, Germany, NASA, and the Internal Revenue Service in Houston. She has previously written Flight of the Dragon, detailing the story of Chang-di 'Robin' Yeh, a Taiwanese U-2 pilot, and Remembering the Dragon Lady, first-person memoirs of many of the pilots, specialists and family members who supported the early US spy-plane projects. James F. Bard, Jr. currently serves as Secretary of the 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Wing Association. From November 1954 to November 1957, Jim served the 91st SRW and continued to support SAC in a variety of tours where he was promoted to Senior Master Sergeant and subsequently received a commission in 1969. He retired as a Captain in October 1980. The lessons learned in his first assignment at the 91st SRW molded the remainder of his Air Force career.