EVENT: Chat w/Staff Sergeant Niedzielski of the 385th BG

EVENT: Chat w/Staff Sergeant Niedzielski of the 385th BG

TOPIC: Experiences as a B-17 Ball Turret Gunner

TIME: August 25st, 1pm PST, 4pm EST, 2000 GMT (one night only)

LOCATION: avsim.digitalthemepark.com (TeamSpeak 3)

Greetings Aviators,

The 91st Bombardment Group and DigitalThemePark are pleased to welcome Staff Sergeant Niedzielski of the 385th BG, 551st Squadron to kick off the weekend. He is going to share with us his background and experiences in World War II in a B-17. His squadron was assigned to Great Ashfield, just north of Elmswell, Suffolk, UK. While he was with the 551st, he flew as a ball turret gunner (belly). His crew flew 29 missions from July 1944 to February 1945. During that period, they were forced to put down two B-17's due to battle related engine failures in Belgium and France. Stories like this and others will be shared.

This is an event you will not want to miss.

Note: We suggest getting connected before the event in order to make sure your headset fully works, and familiar with DTP. We appreciate your understanding that we refuse to "seat" folks after the event has started.

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The 91st Bombardment Group is here to honour and remember the great sacrifice of those lost in WWII. Today, they try to bring the era back to life by flying the glorious ladies of the past, the B-17s and their Little Friends in FSX Simulation. They are dedicated to recreating the era in all its glory, providing everything from 24/7 COMM's, Custom RAF Scenery, Authentic B-17 Paint Schemes to Routing, Flight Planning and Mission History.

DigitalThemePark is a multi-gaming community of virtual citizens. It provides organization and congregation of gamers through the use Voice-over IP (TeamSpeak 3), while promoting the interests of gaming, software, and hardware. DigitalThemePark Flight Division uses dedicated servers "in-the-cloud" for TeamSpeak, FSX Multiplayer and FSHost Multiplayer.