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Signatures In The Cabin

Inside of the cabin of the C-53 is a growing collection of very rare and very important signatures.

 

They are those of every WWII veteran who has visited 

"Beach City Baby." 

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We are currently fighting a race against time, but it is our mission that at every airshow & event we attend, we wish to get any WWII veteran in Attendance, aboard "Beach City Baby" to add their signature to a growing list of heroes in

 The cabin. 

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Our Roll of honor is as follows:

Sgt. Stanley Lantz,

B-17 Ball Turret Gunner

US Army Air Force

Stanley Lantz, B-17 Ball Turret Gunner_e

M. L. Weaver

C-47 Captain, Air Transport Command, US Army Air Corps

CHina - Burma

M.L_edited.jpg

B-29 Flight Engineer, Ralph Woods

Pacific Theater, 20th Air Force, US ARMY Air Force

Ralph Woods, B-29 Flight Engineer_edited

C-47/ C-53 Captain, Jim Gorman

12th Air Force, US Army Air Force

C-47 Pilot, Jim Gorman_edited.jpg

C-47/ C-53 Captain, Alan Shapiro

316th Troop Carriers, US Army Air Force

C-47 Pilot, Alan Shapiro, 316th Troop Ca

BIll Pilati

BAttle of the Bulge Veteran,

US Army, Infantry

Battle of the Bulge veteran Bill Pilati_

Quinton Standau

B-25 Captain, Air Apaches,

345th Bomb Group

US Army Air Force, Pacific Theater

Quinton Standbau, B-25 Pilot, Air Apache

Howard MArtz

C-47 Radio Operator

European Theater of Operations

C-47 Radio Operator, Howard Martz_edited

Frank Stellar

36th Infantry

Sicilian & Italian Theaters

B-17 Captain

Ray Firmani

European Theater of Operations

8th Air Force

B-17 Pilot, Ray Firmani_edited.jpg

Gordon "Bud" Hardwick

Royal Canadian Air Force, 408 Squadron

Handley Page-HAlifax TAilgunner

Gordon Bud Hardwick, HAlifax Tailgunner_

Bob Buckler

388th Bomb Group

B-17 Tailgunner

Bob Buckler B-17 TAilgunner_edited.jpg

Christy Fier

26th Yankee Division

"I" Company, 328th Regiment

"BAttle of the Bulge"

Christy Fier_edited.jpg
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