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WACO AVIATION LECTURE SERIES -“Building Bombers and Air Bases”

  • Writer: Aviation Trail
    Aviation Trail
  • Nov 20, 2024
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NOVEMBER 21, 2024 @ 7PM @ WACO AIR MUSEUM:

PRESENTED BY DAVID BUCHER

“Building Bombers and Air Bases” will be presented on November 21st at 7 p.m. at WACO Air Museum.


David Bucher, WACO Trustee, Pilot and Aircraft Mechanic, will present the details of this story and reveal his personal connection with the B24 WW2 bomber and an Army Air Base to train pilots and mechanics. This is the second lecture of the WACO Aviation Lecture Series for the 2024/2025 lecture season.


David Bucher has served over 40 years in aviation working for air freight companies Federal Express, Emery Worldwide, and Airborne with jobs that ranged from hands on in both flight operations and maintenance, to positions in senior management. During his career, David learned about building the B24 bomber while spending a significant amount of time at the former B24 plant at Willow Run Airport outside Ypsilanti, Michigan. During other parts of his career, David had direct contact with local residents who lived in Smyrna, Tennessee during WWII, and through visits to the local historical society, learned how aviation personnel were trained to fly and maintain this new 4 engine bomber at the Smyrna Army Air Base. David holds a commercial pilot, single and multi-engine, instrument, turbojet flight engineer, Airframe & Powerplant (A&P) mechanic with Inspection Authorization (IA). David has been a member of the Waco Historical Society Trustee board since 1997 and this will be his third presentation in the WACO Aviation Lecture Series.


All aviation lectures are free and open to the public; donations to WACO Air Museum are gladly accepted. Lectures are

held in the Willis Wing of the WACO Air Museum at 1865 South County Road 25A in Troy, OH. Doors open at 6:30 and

the program begins at 7 p.m. Programs are scheduled to last one hour with questions to follow. For questions, please

call 937-335-9226 or visit www.wacoairmuseum.org.




WACO Air Museum & Learning Center

1865 S. County Rd. 25A

Troy, OH 45373

937-335-9226


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