BJ connection to air museum near A/C Airport

Former BJ reporter Barbara Mudrak passes along this photo with a BJ connection that she saw when she visited the Military Air Preservation Society (MAPS) Museum in Green.

Hi, John, 

Saw this in the MAPS military air museum in Green - Alliance High sophomores went on a field trip - and thought it was cool. 

It's a photo of the Goodyear Aircraft plant during the war, when 50 percent of the employees were women. It's part of the Rosie the Riveter exhibit. 

Anyway, some of them are holding up Beacons with the headline "TOKYO PLANTS AFLAME." No doubt taken by a BJ photographer.

Take care,

Barbara Mudrak

Paula and I visited the MAPS Museum in 2013 when former BJ Reference Librarian Sandy Fuller Bee Lynn and her siblings helped dedicate the MAPS display of their father, Henry Fuller, who was a World War II paratrooper with the 101st Airborne Division (the famous Screaming Eagle) that jumped over Normandy on D-Day.

791 made the jump with the 502nd regiment. Henry was among the 126 survivors. 

It's an impressive collection of airplanes and separate displays of specific individuals involved in America's air wars. 

The MAPS Museum address is 2260 International Pkwy. You can see planes take off from nearby Akron/Canton Airport from MAPS. The phone number is (330) 896-6332 if you want to visit. It's worth the short hop to get there.

After leaving the BJ, Sandy worked for the Orrville and Wadsworth public libraries and lives in Doylestown.