Rhein Main Air Base - (435th OMS) ENROUTE MX SECTION
Years Assigned to RMAB 1960 - 2005
Aircraft Mechanic's Memorial
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Aircraft Mechanic's Memorial Monument (Updated: SEP 12, 2020)
During our Gatlinburg Reunion, I discussed this outstanding aircraft maintenance monument idea and asked that our Reunion Group make a significant donation towards the purchase and upkeep of the Mechancis and Maintenance Teams 3D relief monument. Several of our members have made significant contributions --
knowing that NO aircraft flies without the dedicated men and women who maintain them day in and day out.
Please send your donations to Jerry Haines directly. Please mention, you are with the 435th OMS Enroute Maintenance Reunion Group.
Enrouters - Jim "As Ever" Warren is the first one to send a check for the monument.
I recieved the following message from Jim.
-- I sent Jerry a check for $1000.00 USD this morning towards the monument
AND I will send an additional $500.00 USD if my fellow Enrouters can match the
1000.00 USD, by the end of the Reunion. Jim "As Ever" Warren
UPDATE: Jim has already sent his check for $500, as an additional donation.
THIS IS AN AWESOME ENROUTE CHALLENGE ...
Anyone sending a donation to Jerry Haines, please let me know the amount and I will track the
amounts and will post our running total. (Please let me know if you want your name published
or anonymous).
Please make a donation in memory of your favorite person / organization
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DONATIONS
Aircraft Mechanics Monument
Anyone wanting to make a donation, you can also send it to:
Gerald Haines
2411 S. Tecumseh Road Springfield, OH 45502
Thermometer By ABC Fundraising®
$9,135.00 Still Needed To Make our Goal
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$43,000.00 GOAL
Please make a donation in memory of your favorite person / organization
$14000 Gerald Haines Cargo-5, 463 OMS (Creator/Presenter of the monument to the USAF Museum)
$3000 I.F. "Pennie" Haines
$3000 F.A. "Tiny" Haines
$2000 Bill Fessler 435th OMS Enroute Maintenance Reunion Group
$2000 Greene County CVB
$2000 Vince Hrenak 316th TAW
$1500 Jim Warren 435th OMS Enroute Maintenance Reunion Group
$500 David Dwinell 435th OMS Enroute Maintenance Reunion Group
$500 Floyd Johnson. 435th OMS Enroute Maintenance Reunion Group
$500 Stan Miller 435th OMS Enroute Maintenance Reunion Group
$500 David Blair 316th TAW
$500 VFW 9966
$300 John Simon 316th TAW
$300 Phil Tenney
$250 Sandra Flanagan 463rd Airlifters
$200 Kurt Schumacher 316th TAW
$150 John Birhanzi
$125 Gary/Sue Kutsch 435th OMS Enroute Maintenance Reunion Group
$125 Lisa Quinn
$100 435th OMS Enroute Mx Reunion Group (Stan Miller)
$100 Thomas Brunswick
$100 Phillipe Campos
$100 Lynn Cayton
$100 Les Chalfant 463rd Airlifters
$100 Dan Eigenbrode 435th OMS Enroute Maintenance Reunion Group
$100 Richard Figueroa 435th OMS Enroute Maintenance Reunion Group
$100 Lisa Willis Greene County CVB
$100 Robert Hanes Retired CMSGT
$100 Walter Hook 435th OMS Enroute Maintenance Reunion Group
$100 In memory of George Latour 463rd Airlifters
$100 Mike Lomaka 463rd Airlifters
$100 Bruce Langerlan 463rd Airlifters
$100 Linda Langerlan 463rd Airlifters
$100 Scott McCoy
$100 Bill Pankey 316th TAW
$100 Richard Sweet 463rd Airlifters
$75 Leslie P. Moore
$75 Jake Smart
$50 Susan Coy
$50 Serena Hennings
$50 Robert Pesch
$50 George Simons
$50 Tami Tobias
$25 Dan Croley
$25 Tim Egan
$25 Kelly Griffie
$25 Gene Gross
$25 Marcus Haralson
$25 Darrell Houston
$25 Devin Larsen
$25 Marc Lee
$25 Kerry Penner
$25 Clifton Pierce
$25 Daniell Porta
$25 Gregory Sparks
$20 Cathy Cote
$20 Brad Ludwig
Please make a donation in memory of your favorite person / organization
PLEASE KEEP YOUR DONATIONS COMING
Aircraft Mechanics and Maintenance Teams 3D Relief Monument
The monument will be erected in the Memorial Gardens, at the National Museum of the USAF,
WPAFB, OH.
Jerry Haines is in the process of obtaining donations to create a 3D relief monument to recognize the
thousands of aircraft mechanics and maintenance teams.
Mr. Haines, came up wth the following idea: Mechanics and Maintenance teams are underrepresented in the memorial garden at the National Museum of the USAF. He and Larry at Dodd's Monument have designed a seven-foot 3D relief statue and hope to raise enough funds to install it by next summer or fall. Mr. Haines was a mechanic with the 316th TAW, the 91st Bomb Group and the 463rd Airlifters Assn. He has hosted many maintenance reunions. Jerry retired in his mid-70's as a mechanic with the 445th Air Wing here at WPAFB. There are no statues for Mechanics in the park (plaques, yes, statues, no) and he'd like to rectify that. ******************************************************* My name is Jerry Haines and I am looking for assistance to raise $43,000.00 to help pay for a monument that will be dedicated to the Aircraft Mechanics of the United States Air Force. This monument will stand proudly at the United States Air Force Museum Memorial Garden.
I served in the Air Force for twenty years and reminisce frequently with old friends of our experiences and travels that led us around the world to do our job as an aircraft mechanics. After visiting the Museum’s Memorial Garden there were memorial for Pilots, Navigators, Engineers and Load Masters. But I noticed there was nothing to honor the unsung hero the “Aircraft Mechanic”.
This request is in hope that you would be able to make a generous donation. The money raised will be used to cover the costs of the monument that will be carved in granite. I am enclosing a copy of the monument which will include the Aircraft Mechanic’s Creed. The actual dimensions will be 7’ 1 inch in height and 40 inches in width. It is my hope to dedicate this memorial in July 2020, an actual date will be determined upon further discussions with the Air Force Museum and Dodd’s Memorials.
You have no idea how much it means to me to be able to dedicate a memorial to my fellow men and women who honored the ‘creed’. Thank you in advance for your anticipated support.
Thank you,
Gerald Haines
Please make your checks payable to: Dodd’s Memorials
Mail to: Gerald “Jerry” Haines
2411 S. Tecumseh Road
Springfield, OH 45502
https://www.classcreator.com/Dayton-Ohio-Air-Force-Maintenance-Statue-1947-2023/class_index.cfm
Any questions: gerald_haines@yahoo.com
National Air Force Museum
Wright Patterson, AFB, OH
https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/
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AIRCRAFT MECHANICS CREED
UPON MY HONOR I swear that I shall hold in sacred trust the rights and privileges conferred upon me as a certified mechanic. Knowing full well that the safety and lives of others are dependent upon my skill and judgment, I shall never knowingly subject others to risks which I would not be willing to assume for myself, or for those dear to me.
IN DISCHARGING this trust, I pledge myself never to undertake work or approve work which I feel to be beyond the limits of my knowledge nor shall I allow any non-certified superior to persuade me to approve aircraft or equipment as airworthy against my better judgment, nor shall I permit my judgment to be influenced by money or other personal gain, nor shall I pass as airworthy aircraft or equipment about which I am in doubt either as a result of direct inspection or uncertainty regarding the ability of others who have worked on it to accomplish their work satisfactorily.
I REALIZE the grave responsibility, which is mine as a certified airman, to exercise my judgment on the airworthiness of aircraft and equipment. I, therefore, pledge unyielding adherence to these precepts for the advancement of aviation and for the dignity vocation.
Jerry Lederer Founder, Flight Safety Foundation.
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DEDICATION CEREMONY
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