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Friends of the 416th Bomb Group 2026 Reunion Announcement Dayton, Ohio September 16-20, 2026 |
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Friends of the 416th Bomb Group - 2026 Reunion Announcement
From Doris Sayles and Mary Adams
17 February 2026
Dear Friends and Family of the 416th Bomb Group,
We hope you received the announcement letter regarding the 416th Bomb Group
reunion in Dayton, Ohio, organized this year by Doris Sayles and Mary Adams. The
reunion starts on Wednesday, September 16, and ends Sunday, September 20, after
breakfast.
We are holding the reunion and staying at the Hope Hotel located at
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base,
just outside of gate 12A. The room rate is $99 plus tax and
includes a buffet breakfast each day.
Here are the specifics for the reunion:
Location: Hope Hotel and Conference Center
10823 Childlaw Rd.
Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433
Hotel Reservations: Phone: 937 879-2696. Ask for 416th Bomb Group Reunion Rate
of $99 plus tax per night and includes a buffet breakfast each day. Reservations are
guaranteed and held for you with your credit card. Please reserve your room no later
than August 26, 2026.
Registration form (see PDF link below) should be downloaded, printed, filled out and registration fee of $120/person
attached to the registration form and mailed no later than July 1, 2026. Instructions for
the registration form and the registration fee submittal are found on the form.
The $120 registration fee covers the Saturday night buffet dinner in the Sabre-
Phantom Room, rental fee for the hospitality room (Mustang Room), snacks and nonalcoholic
drinks in the Mustang Room and Friday's pizza dinner. Please mail your form
to Mary by July 1st so we can tell the hotel and catering how many will be attending.
We hope you are inspired to attend this year's reunion! It promises to be a good
one!
Any questions can be directed to Doris Sayles at 417-499-1708 or Mary Adams at
612-419-1519, email: madamsnchris@yahoo.com.
We look forward to seeing you in Dayton!!
Regards,
Doris and Mary
REGISTRATION
Please Click the link to view and download the Registration form PDF file.
NOTE: If nothing happens on Click, check to see if the PDF file was automatically Saved to your computer.
Please print and fill-out the Registration form and mail it with your Registration Fee (Please make checks payable to Mary Adams) to:
Friends of the 416th Bomb Group Reunion
c/o Mary Adams
9130 Spring Hollow Drive
Indianapolis, IN 46260
Questions? Doris Sayles (417) 499-1708 and Mary Adams (612) 419-1519, email: madamsnchris@yahoo.com.
From Doris Sayles and Mary Adams
December 5, 2025
Dear Friends and Families of the 416th Bomb Group,
On behalf of the 2026 Reunion Planning Committee, we would like to invite you to the 2026
416th Bomb Group Reunion in Dayton, Ohio. The reunion will take place starting Wednesday,
September 16th (an arrival day for many) and end after breakfast and checkout on Sunday,
September 20, 2026. We are announcing the dates of the reunion now so you will save the
dates and make tentative plans to attend!
The reunion will be held at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base at the Hope Hotel and Conference
Center (named after the famed entertainer Bob Hope) and is the only privately owned hotel
throughout the Air Force. It is marked as Building #823 and is located right next to Gate 12A
which goes onto Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (there are signs directing you to the hotel
before you go through the gate). The conference center has a storied past; in 1995, Richard C.
Holbrooke was chief negotiator and U. S. diplomat who helped negotiate the end of the Bosnia -
Herzegovina War (known as the Dayton Accords)
which were held at the Conference Center. The Mustang Room in the hotel will be our Hospitality Room and where the Saturday business meeting will be held. Our Saturday evening buffet dinner will be held in the hotel's Sabre-Phantom room.
On Thursday morning we will go to the National Museum of the United States Air Force. The museum is first-rate and really worth visiting! We have arranged for a docent to take us through the WWI and WWII sections. The tour itself will take about an hour and a half after which you
are free to explore the other areas on your own.
Friday may be a day to explore the Dayton area on your own. Dayton is the epicenter of all
things Wright Brothers and there are several places in and around Dayton to see where they
lived and worked. After exploring all day, we will serve our "traditional" pizza dinner in the
Hospitality Room.
An added attraction this year is the visit to Dayton by Sally and Ross Stewart from Great Britian
who are caretakers of the Wethersfield Museum. Wethersfield Army Air Corps Airfield is where
the 416th Bomb Group was stationed and flew many of their missions from during the war. We
are very excited to have Sally and Ross back with us again (they first visited in 2017) as they
are a great couple who bring their perspective, knowledge and warm personalities to our group.
They have hosted many (if not all) visitors from the US who have made their way to
Wethersfield to see where their family served while in England.
To register at the hotel, call the Hope Hotel at 937-879-2696 and ask for the 416th Bomb Group
Rate. That rate is $99 which includes a buffet breakfast each day. After the New Year, we will
send you a registration form, confirm the registration fee (approx. $120) and update you with
any new information.
Questions? Doris Sayles (417) 499-1708 and Mary Adams (612) 419-1519, email: madamsnchris@yahoo.com.
Happy Holidays!!
Doris and Mary