It is with great sadness that we have to report the death of our former President, JAMES M ‘JIM’ RUEL of Dayton, OH on Friday 2 May 2008.  Jim served at Burtonwood from January 1952 until December 1955 with 7559th Aircraft Rep Sqn (Prop Shop). He has been a member for many years and an Officer and Board Member for at least the last ten years.  He stood down at the Folsom reunion last October when Jim Bentley took over as President and became our Vice-President.  Jim and Margaret joined us on many reunions in both the States and UK and he took his role very seriously spending many hours working for our mutual good and he and I seemed to have e-mail correspondence between us every day for many years.  He was a very kind gentleman, gave a huge amount of time and care to the Burtonwood Association and will be missed very much indeed.

Our thoughts are with Margaret and her family at this sad time.

Aldon Ferguson