Bomber Betty fyller 95 - Skikkelig krigsveteran - Curt Lewis

Happy Birthday, 'Bomber Betty': Auburn woman who worked in aircraft engine repair during 2 wars turns 95 Not everyone receives birthday cards from Rosie the Riveter, The Greatest Generation and McClellan Air Force Base Alumni. Not everyone receives the honor of a banner strung across downtown, courtesy of the Newcastle Community Association. Because not everyone is known as "Bomber Betty." Betty Mosher Samson - aka "Bomber Betty" - celebrated her 95th birthday with family July 26 at Spring Creek Ranch, the rural Auburn property she has called home since she and husband Stanley James "Smoky" Samson bought it in 1952, six years after their marriage. Long before raising beef cattle and goats on the ranch and running Samson's Saddle and Leather Repair from 1972-96, Betty took an aircraft engine mechanics course at Grant High School in Sacramento to the next level. After graduating in January 1943, at 17, she took a job in engine repair at McClellan Field until November 1945. She returned to McClellan during the Korean War and worked on B29 Superfortress bombers. In 2016, Betty received the Waddingham/Doctor Award of Merit from the Conference of California Historical Societies for her years of service and contributions to the Placer County Historical Society. She also has been active in the League of Placer County Taxpayers and Placer County Historical Foundation. In 2015, Betty was interviewed by the Oral History Center of the Bancroft Library for its Rosie the Riveter/World War II American Home Front Oral History Project. The transcript is available at the Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front Historical National Park in Richmond and the Bancroft Library in Berkeley. It's also available online at http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/RPHO/projects/rosie/. Betty participated in several early Rosie Rally Home Front Festivals. For many years, she rode in a WWII Jeep in Auburn's Veterans Day Parade in recognition of her work during World War II. https://goldcountrymedia.com/news/175527/happy-birthday-bomber-betty-auburn-woman-who-worked-in-aircraft-engine-repair-during-2-wars-turns-95/ Back to Top