8-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):   June 28, 2008

TRIUMPH GROUP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	1-12235	51-0347963
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification Number)

1550 Liberty Ridge Drive, Suite 100, Wayne, Pennsylvania	19087
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

(610) 251-1000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 5.02Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers

                William O. Albertini, a member of Triumph Group, Inc.’s board of directors, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, June 28, 2008.  Mr. Albertini had served as a director since 1999 and chaired the board’s audit committee. He also served on the board’s nominating and corporate governance committee and the finance committee.

Item 9.01               Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c)           Exhibits.

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press Release dated June 30, 2008.

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SIGNATURE

                Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: June 30, 2008		TRIUMPH GROUP, INC.
	By:	/s/ John B. Wright
		John B. Wright, II
		Vice President, General Counsel
		and Secretary

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TRIUMPH GROUP, INC.

CURRENT REPORT ON FORM 8-K

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press Release dated June 30, 2008.

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EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

NEWS RELEASE

Contact:

Sheila G. Spagnolo

Vice President

Phone (610) 251-1000

sspagnolo@triumphgroup.com

TRIUMPH GROUP ANNOUNCES PASSING OF

DIRECTOR & AUDIT COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN

Wayne, PA — June 30, 2008 — Triumph Group, Inc. (NYSE:TGI) today announced with great sadness that William O. Albertini, a member of its board of directors, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, June 28, 2008.  Mr. Albertini had served as a director since 1999 and chaired the board’s audit committee. He also served on the board’s nominating and corporate governance committee and finance committee.

Richard C. Ill, Triumph’s President and Chief Executive Officer, said, “Over his nine years of service, Bill Albertini served as an active steward of the company’s and the stockholders’ interests.  The company has benefited significantly from his business and financial insights, probing questions and attention to detail, and he will be greatly missed. Our thoughts today are with his wife, Kate, and his family. To them we extend our deepest condolences.”

Mr. Albertini had served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Bell Atlantic Corp. from 1991 through 1997.  In 1997, Mr. Albertini became Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Bell Atlantic Global Wireless, a wireless communication company, and remained in that position until his retirement in 1999.

Triumph Group, Inc., headquartered in Wayne, Pennsylvania, designs, engineers, manufactures, repairs and overhauls aircraft components and accessories.  The company serves a broad, worldwide spectrum of the aviation industry, including original equipment manufacturers of commercial, regional, business and military aircraft and aircraft components, as well as commercial and regional airlines and air cargo carriers.

More information about Triumph can be found on the Internet at http://www.triumphgroup.com.