8th Air Force
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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44-6583
B-17 Flying Fortress
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B-17G-55-DL #44-6583 "Cadet Nurse" Cod: ET-Y 95th BG - 336th BS photographed after crash landing near A-78 Florennes Airfield, Belgium 25 Feb 945
Delivered Lincoln 16/9/44; Dow Fd 2/10/44; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-Y] Horham 13/10/44; battle damaged Nurnberg 20/2/45 with R. Lee Young, #2 feathered, crash landed near A-78 AF Florennes, Bel; 9RTD; 39m, sal 28/2/45. CADET NURSE.
Service
Units
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95th Bomb Group
Group
The 95th Bomb Group was the only Eighth Air Force Group to be awarded three Distinguished Unit Citations. The first, shared by all four Bomb Wing Groups, was for the bombing of an aircraft factory under intense enemy fire at Regensburg on 17 August... -
336th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
People
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Dale Avers
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
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Charles Cappellino
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Flight Engineer | 95th Bomb Group
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Marion Makarewicz
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
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Frank Marcera
Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Tail Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
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George Marks
Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
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Robert O'Neal
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Radio Operator | 95th Bomb Group
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Robert Shaffer
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
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Halcott Thomas
Military | Captain | Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
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Paul Tucci
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 95th Bomb Group
Missions
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685
22 October 1944
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698
2 November 1944
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700
4 November 1944
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707
9 November 1944
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712
11 November 1944
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715
16 November 1944
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725
26 November 1944
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729
29 November 1944
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736
4 December 1944
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738
5 December 1944
Places
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Horham
Military site : airfield
Horham airfield was planned and built for RAF use, but handed over to the Eighth Air Force and used initially by the 47th Bomb Group. When they joined the Twelfth Air Force in January 1943, it became home to the B-26 Marauders of the 323rd Bomb Group....
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Assigned | Horham Airfield, UK | 13 October 1944 |
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95BG |
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| Crashed | A-78 Florennes, Belgium | 20 February 1945 |
| Delivered | Lincoln, NE | |
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 21 September 2020 21:40:08 | 466thHistorian | Changes to production block number, manufacturer, nicknames, markings, events, unit associations, place associations and mission associations |
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B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:41:52 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log |
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