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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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 12/3/44; Gr Island 31/3/44; Dow Fd 21/4/44; Assigned 339BS/96BG [QJ-J] Snetterton 22/4/44; Missing in Action Nucourt, Fr 22/6/44 with Jay Horn, Co-pilot: John Murray, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Henry Morris, Ball turret gunner: Clifford McCreary, Waist gunner: Lester Weimer, Waist gunner: Tony Monaco,Tail gunner: Tony Viglianti (7 Killed in Action); Navigator: Steve Manzek, Bombardier: Harry Ubbins, Radio Operator: Frank Cowan (3 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Rue Pajol, Paris, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 5917.
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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Group
The 96th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses to targets across occupied Europe from May 1943 to April 1945.
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Squadron
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 96th Bomb Group
Shot down by flak and crashed at Paris on 6/22/44 in B-17 #42102552 Prisoner of War (POW). Survived 4 different prison camps, including Buchenwald.
Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 96th Bomb Group
Assigned May 1944. Shot down by flak and crashed at Paris on 6/22/44 in B-17 42-102552. KIA.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 96th Bomb Group
Shot down by flak and crashed at Paris on 6/22/44 in B-17 #42102552 Prisoner of War (POW)
POW
Military | Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 96th Bomb Group
Shot down by flak and crashed at Paris in B-17 42-102552 Killed in Action (KIA)
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 96th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) 22 June 1944. Shot down by flak and crashed at Paris in B-17 #42102552
Purple Heart/ Air Medal w/ Oak Leaf Cluster
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 96th Bomb Group
Shot down by flak and crashed at Paris in B-17 #42102552 Killed in Action (KIA)
Military | Flight Officer | Co-Pilot | 96th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) in B-17 #42-102552. Shot down by flak and crashed at Paris.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 96th Bomb Group
Shot down by flak and crashed at Paris on 6/22/44 in B-17 #42102552 Prisoner of War (POW)
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 96th Bomb Group
Shot down by flak and crashed at Paris in B-17 #42102552 Killed in Action (KIA)
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 96th Bomb Group
Shot down by flak and crashed at Paris in B-17 #42102552 Killed in Action (KIA)
Military site : airfield
Intended to be an RAF bomber base, construction of Snetterton Heath started in Autumn 1942 but continued until mid-1943, because it was extended after allocation as an Eighth Air Force bomber base. It had eventually three concrete runways, 50...
Event | Location | Date |
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Failed to Return (FTR) | France | 22 June 1944 |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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27 June 2020 11:27:02 | Blackbird2 | Changes to nicknames |
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https://jonathanturley.org/2013/04/21/kirby-cowan-the-airmen-of-buchenwa... |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 June 2020 11:25:30 | Blackbird2 | Changes to description |
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https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/monument_details.php?SiteID=937&MemI... |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
29 May 2020 07:42:49 | kstrykerAK | Changes to unit associations |
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Snetterton Falcons II: The 96th Bomb Group in World War II by Robert E Doherty & Geoffrey Ward, Second Edition with Errata & Supplemental Information, Taylor Publishing, 1996. pages 162, 168, 293 |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:40:10 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 5917 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |