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 24-Apr-43; Smoky Hill 5-May-43; Kearney 29-May-43; Atlanta 2-Jun-43; Dow Field 16-Jun-43; Assigned 335BS/95BG [OE-X] Framlingham 19-Jun-43 HERKY JERKY II; Horham 15-Jun-43; with force landed Framlingham AF 10-Oct-43 with Pilot R.E. Snow, Radio Operator: Harry Van Arsdale WIA; credited with 23 missions, Missing in Action - Eschweiler 24-Jan-44 shot down by enemy aircraft, tailplane caught fire then broke off, crashed Wingene, 18 miles West of Ghent, Belgium. 4KIA 6POW. Missing Air Crew Report 2258. LOVER BOY.
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P 2LT Clay A. Burnett (POW); CP 2LT Dougald McLean (KIA)
N 2LT Charles Vacek (POW); B 2LT Hugh A. Gibson (POW)
E/TTG TSGT Harvey E. Kreitzman (POW); RO TSGT James E. Canard (KIA)
BTG SSGT Glenn H. Johnston (POW); RWG SSGT Paul C. Abrahamson (POW)
LWG SSGT Thomas L. Durkin (KIA); TG SSGT John F. Inman (KIA)
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 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...
Squadron
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down by fighters on mission to Frankfurt on 24 Jan 1944 in B-17F #42-30181 'Herky Jerky II. ' or 'Lover Boy'. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Flight Engineer/Waist Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 335BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. 23 x combat missions. Shot down 10-Oct-43 in B-17 42-30272 'Fritz Blitz'. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 1118
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), POW, PH, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down by fighters on mission to Frankfurt on 24 Jan 1944 in B-17F #42-30181 'Herky Jerky II. ' or 'Lover Boy'. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down by fighters on mission to Frankfurt on 24 Jan 1944 in B-17F #42-30181 'Herky Jerky II. ' or 'Lover Boy'. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Flight Officer | Co-Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 335BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 10-Oct-43 in B-17 42-30272 'Fritz Blitz'. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 1118
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Pilot | 303rd Bomb Group
Assigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 27 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
Post war: Remained in USAF, serving in Korean and Vietnamese conflicts rising to rank of Lt Colonel.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down by fighters on mission to Frankfurt on 24 Jan 1944 in B-17F #42-30181 'Herky Jerky II. ' or 'Lover Boy'. Prisoner of War (POW).
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down 10 October 1943 in B-17 #4230272 'Fritz Blitz. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down by fighters on mission to Frankfurt on 24 Jan 1944 in B-17F #42-30181 'Herky Jerky II. ' or 'Lover Boy'. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
10 October 1943
This mission was intended to be a massive attack of 307 B-17s on the railroad facilities and waterway (canals) at Munster, Germany. This attack was to be supported by a diversion 39 B-24s. The formation was attacked by hundreds of German fighters which...
24 January 1944
The primary target of this mission was the Zukunft power station at Eschweilier, Germany. The mision was composed of 563 bombers three elements from 1BD, 2BD and 3BD. The despatch from 2BD was recalled doe to weather before it could take off. Mission...
Military site : airfield
Built for the Eighth Air Force from 1942 to 43, Framlingham was home first to the 95th Bomb Group, before that unit moved to RAF Alconbury. From 1943 to 1945, it was operated by the 390th Bomb Group. The airfield was handed back to the RAF in 1945, and...
Event | Location | Date |
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Crashed | Framlingham, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP13, UK | 10 October 1943 |
Force landed Framlingham 10-Oct-43. Pilot Lt Rodney E Snow. Radio Operator Harry Van Arsdale WIA. |
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Crashed | Wingene, Belgium | 24 January 1944 – 24 January 1944 |
Missing in Action Eschweiler 24-Jan-44. enemy aircraft, tailplane caught fire then broke off, crashed Wingene, 18 miles W of Ghent, Belgium. (6 x POW, 4 x KIA) Missing Air Crew Report MACR2258. |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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24 January 2021 17:08:50 | RayWells | Changes to description and person associations |
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change of name to Co-pilot and associations because of duplicate entry |
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10 August 2020 14:20:03 | phil marchese | Changes to nicknames and markings |
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Added description of finish. |
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25 February 2020 05:39:31 | Pam Nuss | Changes to description |
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Pam Canard Nuss, niece |
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12 January 2016 22:38:29 | Lee8thbuff | Changes to description and events |
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Lee Cunningham 12-Jan-2016. Converted dates to USAAF military-style significations; Added crew postition, rank, full proper name and dispostion of crewmembers per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) MACR 2258, formatted crew display. |
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09 December 2015 15:25:33 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, nicknames, markings, events, unit associations, person associations, place associations and mission associations |
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AAM DB Entry. |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:40:27 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2258 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |