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 8/5/43; Geiger 28/5/43; Gt Falls 7/6/43; Gore 12/6/43; Gt Falls 16/6/43; Smoky Hill 30/6/43; Dow Fd 12/7/43; Assigned 561BS/388BG Knettishall 13/7/43; transferred 568BS/390BG [BI-K] Framlingham 8/43; Missing in Action (12m) Munster 10/10/43 with John Winant, Co-pilot: Don Arns, Navigator: Bob Tredinnick, Bombardier: Dick Walker, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Walt Weidemann, Waist gunner: Alonzo Swope (6 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Paul Hurles, Ball turret gunner: Elmer Fjosne, Waist gunner: Bob Wirtz,Tail gunner: Frank Malone (4 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Ladbergen, between Munster & Osnabruck, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 862. TECH SUPPLY.
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 388th Bomb Group flew strategic bombing mission from Knettishall, Suffolk from June 1943 to the end of the war. During this time, though, detachments were sent to Fersfield, Norfolk to conduct Aphrodite missions. In these Aphrodite missions veteran...
Group
The 390th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from Framlingham, Suffolk, between July 1943 and the end of the war in Europe. The Group was engaged in strategic missions until the invasion of Europe when its role became more of a tactical one. This...
Squadron
Squadron
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 390th Bomb Group
Shot down 10 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30262 'Tech Supply'. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Shot down 10 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30262 'Tech Supply'. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Shot down 10 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30262 'Tech Supply'. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Shot down 10 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30262 'Tech Supply'. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Shot down 10 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30262 'Tech Supply'. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 390th Bomb Group
Robert Tredinnick served as a navigator with the 390th Bomb Group. He was part of crew number 12. On 10 October 1943, he was flying in B-17 #42-30262 'Tech Supply' when it was shot down. He bailed out, was taken as a Prisoner of War (POW) and held at...
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 390th Bomb Group
Shot down 10 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30262 'Tech Supply'. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Shot down 10 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30262 'Tech Supply'. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) | Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Shot down 10 October 1943 in B-17 #42-3328 'Miss Fortune', Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 390th Bomb Group
Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 #42-3310 'Blood, Guts and Rust'. Plane ditched into Mediterranean Sea. Returned to base.
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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...
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...
Military site : airfield
Knettishall was built to Class A standard for an American Bomb Group that would be bringing up to forty heavy bombers with them in three or four Squadrons. The 388th Bomb Group, which stayed at Knettishall for their entire service in the ETO, flew B-17...
Event | Location | Date |
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Failed to Return (FTR) | Ladbergen, Germany | 10 October 1943 |
Missing in Action (12 missions), Target Munster, 10/10/43, crew (6 Prisoner of War)(4 Killed in Action), crashed Ladbergen, between Munster & Osnabruck, Ger. |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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16 January 2020 16:48:56 | jmoore43 | Changes to mission associations |
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Added a connection to the 8th AF mission for 10 Oct 1943. |
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26 December 2019 04:18:35 | jmoore43 | Changes to nicknames |
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Added the nickname per info in the "Description". |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
23 February 2015 12:08:05 | Al_Skiff | Changes to media associations |
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Roger Freeman / http://www.aviationarchaeology.com |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
23 February 2015 11:42:44 | Al_Skiff | Changes to events, unit associations, place associations and media associations |
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Roger Freeman / http://www.aviationarchaeology.com |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:40:28 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 862 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |