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
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Flying Fortess B-17F 42- 3263 'Slightly Dangerous' 335th BS, 95th BG, 8AF USAAF.
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Close up of nose art of Flying Fortess B-17F 42- 3263 'Slightly Dangerous' 335th BS, 95th BG, 8AF USAAF.
Delivered Denver 15/4/43; Dow Fd 26/5/43; Assigned 335BS/95BG [OE-V] Horham 15/6/43; 48m, (TG H.S. Boes wia 6/9/43); force landed Bungay AF 16/9/43 SAD 21/6/44; transferred 412BS [QW-V]; Returned to the USA Patterson 7/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 28/11/45. SLIGHTLY DANGEROUS.
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... -
335th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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412th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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People
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Howard Boes
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
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John Brinegar
Military | Captain | Pilot | 388th Bomb Group
Flew 30 missions with the 388th BG between July 44 and Jan 45, the last 14 as lead pilot. Known to have flown on the following aircraft. ... -
George Lindley
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 95th Bomb Group
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Herbert Riddle
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Waist Gunner/Flight Engineer | 95th Bomb Group
Missions
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VIII Bomber Command 91
6 September 1943
This mission was planned as massive attack of 338 B-17s on the industrial areas of Stuttgart, Germany and would be supported by a formation of 69 B-24s flying a diversion. This would be the first action from the UK for the B-24 Groups that had recently...
Places
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Honington
Military site : airfield
Honington was in use by Eighth Air Force units for a longer period than any other air base in England. The air base, built in the mid 1930s as part of the RAF's expansion programme had seen plenty of action as an RAF base before it was handed over to...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Delivered | Denver, CO | 15 April 1943 |
| Assigned | Horham Airfield, UK | 15 June 1943 |
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95BG |
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| Crew Casualty | Stuttgart, Germany | 6 September 1943 |
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Tail Gunner St/Sgt Howard S Boes WIA on mission to Stuttgart 6/9/43. |
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| Crashed | Bungay, Suffolk, UK | 16 September 1943 |
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Force landed Bungay AF 16/9/43. |
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| Returned Stateside | Wright-Patterson AFB (FFO), Dayton, OH 45433, USA | 7 July 1944 |
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Returned to the USA Patterson Field 7/7/44. |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 03 December 2020 17:03:32 | 466thHistorian | Changes to production block number, manufacturer and events |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 14 December 2015 14:37:26 | Al_Skiff | Changes to unit associations |
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AAM DB Entry Correction. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 07 December 2015 16:58:44 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, nicknames, markings, description, events, unit associations, person associations, place associations and mission associations |
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AAM DB Entry. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 29 July 2015 19:16:36 | doubletbittner | Changes to nicknames |
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Family information |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:43 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log |
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