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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Flying Fortress B-17F 42-29737 'Louise' 412th BS, 95th BG, 8AF USAAF having been landed on the sand dunes of Amrum Island, Germany. A wheels down landing has been affected and aircraft destroyed prior to the crew being captured.
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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... -
412th Bomb Squadron
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Aircraft
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42-29737 'Louise'
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 11/2/43; Rapid City 22/2/43; Salina 4/3/43; Kearney 12/3/43; Assigned 92BG Alconbury 9/4/43; transferred 412BS/95BG [QW-N] Framlingham 12/5/43; with R.E. Robinson force landed Framlingham afd 17/5/43; with Robinson 19/5/43, Navigator...
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 15 December 2015 13:57:13 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with caption, unit associations and aircraft associations |
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