Following recent government announcements the museum is currently closed, there is plenty to explore in our online archive.
The American Air Museum is a charity - Find out how you can support us
By downloading this image, you are agreeing to our Terms and Conditions
Page 15 of the 93rd Bomb Group unit history.
Many of the 8th Air Force Groups produced an unofficial unit history in the months after the war ended in Europe but before they were redeployed out of the ETO (European Theater of Operations).
Resembling a college yearbook, unit histories were an unofficial – and often tongue-in-cheek – record of the unit’s time based in the UK. They include photo montages showing different aspects of base life. Often the servicemen in the photos are unnamed. The American Air Museum hopes that by adding unit histories to the website as individual pages, the men in the photos will be identified and associated to their person entries. Many included lists of personnel and a mailing address, providing a means for servicemen to keep in contact with each other after the war. These lists are now incredibly useful records of where US airmen in England in 1945 called their home.
Group
93rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated 1-March-1942 at Barksdale Field, Louisiana. On 15-May-1942 the Group moved to Ft. Myers, Florida to continue advanced flight training and also to fly anti-submarine patrols over the Gulf of Mexico; they...
Military | Technical Sergeant | Engineer
KIS 28 May 1943 killed in a night training accident in B-24 #41-243097.
Nov 1942 B-24D-1-CO #41-23710 'Hares to Ya' had crash landing with no crew injured except McBride who had a flak wound to his leg. Plane is also listed as 'Here's to Ya'
Military | Technical Sergeant | Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner
Killed in Action (KIA) 10 January 1943. 93rd was assigned to N. Africa to help defeat Rommel. B-24D-1-CO 41-23665 'Big Dealer' had mission to La Galite (a small Mediterranean island off Tunisia). Crashed near Bir el Khamsa, Egypt. Crash may have been...
Military
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner
Killed in Action (KIA) 8/1/43 while TDY to 9thAF for Ploesti raid in B-24 'Here's To Ya' 41-24230
DFC/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot
Killed in Action (KIA) 28 May 1943 Plane crashed on takeoff. 12 aboard, 3 killed others wounded. Earlier on 7 Nov 1942 B-24D-1-CO 41-23710 'Hares to Ya' had crash landing with no crew injured except McBride who had a flak wound to his leg. Plane is...
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot
28 May 1943 killed in a night training accident in B-24 41-24309
AM
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner
Killed in Action 8/1/43 while on TDY to 9thAF for Ploesti raid in B-24' Here's To Ya' 41-24230.
DFC/ AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator
Killed in Action (KIA) 8/1/43 while on TDY to 9thAF for Ploesti raid in B-24 'Here's To Ya' 41-24230.
...
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot
1 Aug 1943, turned back over Yugoslavia due to left wing gas leak.
...
Military | Sergeant | Waist Gunner
B-24 Liberator
Failed to Return - A/C pilot Ralph J Mcbride Jr joined a 98th Grp formation on withdrawal from the target [Ploesti, 1/8/43]. A/C was intercepted by fighters of IV/27 JG West off Cefalonia, Greece and presumed downed over Ionian Sea by Lt. Hans Flor of...
B-24 Liberator
Crashed on 10 January 1943 near Bir el Khamsa, Egypt, while en-route back to Gambut-Main after dark. Crash may have been due to fuel shortage. The injured men were taken to 21st CCS at Mersa Matruth . 4 killed and 5 returned to action.
| Date | Contributor | Update |
|---|---|---|
| 02 December 2016 14:23:43 | general ira snapsorter | Created entry with collection, caption and unit associations |
| Sources | ||
An original copy of the 93rd Bomb Group unit history in IWM’s Roger Freeman Collection, printed in 1945. |
||
