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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Kraut Stomper-Pilot R Jones (Pic from a reversed negative and take prior to naming her KRAUT STOMPER
Connections
Units
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493rd Bomb Group
Group
The 493rd Bomb Group was the last Eighth Air Force Group to become operational, flying their first combat mission from Debach, Suffolk, on D-Day, 6 June 1944. The Group was known as "the Fighting 493rd", named by their Commanding Officer Colonel Elbert... -
93rd Bomb Group
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... -
863rd Bomb Squadron
Squadron
People
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Richard Jones
Military | Lieutenant | Pilot
Aircraft
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44-6808 Kraut Stomper
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Hunter 18/11/44; Grenier 24/11/44; Assigned 863BS/493BG Debach 29/11/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 6/7/45; Sth Plains 8/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 28/11/45. ... -
44-6808 Kraut Stomper
B-17 Flying Fortress
With 493rd, 863rd
Locations
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Debach
Military site : airfield
Debach was one of the last Eighth Air Force heavy bomber bases to be completed. It was built by the 820th Engineer Battalion (Aviation) between late '43 and early '44. Pronounced locally as 'Deb-idge', the base was built to a class A standard with... -
Little Walden
Military site : airfield
Little Walden was built as a Class A airfield suitable for American heavy bombers. The 409th Bomb Group, as part of the Ninth Air Force, was stationed at the base between March and September 1944, flying A-20 Havocs. ... -
493rd Bomb Group Museum
Other location
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 25 February 2021 17:01:05 | b78eemer | Changes to caption |
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Image in possession of Son of R Jones |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 02 September 2017 15:14:03 | b78eemer | Created entry with collection, caption, unit associations, person associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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personal records, DD214 |
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