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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IWM catalogue record
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Insignia associated with the 303rd Bomb Group of the 8th Air Force.
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303rd Bomb Group
Group
The 303rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated on 3-Feb-1942 at Pendleton Field, Oregon. They assembled at Gowen Field, Idaho on 11-February 1942 where it conducted flight training until 12-Jun-1942. The Group then moved to Alamogordo Field, New...
People
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Robert Barefield
Military | Staff Sergeant | Military Occupation Specialty 405-Clerk Typist
Robert R. Barefield was one of the original cadre who trained with the 303rd Bomb Group trained and deployed to the ETO in 1942. -
Benjamin Barlow
Military | Technical Sergeant | Engineer
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Frederick Green
Military | Technical Sergeant | Engineer
Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 384BG, 8AF USAAF. Awards: WWII Victory, EAME. -
David McEachern
Military | Staff Sergeant | MOS 612, Tail Gunner
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Joseph Sawicki
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner
Shot down 29 November 1943 in B-17 #42-29498 'Dark Horse. ' Killed in Action (KIA). Despite the lost of his left arm at the elbow and grave abdominal woulds, Sergeant Sawicki, tail gunner on Fyler's crew, booted the two wounded and disabled waist... -
James Schneider
Military | Technical Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
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42-29498 'Mumsie' aka 'Dark Horse'
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 26/12/42; Salina 11/1/43; Morrison 14/2/43; Assigned 368BS/306BG [BO-L] Thurleigh 2/3/43; transferred 360BS/303BG [PU-D] Molesworth 25/9/43; 7m Missing in Action Bremen 29/11/43 with Capt Carl Fyler, Co-pilot: Bob Ward, Navigator:...
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 08 September 2014 15:33:41 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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IWM, Roger Freeman Collection |
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