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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"With bomb bay doors open, a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" of the 91st Bomb Group approaches the bomb run over the target somewhere in Europe. 5 August 1944."
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91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Group
The 91st Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated at Harding Field, Louisiana on 15-April-1942 and went to MacDill Field, Florida for the first phase of training from 16-May-1942 to 25-June-1942. The Group was then assigned to 2nd Air Force at Walla... -
323rd Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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43-38083 HAPPY VALLEY EXPRESS
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 24/6/44; Hunter 14/7/44; Dow Fd 23/7/44; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-V] Bassingbourn 11/8/44; 48m battle damaged Aschaffenburg 22/1/45 with Nelson Van Blarcom, ; flak KO’d two engines and cut out electrics, equipment was dumped to enable...
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 24 April 2018 12:24:55 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with caption, unit associations and aircraft associations |
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