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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Boeing B-17G 42-97503 'Princess Pat' 533rd Bomb Squadron, 381st Bomb Group [VP-X].
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381st Bomb Group
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The 381st Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from Ridgewell, Essex between June 1943 and April 1945. The Group was awarded two Distinguished Unit Citations, the first for bombing shipyards at Bremen, whilst under heavy attack, on 8 October 1943 and... -
533rd Bomb Squadron
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42-97503 'Princess Pat'
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 4/12/43; Kearney 16/12/43; Presque Is 23/12/43; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-X] Ridgewell 13/1/44; crash landed base with Chas Carpenter, burned out 26/3/45; Salvaged 2 SAD. PRINCESS PAT.
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 10 August 2018 17:25:40 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with caption, unit associations and aircraft associations |
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