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Col. John R. Kane Group Leader and Pilot of the 'Hail Columbia' with his copilot Lt. John S. Young on the mission to bomb Ploesti, August 1, 1943

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Units

  • 9th Air Force

    9th Air Force

  • 389th Bomb Group

    389th Bomb Group

    Group
    The 389th Bomb Group, known in more familiar terms as "the Sky Scorpions", flew strategic bombing missions in B-24 Liberators from Hethel, England. They also sent detachments to join bases in North Africa at Benghazi No. 10, Libya, between 3 July 1943...

  • 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs

    44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs

    Group
    The 44th Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated 15-January-1942 at McDill Field, Florida and equipped with B-24Cs. The Group moved to Barksdale Field, Louisiana and acted as a training unit for the 90th 93rd and 98th Bomb Groups and flew anti...

  • 98th Bomb Group

    98th Bomb Group

    Group
    The 98th trained for bombardment missions with B-24 Liberators during the first half of 1942. ...

  • 344th Bomb Squadron

    344th Bomb Squadron

    Squadron
    The 344th Bombing Squadron was first activated at MacDill Field, Florida as one of the original three squadrons assigned to the 98th Bombardment Group. The 344th soon moved to Barksdale Field, Louisiana, where it began to train as a Consolidated B-24...

People

  • John Kane

    Military | Colonel | Commanding Officer, Command Pilot
    John Riley Kane (January 5, 1907 – May 29, 1996) was a colonel in the United States Army Air Corps and later the United States Air Force. He received the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Congressional Medal of Honor in World War II, for his...

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Collection name
John Simmons Young Collection
Object number
UPL 39792

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Date Contributor Update
15 December 2020 14:59:02 general ira snapsorter Changes to person associations and aircraft associations
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Removed associations not depicted in the image. Associated content should be added to the AIRCRAFT and/or PERSON records.
Date Contributor Update
15 December 2020 09:07:22 Kickapoo Changes to collection and aircraft associations
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John S Young Jr - personal archives
Date Contributor Update
08 November 2020 14:09:33 general ira snapsorter Changes to person associations, place associations, aircraft associations and mission associations
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Removed all associations not depicted in the image. Associations made in the PERSON record.
Date Contributor Update
08 November 2020 11:17:58 Kickapoo Changes to unit associations, person associations, place associations and aircraft associations
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Black Sunday -- Michael Hill Into the Fire -- Duane Schultz He Brought Us Home -- Capt. John S. Young
Date Contributor Update
08 November 2020 11:11:25 Kickapoo Changes to person associations, place associations, aircraft associations and mission associations
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Black Sunday -- Michael Hill Into the Fire -- Duane Schultz He Brought Us Home -- Capt. John S. Young
Date Contributor Update
21 August 2019 09:24:18 general ira snapsorter Changes to person associations, aircraft associations and mission associations
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Removed associations not depicted in image.
Date Contributor Update
21 August 2019 08:53:04 Kickapoo Created entry with collection, caption, unit associations, person associations, aircraft associations and mission associations
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Ploesti - Anatomy Of A Disaster - Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg ---- Black Sunday - Michael Hill ---- John S. Young, Jr. - personal archives

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