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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BACK FROM RAID - Four airmen, who returned from attack on Ijmuiden, German-held
port in Holland, recently, include left to right, Capt. Howard M. Posson, Fresno, Cal.;
Staff-Sgt. Levoyde Grimes, St. Stephens, Ala.; 1st Lt. A.A. Sarkisian, Indiana Harbor,
Ind., and Staff-Sgt. Dero E. Poynter of Los Angeles. They're at bomber base in England.
Published in the Los Angeles Times April 20th, 1944 (Morning Edition)
Connections
Units
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322nd Bomb Group
Group
The 322nd Bombardment Squadron (Medium) was activated on 19-Jun-1942 at MacDill Field, Florida with B-26B Marauder aircraft. In late September 1942 the unit moved to Drane Field, Florida. The Ground echelon sailed for the UK aboard the Queen Elizabeth... -
450th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
People
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Howard Posson
Military | Captain | Pilot
Howard M. Posson hailed from Fresno California. He was one of four children. Howard served with the 322nd Bomb Group/450th Bomb Squadron, 8th/9th Air Force in the European Theater of Operations. He received ground school training at the San Antonio... -
Azad Sarkisian
Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier
Aboard B-26 41-31803 developed structural problems. 15-Aug-43. Returned to Duty (RTD).
Aircraft
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41-31765 "Fightin' Cock"
B-26 Marauder
Assigned to 450BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. ... -
41-31875 'Lady Liberty'
B-26 Marauder
Assigned to 450BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. 25 x combat missions. Battle damaged on ramrod to Abbeville, crash landed at Eastbourne, half of crew had baled out due to the damaged state of his A/C. Pilot 1st Lt Rowland G Thornton. 3 x RTD, 3 x POW. 28-Feb-44....
Locations
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Andrews Field
Military site : airfield
The base was known as Great Saling when construction – by US Army engineers – began in 1942 but was renamed Andrews Field in honour of the memory of Gen. Frank M. Andrews, who was killed when the B-24 he was travelling in crash-landed in Iceland on 3... -
Bury St Edmunds
Military site : airfield
The airfield was purpose-built for American bomb groups and as such had a 2,000 yard main runway that lain in concrete with a tarred and wood-chipped surface. The scale of bases such as this meant that very often the technical, administrative and...
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 23 February 2021 03:20:32 | PossonNephew | Created entry with collection, caption, unit associations, person associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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Posson family records/photos, Los Angeles Times newspaper article |
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