3rd Bomb Division
Division
The 3rd Bomb Division was Constituted in August 1943. In December 1944, the Division was redesginated the 3rd Air Division.
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8th Air Force 300
12 April 1944
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Certificate showing the 33 Missions completed by Capt. William M. Bryan Jr of the 93rd Bomb Group
Official description
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Description
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Mission details
1. HALLE (Primary)
Description
INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Aircraft type
Not yet known
Notes
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Mission Statistics
2. LEIPZIG (Primary)
Description
INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Aircraft type
Not yet known
Notes
Not yet known
Mission Statistics
3. OSCHERSLEBEN (Primary)
Description
INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Aircraft type
Not yet known
Notes
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Mission Statistics
4. SCHKEUDITZ (Primary)
Description
INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Aircraft type
Not yet known
Notes
3rd Bomb Division turned back just after French coast. One B-17 PATHFINDER (PFF) aircraft from 96th Bomb Group was shot down by an intruder just as it was approaching the 390th Bomb Group airfield. 3rd Bomb Division was made up of 94th Bomb Group, 95th Bomb Group, 100th Bomb Group, 390th Bomb Group, 452nd Bomb Group.
Units
Mission Statistics
| Tonnage dropped | 0.00 |
5. SCHWEINFURT (Primary)
Description
INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Aircraft type
Not yet known
Notes
Heavy could cover and contrails caused most of the mission to be aborted. 1st Bomb Division turned back before the French coast. 1st Bomb Division units supplying aircraft was not contained in available data, however, 1st Bomb Division supplied 97 aircraft.
Units
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1st Bomb Division
Division
The groups under the command of the 1st Bomb Wing came under the command of the 1st Bomb Division in August 1943. In December 1944, the Division was redesginated the 1st Air Division.
Mission Statistics
| Tonnage dropped | 0.00 |
6. ZWICKAU (Primary)
Description
INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Aircraft type
Not yet known
Notes
2nd Bomb Division penetrated to the Germany border before weather forced it to turn back.
Units
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2nd Bomb Division
Division
The groups under the command of the 2nd Bomb Wing came under the command of the 2nd Bomb Division in August 1943. In December 1944, the Division was redesginated the 2nd Air Division.
Mission Statistics
| Tonnage dropped | 0.00 |
Service
People
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Henry Benson
Military | Captain | Navigator, bombardier, nose gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
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James Braa
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball turret gunner | 389th Bomb Group
James Braa served as a ball turret gunner with the 566th Bomb Squadron of the 389th Bomb Group, flying bombing missions out of Hethel, England. He completed his tour of 30 missions between March and June 1944, flying his final two missions on D-Day. -
William Burtt
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 445th Bomb Group
Shot down 12 April 1944 in B-24 42-7601 'Sin Ship. ' Prisoner of War (POW). -
Michael Ciano
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 445th Bomb Group
After Gunnery training, Michael Ciano left the US in October 1943, flew Southern Route via Puerto Rico, Brazil, Dakar, Senegal, Marrakech, French Morocco and reached Scotland with his Group. Shot down over Belgium 12 April 44 on 8th mission in B-24 42... -
Peter Clark
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 445th Bomb Group
Shot down 12 April 1944 in B-24 #42-7601 'Sin Ship'. Evaded with the help of Belgian and French citizens and members of the Résistance. Liberated by US troops in early September 1944 while sheltered at the house of Madame Marie Sarron in Mirecourt,... -
Albert Gilsdorf
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 445th Bomb Group
Shot down 12 April 1944 in B-24 #42-7601 'Sin Ship'. Prisoner of War (POW). -
Robert Hansen
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 445th Bomb Group
Shot down 12 April 1944 in B-24 #427601 'Sin Ship'. Prisoner of War (POW). -
Richard Hanson
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator/Gunner | 445th Bomb Group
Shot down 12 April 1944 in B-24 #42-7601 'Sin Ship'. Prisoner of War-POW. -
Chester Hincewicz
Military | Technical Sergeant | Engineer/Top Turret Gunner | 445th Bomb Group
Shot down 12 April 1944 in B-24 #42-7601 'Sin Ship'. Evaded. See the full story of his evasion at https://www.evasioncomete.org/fhincewcb.html -
Wade Luce
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 445th Bomb Group
Shot down 12 April 1944 in B-24 #42-7601 'Sin Ship'. Prisoner of War (POW).
Aircraft
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42-107047 The Doodle Bug
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Tulsa 6/2/44; Grenier 3/3/44; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-M] Horham 17/3/44; with R.V. Mercer force landed Framlingham AFB 25/12/44 with engine failure; battle damaged Berlin 3/2/45 with H. Palmer; force landed Charleroi, Bel; 97m, repaired & ret...
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 27 September 2014 18:43:12 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Lee Cunningham, 8th Air Force missions research database / Stan Bishop's 'Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces', the Combat Chronology of the US Army Air Forces and the work of Roger Freeman including the 'Mighty Eighth War Diary'. |
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