Robert Edwards
Military | Technical Sergeant | Engineer | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Lt Hawthorne crew. 30 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
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Military
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"A Crew Of The 524Th Bomb Squadron, 379Th Bomb Group, Poses For The Photographer At An 8Th Air Force Base In England On 15 June 1944." Rear L-R: Sgt Eugene T Rodriguez, Unkn, Unkn, Unkn, Sgt George P Wensel Jr, S/Sgt Thomas E. Lilley Front: 2Lt Harry W Rocklage Jr, 1Lt Baine A Hawthorne, 2Lt William E Schofield.
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"A crew of The 379th Bomb Group poses in front of a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" at an 8th Air Force base in England on 29 September 1944." Bottom Rwm L to R: Unknown; S/Sgt Thomas E. Lilley; Sgt George P Wensel Jr ; Sgt T. Rodriquez
Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 35 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Service
People
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Thomas Lilley
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 30 x combat missions. ETD Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME. -
Harry Rocklage
Military | Captain | Navigator | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 32 x combat missions. ETD Awards: DFC, AM (4OLC), PH, WWII Victory, EAME, National Defense, UN and Korean medal. Post war: Remained in USAF serving in Korean conflict, lost aboard B-29 44-86415 on 19-Sep-51. -
Eugene Rodriguez
Military | Technical Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 32 x combat missions. ETD Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME. -
William Schofield
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Pilot; Co-Pilot | 379th Bomb Group
77 missions flown from June 1944 to 20 April 1945. Flew 30 missions with 379th BG. Started as co-pilot, ended as pilot. Transferred to 1st Scouting Force flying P-51s. Flew 47 missions as lead pilot in Scouting Force. ... -
George Wensel
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Hawthorne crew. 32 x combat missions. ETD Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME. -
Daniel Whealton
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Lt Hawthorne crew. 30 x combat missions. ETD Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME. -
Egon Woerle
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Blaine Hawthorne crew. 30 x combat missions. ETD Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Units served with
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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. ... -
379th Bomb Group
Group
The 379th Bomb Group (H) (heavy), based at Kimbolton, flew more sorties than any other Bomb Group in the Eighth Air Force and dropped a greater bomb tonnage than any other Group. The B-17 Flying Fortress Group was awarded two Distinguished Unit... -
524th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-40003 TOPPER/ Ol' Gappy
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Long Beach 1/11/43; Denver 27/11/43; Presque Is 11/12/43; ...
Associated Place
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Kimbolton
Military site : airfield
Planned for RAF use, Kimbolton airfield was built by W and C French Ltd. in 1941. The airfield was increased in size to accommodate a full US heavy Bomb Group, and the first such unit to us it was the 91st Bomb Group, who arrived in September 1942....
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Wirt, OK | 3 June 1920 |
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Son of Ervin Isaac & Ola Mae [Watts] Hawthorne. |
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| Based | Kimbolton | June 1944 – September 1944 |
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Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Died | Conroe, TX | 4 December 2007 |
| Buried | Cedar Grove Cemetery, Trinity, TX | 6 December 2007 |
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Cedar Grove Cemetery |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 19 June 2019 15:00:15 | Al_Skiff | Changes to events |
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http://www.379thbga.org/looking4.htm |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 19 June 2019 10:50:46 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, service number, biography, awards, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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http://www.379thbga.org/looking4.htm |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:04:18 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Plaque in Memorial Garden |
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