Hunter Harris
Military | General | Bomber Commander, 447th Bomber Group | 447th Bomb Group
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Robert G David
Military
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Lt. Col. Robert G David. From Pictorial History of the 447th Bombardment Group (H) https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/41056. Colonel David was Group Operations Commander (as Captain initially) of the 447th Bomb group
Colonel David was the operations officer for the 447th. After the war he was assigned to military transport command, later serving in the Korean War. He later became Training commander of transport command, Washington D.C. and commander of the 415th Bombardment Wing.
Service
People
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William Reynolds
Military | Captain | Pilot | 447th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed near Gera in B-17 #4297634 -
Louis Thorup
Military | Colonel | Group Air Executive Officer, Pilot, Squadron Commander, Group Commander | 447th Bomb Group
First Squadron Commanding Officer for the 333rd BS of 94th BG from 19 November to June 1943. ... -
William Wrigglesworth
Military | Colonel | 447th Bomb Group
Units served with
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447th Bomb Group
Group
The 447th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses on strategic bombardment missions out of Rattlesden, Suffolk. With their first mission coming on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1943, their main focus was hitting sites that would weaken enemy forces... -
709th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Missions
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689
26 October 1944
Associated Place
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Rattlesden
Military site : airfield
Built for the Eighth Air Force in 1942, Rattlesden had three concrete runways, 50 hardstandings and two dispersed T2 hangars. Intended to be a twin-engine B-26 bomber base, it was originally a satellite for nearby Rougham, and first occupied from... -
Rattlesden Memorial
Other location
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St Nicholas, Rattlesden
Other location
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Rattlesden Gliding Club
Other location
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Revisions
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| 18 December 2020 19:37:06 | pamccolgan | Changes to person associations, unit associations and mission associations |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 21 October 2020 18:26:35 | pamccolgan | Changes to highest rank, role, biography, awards, person associations and place associations |
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| 27 September 2014 18:23:28 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit History Roster as of 01 August 1945 |
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