Baine Hawthorne
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 35 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Robert M Edwards
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.
Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Lt Hawthorne crew. 30 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Service
People
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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| Based | Kimbolton | June 1944 – September 1944 |
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Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 19 June 2019 18:55:16 | Al_Skiff | Changes to biography, awards, events, unit associations, place associations, aircraft associations and media associations |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:23:52 | 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 Gardens |
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