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Military | 388th Bomb Group
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Military | 379th Bomb Group
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 379th Bomb Group
Shot down in A/C #297163 on 13 September 1944 on Merseburg synthetic oil mission. Plane received permission to land in France after 2 engins were out nad a 3rd was running erratic. Returned to duty.
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 379th Bomb Group
35 fun-filled missions (Jan-April 1945)
6 Air Medals
Military | Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 452nd Bomb Group
Assigned to 731BS, 452BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 17-Jan-45 in B-17 43-37745 'Lacka Shaky. ' Interned in Sweden.
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
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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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...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 26/3/44; Kearney 15/4/44; Grenier 7/5/44; Assigned 379BG Kimbolton 10/5/44;
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 24/4/44; Hunter 4/5/44; Dow Fd 17/5/44; Assigned 338BS/96BG Snetterton 19/6/44; transferred 379BG Kimbolton 26/5/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 3/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 28/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation ...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Long Beach 21/10/43; Assigned 562BS/388BG Knettishall 15/12/43; transferred 303BG Molesworth 9/4/44; then to 525BS/379BG [FR-A] Kimbolton 3/2/45; retUS 121 BU Bradley 4/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 7/7/45; 237 BU Kirtland 19/12...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 17/5/44; Kearney 27/5/44; Grenier 7/6/44; Assigned 379BG Kimbolton 19/6/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 29/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 2/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 5...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 1/9/44; Hunter 19/9/44; Dow Fd 25/9/44; Assigned 379BG Kimbolton 28/10/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 13/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 19/7/45; 4136 BU Tinker 31/12/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA)...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Lincoln 12/9/44; Dow Fd 25/9/44; Assigned 568BS/390BG [BI-Q] Framlingham 25/9/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 11/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 12/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 19/11...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Lincoln 16/9/44; Grenier 27/9/44; Assigned 379BG Kimbolton 14/10/44; battle damaged Plauen 23/2/45 with Vernon Olson, crash landed (?continent/Ipswich?)o; Salvaged.
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Lincoln 30/11/44; Dow Fd 18/12/44; Assigned 379BG Kimbolton 11/4/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 30/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 4/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 28/11/45.
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Hunter 9/1/45; Dow Fd 19/1/45; Assigned 525BS/379BG [FR-F] Kimbolton 1/2/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 9/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 11/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 19/11/45.
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Tulsa 6/5/44; Hunter 15/5/44; Grenier 25/5/44; Assigned 526BS/379BG [LF-A] Kimbolton 4/6/44; Missing in Action Lutzkendorf 9/2/45 with Herb Pearlman, John O’Neill, Chas Francescani, Ray Maloney, Alva Bryant, Paul Kondravy, Wesley Wells, Fred...
22 January 1945
28 January 1945
29 January 1945
1 February 1945
6 February 1945
14 February 1945
19 February 1945
1,100 Heavies Hit Nazi Rails
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20 February 1945
"Continuing their offensive against the Nazi communications, 900 Fortresses of the 8th Air Force, attacking in two giant waves, thundered over Nuremberg yesterday to shower the cities huge railway yards and locomotive repair shops with more than 11,000...
21 February 1945
23 February 1945
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....
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