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.
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Charles E Bradley
Military
Flew missions from December 1943 to June 1944 on the 'Eager Beaver'. He flew 30 missions.
Service
Units served with
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306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers
Group
Constituted as 306th Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 28 Jan 1942. Activated on 1 Mar 1942. Trained for combat with B-17's. Moved to England, Aug-Sep 1942, and assigned to Eighth AF Eighth Air Force in September 1942 Station 111 Thurleigh. During combat,... -
368th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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41-24487 'Eager Beaver'
B-17 Flying Fortress
Assigned 368BS/306BG [BO-Q] Westover 25/8/42; Thurleigh 13/10/42; AFSC 1/5/44; was longest serving B-17F in 8th BC; Returned to the USA Tinker 28/7/44; to Williamsport Technical Institute, Patterson Fd, Penn.; 20/6/45 for aeronautical programme, the...
Associated Place
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Thurleigh
Military site : airfield
Built for RAF use in 1941-42, Thurleigh was initially used by RAF Bomber Command before being handed over to the Eighth Air Force. Its runways and hardstandings were improved, and the B-17s of the 306th Bomb Group began using the base. It was their...
Events
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Revisions
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| 26 November 2015 18:45:50 | Al_Skiff | Changes to unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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AAM DB Entry. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:05:33 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia |
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