Howard Turner
Military | Major General | Commanding General
SS w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ DFC/ AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster
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Division
The groups under the command of the 1st Bomb Wing came under the command of the 1st Bomb Division in August 1943. In December 1944, the Division was redesginated the 1st Air Division.
Constituted as 1st Bombardment Division on 30 Aug 1943. Activated in England on 13 Sep 1943. Assigned to Eighth AF. Redesignated 1st Air Division in Dec 1944.
Military | Major General | Commanding General
SS w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ DFC/ AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster
Military | Major General | Aerial Observer, Commander | 303rd Bomb Group
Born: Albany, Texas, 9 November 1901.
Bachelor of Science, Texas A&M University, 1923.
Commissioned: ROTC 6 June 1923
Commander, 1st Bomb Division July 1943 to 22 October 1944.
Retired 30 June 1946.
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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Command
VIII Bomber Command was constituted and activated in 1942. It oversaw heavy bombardment operations until February 1944, when it was redesginated as the 8th Air Force.
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Wing
The First Bomb Wing arrived in the UK in July 1942. The wing command became the 1st Bomb Division in August 1943, while the wing was retitled the 1st Combat Bomb Wing.
Division
In December 1944, the 1st Bomb Division was redesginated the 1st Air Division.
21 February 1944
Day 2 of BIG WEEK is another maximum effort by 8th Air Force to bomb 6 airfields in Germany as primary targets: Diepholz, Gütersloh, Lippstadt, Werl, Achmer and Handorf. In addition the industrial areas of Brunswick city are included as a primary...
23 February 1944
5 B-17s from 305BG/422BS are despatched on a night operation to drop 250 bundles (1,250,000?) leaflets on the French cities of REnnes, Le Mans, Chartres, Lille, and Orleans. There are no losses or claims.
8 April 1944
9 April 1944
10 April 1944
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12 April 1944
13 April 1944
18 April 1944
The handwritten log of my father, Horace O. "Hank" Turner, states this.. "Started to raid Berlin, bad weather and we bombed Brandenberg. formation bad and flak terrific." He had marked it with an "x", which he noted meant that "Our plane was hit by...
19 April 1944
Station | Location | Date |
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Constituted | Brampton Grange | 30 August 1943 |
Activated | Brampton Grange | 13 September 1943 – 20 September 1943 |
Based | Alconbury | 20 September 1943 – December 1944 |
Redesignated | December 1944 |
Military | Lieutenant General | Commanding Officer; Pilot | 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers
Commanded 97th BG from 31 July 1942 to 27 September 1942.
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Military | Brigadier General | Chief of Staff
LOM/ BS/ DUC
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Staff Judge Advocate
Received the Purple Heart, Bronze Star and French War Cross for WW I
Military | Commander | 381st Bomb Group
Military | Private First Class | Clerk; Key Punch Machine Operator | 384th Bomb Group
Was in an experiment to prevent colds. We put vaporisers in all of the barracks at an air base near Kettering, England. Maintained them and kept records for about 2 months, but it was not a success. The colds continued.
GC/ WW II VM/ DSC/ ETO/ EAME
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ground Crew; Trfo to Apm
Recon flight over Germany on VE Day, May 1945.
3 Battle Stars
On V-E day I flew on a B-17 as an observer, over Germany for 8 hours photographing destroyed bridges and factories
1 silver star; 2 bronze stars
Military | Private
I entered the service on February 6, 1943 and had my basic training in Atlantic City, NJ. After basic, I went to an Army Air Corp school at the University of Southern MS. Service followed at an air base in Dyersburg, TN and Brooklyn Field, Mobile, AL.
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Military | First Lieutenant | Bombadier | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
ALBERT HUGH GRINS'I'ED Jr.
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Military | Captain | Photographer/Assigned Intel photo Operations Echelon 1st Air DivisionHeadquarters | 351st Bomb Group
Loaded cameras on bombers for bombing analysis . Put cameras on the planes for the 351st BG.
Military | Colonel | Assistant Chief of Staff; Director of Operations; CO | 303rd Bomb Group
303 Bomb Group records indicate that he was assigned as a Pilot with the 303BG/360BS on 1-May-42 at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho with the rank of Major. Records are not clear as to when he arrived at Molesworth, UK or on what aircraft.
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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Tulsa 12/3/44; Kearney 27/3/44; Grenier 5/4/44; Assigned 325BS/92BG [NV-D] Podington 14/4/44; battle damaged Cauvincourt 16/8/44 with Ted Letterman, crew all OK back at base; Salvaged 18/8/44.
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Date | Contributor | Update |
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04 September 2019 11:33:02 | Emily | Changes to us air force combat units of world war ii description, unit encompassing associations, commanding officers associations and stations |
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Air Force Combat Units of World War II |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
02 October 2014 00:21:28 | Paul Bellamy | Changes to type, commanding officers associations, mission associations and stations |
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1st Air Division records (1AD HQ Historical Society) |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
02 October 2014 00:09:37 | Paul Bellamy | Changes to unit became association, mission associations and stations |
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1st Air Division records (1AD HQ Historical Society) |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:42:44 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980) |