Walter Peck
Military | Brigadier General | Pilot; Commanding Officer | 458th Bomb Group
BRIGADIER GENERAL WALTER R. PECK
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Division
In December 1944, the 2nd Bomb Division was redesginated the 2nd Air Division.
Constituted as 2d Bombardment Division on 30 Aug 1943....Redesignated 2d Air Division in Dec 1944. Served in combat in the European theater from Sep 1943 until Apr 1945. Moved to the US in Jun 1945. Disbanded on 28 Aug 1945.
Military | Brigadier General | Pilot; Commanding Officer | 458th Bomb Group
BRIGADIER GENERAL WALTER R. PECK
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Military | Lieutenant General | Commanding General, 8th Air Force Fighter Command
From 1909 to 1913, Kepner served in the US Marine Corps. By 1916 he was a second lieutenant in the Indiana National Guard. After a short spell in the US cavalry, in 1917 he transferred to the infantry as a captain and commanded a company at the Battle...
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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Wing
Wing
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Wing
Although equipped with B-24 aircraft, I believe that association with 2nd BD/AD is in error. Moreover, the Group had converted to B-17 before the designation of the 2nd Air Division. The Group carried 3rd Bomb Division markings throughout its combat...
Group
Activated as 496th Fighter Training Group on 11 December 1943 at Greencastle by VIII Composite Command.
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Medical Unit
Division
The groups under the command of the 2nd Bomb Wing came under the command of the 2nd Bomb Division in August 1943. In December 1944, the Division was redesginated the 2nd Air Division.
27 February 1945
1,107 bombers and 745 fighters are dispatched to hit road and rail communications at Halle and Leipzig using H2X radar
19 March 1945
19 March 1945
19 March 1945
19 March 1945
4 April 1945
Station | Location | Date |
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Based | Ketteringham Hall | December 1944 – 22 June 1945 |
Redesignated | December 1944 | |
Disbanded | 28 August 1945 |
Military | Women's Army Corps
Military | Women's Army Corps
Military | Women's Army Corps
Military | Women's Army Corps
Military | Women's Army Corps
Military | Women's Army Corps
Military | Brigadier General | Wing Commander | 389th Bomb Group
Overseas 1942 to establish ATC Atlantic Ferry Route as staff meteorologist; assisted in planning secret route for Allied Chiefs' Casablanca Conference, January 1943. Commander of the 389th Bomb Group.
SS/ DFC/ AM w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster
Military | Women's Army Corps
Military | Women's Army Corps
Military | Colonel | Commander
Norwegian Bernt Balchen was America's greatest Arctic expert of modern times, most notably he was the first pilot to fly across the South Pole. In WWI he served as a cavalryman in the Finnish Army, which fought against the Russians. In 1921, he became...
B-24 Liberator
P-47 Thunderbolt
62nd FS [LM-P], 56th FG, 8th AF, Boxted, Station 150;
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04 September 2019 13:36:15 | Emily | Changes to type, us air force combat units of world war ii description, description, unit part of associations, commanding officers associations and stations |
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Air Force Combat Units of World War II |
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05 June 2015 13:09:25 | rossingtonj | Changes to mission associations and stations |
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Associated to 2nd Air Division Memorial Library |
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02 January 2015 17:18:10 | jkeeffe389 | Changes to type and aircraft types |
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Lt. Col. James H Keeffe Jr documents. |
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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 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |