1st Combat Bomb Wing
Wing
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Squadron
Wing
Group
The 381st Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from Ridgewell, Essex between June 1943 and April 1945. The Group was awarded two Distinguished Unit Citations, the first for bombing shipyards at Bremen, whilst under heavy attack, on 8 October 1943 and...
Group
Station | Location | Date |
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Based | Ridgewell |
Military | 381st Bomb Group
Military | Transportation Non-Commissioned Officer | 381st Bomb Group
Military | Truck Driver, Light | 381st Bomb Group
To 432 ASGp
Military | Clerk-Typist | 381st Bomb Group
To 432 ASGp
Military | Communications Officer | 381st Bomb Group
To 535
Military | Airplane Mechanic-Gunner | 381st Bomb Group
Military | Chemical Non-Commissioned Officer | 381st Bomb Group
To 432 ASGp
Military | Sergeant | 381st Bomb Group
"Sgt. Robert H. Anderson, of Thaxton, Virginia, a member of the 7th Station Complement Squadron was accidentally shot in the left chest about 1630 hours and died in the Station hospital a few minutes later. The shot was fired by Sgt. Martin L. Miller,...
Military | Administrative Non-Commissioned Officer | 381st Bomb Group
To 432 ASGp
Military | 381st Bomb Group
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Date | Contributor | Update |
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27 September 2014 18:42:51 | AAM | AAM ingest |
Sources | ||
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) |