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1050th Signal Company

Company

Structure

Part of
  • 1st Bomb Division

    1st Bomb Division

    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.

  • 381st Bomb Group

    381st Bomb Group

    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...

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Stations

Station Location Date
Based Brampton Grange

Connections

People

  • Victor Ellard

    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

  • Vincent Flaherty

    Military | 381st Bomb Group

  • Fred Wagner

    Military | 381st Bomb Group

  • Eugene Warman

    Military | 381st Bomb Group

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Air Force
8th
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Revisions

Date Contributor Update
27 September 2014 18:42:55 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)

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