98th Combat Bomb Wing
Wing
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Headquarters
Station | Location | Date |
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Based | Boreham | 11 March 1944 – 24 July 1944 |
Based | Holmsley South | 24 July 1944 – 25 August 1944 |
Based | Tour-en-Bessin | 25 August 1944 – 18 September 1944 |
Based | Orleans / Bricy | 18 September 1944 – 8 October 1944 |
Based | Cambrai/Niergnies | 8 October 1944 – 21 May 1945 |
Based | Venlo | 21 May 1945 |
Military | Sergeant | Radio / Gunner | 394th Bomb Group
Assigned to 586BS, 394BG, 9AF USAAF. Lt Myron E Brown Crew [#5].
Military | Second Lieutenant | 394th Bomb Group
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-pilot | 394th Bomb Group
Assigned to 586BS, 394BG, 9AF USAAF. Crew #1.
Military | Technical Sergeant | Toggelier | 394th Bomb Group
Assigned to 586BS, 394BG, 9AF USAAF.
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME, UN and Korean medals.
Military | Corporal | Engineer | 394th Bomb Group
Assigned to 586BS, 394BG, 9AF USAAF. Crew #1.
Military | Sergeant | 394th Bomb Group
Joseph has a brother Carmela Amato, they were likely orphans as they are found on the 1930 New York Census as living in the St. Josephs Peeksville Children's Home there. This home was meant to house children that were either orphans or children whose...
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Pilot | 394th Bomb Group
Assigned to 586BS, 394BG, 9AF USAAF. Crew #3.
Military | Sergeant | Radio / Gunner | 394th Bomb Group
Assigned to 586BS, 394BG, 9AF USAAF. Crew #4.
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 394th Bomb Group
Assigned to 586BS, 394BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Haltern, hit by flak crashed Haltern, Germany 22-Mar-45 Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 13040
Awards: PH.
Military | Corporal | Radio / Gunner | 394th Bomb Group
Assigned to 586BS, 394BG, 9AF USAAF. Fatal Mid Air Collision over Epinoy, crashed in 42-96207 No MACR as accident Killed in Action (KIA). 18-Dec-44.
Awards: PH.
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Lowry 5/3/42; Boise 7/4/42; Assigned 93BS/19BG, transferred 394BS/5BG Hawaii 28/5/42; Returned to the USA Hendricks 21/12/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 9/8/45. CROCK-O-CRAP. (Shown in Midway,...
B-26 Marauder
B-26 Marauder
B-26 Marauder
B-26 Marauder
B-26 Marauder
B-26 Marauder
B-26 Marauder
B-26 Marauder
Assigned to 584BS, 394BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) bombing mission to marshalling yards Prum, Germany. Hit in the port engine, failed to feather and windmilled till it came away from the nacelle, causing the A/C to go into an uncontrollable...
B-26 Marauder
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Date | Contributor | Update |
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29 March 2017 14:30:29 | millebr | Changes to motto |
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Bomb Group 394 - War Buddies (website) |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
22 February 2017 11:22:37 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to stations |
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Stations added with details from: |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:42:45 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / 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) |