VIII Air Force Composite Command
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The 303rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated on 3-Feb-1942 at Pendleton Field, Oregon. They assembled at Gowen Field, Idaho on 11-February 1942 where it conducted flight training until 12-Jun-1942. The Group then moved to Alamogordo Field, New...
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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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The 384th Bomb Group flew B-17s from Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire, between May 1943 and June 1945. They were engaged in daylight bombing missions over Germany as part of the Allies' efforts to destroy the effectiveness of the Luftwaffe by...
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The 458th Bomb Group (H) entered combat with the 8th Air Force in February 1944. Based at Horsham St. Faith in England, the combat crews participated in the decisive Campaigns 'Big Week', 'Big B', D-Day and the assault on Germany's oil industry waged...
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The 493rd Bomb Group was the last Eighth Air Force Group to become operational, flying their first combat mission from Debach, Suffolk, on D-Day, 6 June 1944. The Group was known as "the Fighting 493rd", named by their Commanding Officer Colonel Elbert...
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Military | Corporal | Weather Observer | 34th Bomb Group
Military | Sergeant | Weather Observer | 385th Bomb Group
Military | Sergeant | Weather | 352nd Fighter Group
Was 1st person sent to Bodney as weather personnel by 8th AF Hdqrs. 2 weeks later he was assigned to Det 141, 18th Weather Squadron, 352nd FG.
Military | GP
Military | Weather Specialist
Military | 20th Fighter Group
Military | GP
Military | Sergeant
Military | Sergeant | Weather Specialist
Military | Staff Sergeant | Weather Observer | 493rd Bomb Group
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17 May 2018 07:38:38 | Darren Jelley | Changes to unit encompassing associations and person associations |
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493rd BG Archives |
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09 March 2018 15:56:54 | 2nd Air Division Memorial Library | Changes to description |
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2nd Air Division Memorial Library |
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02 February 2016 22:47:58 | bombercommand | Changes to unit encompassing associations |
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384thbombgroup.com |
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21 January 2016 03:42:27 | Kirwin | Changes to media associations |
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Craig Kirwin |
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19 January 2016 19:39:27 | Kirwin | Changes to media associations |
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Craig Kirwin |
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27 September 2014 18:42:47 | 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) |