96th Bomb Group
Group
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 5092 - The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.
The 96th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses to targets across occupied Europe from May 1943 to April 1945.
The Group was awarded two Distinguished Unit Citations for particularly testing missions. The first was awarded for the bombing of an aircraft factory at Regensburg on 17 August 1943 under intense pressure from enemy fighters. The second was for leading the 45th Bomb Wing through difficult weather conditions and anti-aircraft fire to drop their payload on aircraft components factories at Poznan on 9 April 1944.
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Unit stations
| Station | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
|
Based |
Grafton Underwood | 16 April 1943 - 27 May 1943 |
|
Based |
Andrews Field | 13 May 1943 - 11 June 1943 |
|
Based |
Snetterton Heath | 12 June 1943 - 11 December 1945 |
Encompassing
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Nora 2nd
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 306th Bomb Group 305th Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Dallas Rebel Poisonality
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron 509th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Tondelayo
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron 337th Bomb Squadron 339th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron
Mission
- Date: 27 September 1943
- Date: 26 September 1943
- Date: 24 September 1943
- Date: 23 September 1943
Related media
- Media Type: Video
- Collection Name: Rob Edwards collection
- Object Number: UPL 25897
- Description: Video record of the memorials to the 96th Bombardment Group (H) at Snetterton Heath airfield (Station 138). Includes two memorials: at the airfield...
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15704
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for First Lieutenant Robert W Simons of the 96th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel...
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15711
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Staff Sergeant Stanley Lukowitz Jr of the 96th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill...
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15714
- Description: Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Staff Sergeant Charles P Wilder of the 96th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel. The file...
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15720
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Staff Sergeant Percy Lyle of the 96th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel. The...
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15733
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Staff Sergeant Bennie J Morton of the 96th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel...
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15756
- Description: Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Staff Sergeant Joseph A Wolozyn of the 96th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel. The file...
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15794
- Description: Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Technical Sergeant Henry P James of the 96th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel. The file...
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15799
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Technical Sergeant Robert C Andrews of the 96th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill...
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15831
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Technical Sergeant Frederick William McManus of the 96th Bomb Group researched by...
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15842
- Description: Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Technical Sergeant Winfield S Maule of the 96th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel. The file...
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15847
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Staff Sergeant Jerome Chester Nawracaj of the 96th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill...
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15936
- Description: Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Staff Sergeant Herbert J Rotfeld of the 96th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel. The file...
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15937
- Description: Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Lieutenant Joseph D Spiess of the 96th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel. The file contains...
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15945
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Lieutenant Irwin M Melgin of the 96th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel. The...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 16147
- Description: Letter of Recomendation for aviation cadet training for Robert F Allen of the 96th Bomb Group by Harold M Sullivan, 16 May 1945.
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: Norville John Gorse
- Object Number: Document 19260
- Description: Captain Norville John Gorse, "Bailout" 13 May 1943
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: Norville John Gorse
- Object Number: Document 19261
- Description: Captain Norville John Gorse, "A WWII Allied Air Attack"
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 26750
- Description: Ken Waters autobiographical notes published in 2005 as a collection of memories and details of AAF cadet training and 8th AF service missions during...
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: Ed Davidson Collection
- Object Number: Document 27874
- Description: 'Last Mission [05 Jan 1944] My Seventh & Last Mission in WW2' by Ed Davidson. An account of his experiences as pilot on that mission, written up in...
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: Neal T. Hurst
- Object Number: Document 34927
- Description: IDPF for Lt. David L. Thomas
Revisions
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources
Added dates the Group were at different bases in England from Roger Freeman's book 'The Mighty Eighth'.
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
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 / The Mighty Eighth. A History of the Units, Men and Machines of the US 8th Air Force.' by Roger A. Freeman (1989). 'Air Force Combat Units of World War II' compiled by the Department of the US Air Force, edited by Maurice Maurer (1983). / 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)
