1st Combat Bomb Wing
Wing
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UPL 39371
First Combat Wing logo of the 398th.Nuthampstead.
Nuthampstead Airfield Museum collection
398th Bomb Group Collection via Nuthampstead Airfield Museum. Museum object reference number: 398BG2-1
Commanding Officers
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 97th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: O-17459
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant General
- Role/Job: Pilot / Commanding Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 1st Combat Bomb Wing Headquarters (Eighth Air Force)
- Service Numbers: O-17468
- Highest Rank: Major General
- Role/Job: Commander
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: VIII Bomber Command 1st Combat Bomb Wing
- Service Numbers: O-10995
- Highest Rank: Brigadier General
- Role/Job: Commanding General, 8th Air Force Bomber Command
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 600th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Brigadier General
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 1st Bomb Division 381st Bomb Group Headquarters (381st Bomb Group)
- Service Numbers: O-20814
- Role/Job: Commander
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 1st Combat Bomb Wing
- Service Numbers: O-10717
- Highest Rank: Brigadier General
- Role/Job: Commander
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 1st Combat Bomb Wing
- Service Numbers: O-16777
- Highest Rank: General
- Role/Job: Commander
Connections
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
---|---|---|
Based |
Brampton Grange | 19 August 1942 |
Based |
Alconbury | 26 June 1945 - 26 August 1945 |
Based |
Bassingbourn |
Encompassing
- Unit Hierarchy: Company
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Company
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Company
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Company
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Company
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 1st Combat Bomb Wing
- Service Numbers: O-10717
- Highest Rank: Brigadier General
- Role/Job: Commander
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 1st Combat Bomb Wing 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-323131
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Bomb Wing Air Commander and Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 1st Combat Bomb Wing Headquarters (Eighth Air Force)
- Service Numbers: O-17468
- Highest Rank: Major General
- Role/Job: Commander
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: VIII Bomber Command 1st Combat Bomb Wing 306th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: O-901252
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Intelligence
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 1st Combat Bomb Wing
- Service Numbers: O-16777
- Highest Rank: General
- Role/Job: Commander
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: C-46 Commando
- Unit: 1st Combat Bomb Wing
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Rhapsody in Red
- Unit: 1st Combat Bomb Wing 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Black Widow
- Unit: 1st Combat Bomb Wing 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron 509th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Ice Col Katy
- Unit: 1st Air Division 1st Combat Bomb Wing 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
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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)