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B-17 Flying Fortress
Fred Kuhl, pilot of “She’s a Honey”
Delivered Hunter 27/10/44; Grenier 21/11/44; Assigned 96BG Snetterton 27/11/44; transferred 364BS/305BG [WF-J] Chelveston 28/11/44; 544BS/384BG [SU-A] Grafton Underwood 9/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 31/5/46. SHE’S A HONEY.
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Pilot | 305th Bomb Group Can Do
Flew 35 missions in B-17G. Transferred to Army in 1951 and went to Korea as an artillery officer. In 1965 went to Vietnam as a helicopter pilot. Retired from U. S. Army in July 1970 as Lt. Col. Author of Wrong Place, Wrong Time, a book about the 305th...
Military | Captain | Co-Pilot; Pilot | 305th Bomb Group Can Do
32 missions over Europe, August 1944 - 24 December 1944; first 11 missions as co-pilot, balance as pilot
Air Medal w/ 4 clusters
Military | Lieutenant | 305th Bomb Group Can Do
Military site : airfield
Chelveston was adapted and expanded in preparation for the arrival of American forces. Rather than heavy bombers, the first aircraft to fly from its runways were C-47 Skytrains that were flown by the 60th Troop Carrier Group in July 1942. The first...
Military site : airfield
Grafton Underwood was built in 1941 by George Wimpey and Co. Ltd. It was the first airfield in England to receive an Eighth Air Force flying unit, when in May 1942 personnel of the 15th Bomb Squadron took up residence. As a satellite airfield for...
Military site : airfield
Intended to be an RAF bomber base, construction of Snetterton Heath started in Autumn 1942 but continued until mid-1943, because it was extended after allocation as an Eighth Air Force bomber base. It had eventually three concrete runways, 50...
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