8th Air Force
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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B-17 Flying Fortress
Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-B] Bangor 31/8/42; Bassingbourn 26/9/42; 322BS [LG-A] 5/43 16+m; taken off operations and transferred 403 AD 2/7/43; 8AF HQ Sqd 15/8/43 for VIP duties. Salvaged 19/10/44. Used as camera ship to film Major William Wilder's Memphis Belle film. THE BAD PENNY.
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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Group
Group
The 91st Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated at Harding Field, Louisiana on 15-April-1942 and went to MacDill Field, Florida for the first phase of training from 16-May-1942 to 25-June-1942. The Group was then assigned to 2nd Air Force at Walla...
Squadron
Squadron
Home of the Memphis Belle
Military | Private | Ground crew | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball turret gun | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF.
Awards: AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail gunner | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF.
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Co-Pilot | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF.
Awards; DFC, AM (OLC), PH, WWII Victory, EAME, UN and Korean war medal.
Post war: Remained in USAF, serving in Korean war and rising to Lt Colonel.
Military | Sergeant | Ground crew | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF.
Military | Sergeant | Ground crew | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF.
Military | Sergeant | Waist gun | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Ended Tour Duty (ETD).
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Corporal (Technician Fifth Grade) | Ground crew | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF.
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Captain | Navigator | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Assigned 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF.
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Chief Master Sergeant | Ground crew | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF.
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME, Korean medal.
Military site : airfield
Now home to a museum all about the aifield and its USAAF residents (http://www.towermuseumbassingbourn.co.uk/) , Bassingbourn opened in 1938 as part of the RAF's pre-war expansion programme. The RAF continued to use it until late in 1942 when its long...
Military site : non-airfield
High Wycome known as Daws Hill was the Headquarters of Eighth Air Force Bomber Command (Pinetree). Situated on land and in a house formerly occupied by Wycombe Abbey School and restored to them by the US on 9 May 1946.
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Military site : airfield
Planned to be a Satellite Landing Ground for No. 23 Maintenance Unit at RAF Aldergrove, Langford Lodge was selected in October 1941 to be developed as an air deport for the maintenance and repair of USAAF aircraft. A scheme was devised whereby the...
Event | Location | Date |
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Manufactured | Seattle, WA, USA | 1942 |
Built at Boeing. |
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Delivered | Washington, USA | June 1942 |
Delivewred to USAAF. |
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Assigned | Bassingbourn, Royston SG8 5LP, UK | 31 August 1942 |
Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF 31-Aug-42. Transferred to 322BS May-43. |
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Assigned | 97 Largy Rd, Crumlin BT29 4RT, UK | 2 July 1943 |
Transferred to 403rd Air Depot. |
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Assigned | High Wycombe, UK | 15 August 1943 |
Transferred to HQ Sqn, 8AF for VIP duties. |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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20 March 2017 12:24:21 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, manufacturer, nicknames, markings, description, events, unit associations, person associations, place associations and media associations |
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Fighting Colors: The Creation of Military Aircraft Nose Art by Gary Velasco. |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:40:02 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log |