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
Delivered Cheyenne 23/3/43; Smoky Hill 3/4/43; Memphis 12/4/43; Dow Fd 16/4/43; Assigned 337BS/96BG Grafton Underwood 21/4/43 RUM BOOGIE 3rd; Andrews Fd 13/5/43; Snetterton 12/6/43; transferred 326BS/92BG [JW-F] Alconbury 23/7/43; when war weary transferred 1 Base Air Depot, Burtonwood 13/6/44; Returned to the USA Homestead 26/7/44; Tinker 6/8/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Stillwater 4/10/45. RUM BOOGIE III.
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96th Bomb Group
Group
The 96th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses to targets across occupied Europe from May 1943 to April 1945. ... -
337th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
People
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Harry Miller
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 96th Bomb Group
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Henry Stryker
Military | Sergeant | Airplane & Engine Mechanic | 96th Bomb Group
Henry "Hank" Stryker, born 26 Aug 1917 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, was the son of immigrants from the Netherlands. He enlisted in Detroit, Michigan on 15 Jan 1942 and was an airplane and engine mechanic for B-17s. He attended AAF aeronautics school, the...
Places
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Alconbury
Military site : airfield
Alconbury had been constructed as a satellite airfield for RAF Upwood and Wyton and was used by RAF Squadrons: Nos. 15, 40 and 156. In preparation for the arrival of American heavy bombers, the base was developed in 1942 with the runways extended. When... -
Grafton Underwood
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... -
Snetterton
Military site : non-airfield
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Snetterton Heath
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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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 29 May 2020 06:23:59 | kstrykerAK | Changes to media associations |
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Deleted unrelated media from H. Stryker Collection (my error) |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 29 May 2020 06:16:02 | kstrykerAK | Changes to nicknames, unit associations and place associations |
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Snetterton Falcons II: The 96th Bomb Group in World War II by Robert E Doherty & Geoffrey Ward, Second Edition with Errata & Supplemental Information, Taylor Publishing, 1996. page 325 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:25 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log |
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