Harold Hoffman

Military

Dec 31, 1944, Lt Gus Bitzer had just bombed the target (Hamburg) when a flak hit horizontal stablizer and cable controls and forced him out of formation as a cripple. Four of his men were wounded: Lt Pete McCarthy, Navigator, Lt Harold Ho

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The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Snetterton Falcons, pg 216