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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A B-24 Liberator # 41-23809 'Painted Virgin' 'You Cawn't Miss It' 'Checker Board' used as a flight assembly ship by the 448th Bomb Group.
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A B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-23809) used as a flight assembly ship by the 448th Bomb Group.
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
The 448th Bombardment Group was organized on 6 April 1943 and activated on 1 May 1943 at Gowen Field, near Boise, Idaho. The initial training of the air crews took place in Florida. The entire group was assembled Wendover Field, Utah. Both air and...
B-24 Liberator
Assigned 329th BS, 93rd BG, 8th AF. TDY 9th AF. Flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti raid, aborted shortly after leaving the Libyan coast with engine trouble. Returned ETO.
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Military site : airfield
Built during 1942-43 as an Eighth Air Force bomber base, Seething had three concrete runways, 51 hardstandings of both loop and 'frying-pan’ types, and two T2 hangars, one on each side of the airfield. It was home to the 448th Bomb Group, equipped with...
Date | Contributor | Update |
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15 April 2015 17:39:37 | Al_Skiff | Changes to caption, unit associations, place associations, aircraft associations and mission associations |
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Roger Freeman Photo |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
08 September 2014 15:27:55 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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IWM, Roger Freeman Collection |