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Page 20 of the 93rd Bomb Group unit history.
Many of the 8th Air Force Groups produced an unofficial unit history in the months after the war ended in Europe but before they were redeployed out of the ETO (European Theater of Operations).
Resembling a college yearbook, unit histories were an unofficial – and often tongue-in-cheek – record of the unit’s time based in the UK. They include photo montages showing different aspects of base life. Often the servicemen in the photos are unnamed. The American Air Museum hopes that by adding unit histories to the website as individual pages, the men in the photos will be identified and associated to their person entries. Many included lists of personnel and a mailing address, providing a means for servicemen to keep in contact with each other after the war. These lists are now incredibly useful records of where US airmen in England in 1945 called their home.
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93rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated 1-March-1942 at Barksdale Field, Louisiana. On 15-May-1942 the Group moved to Ft. Myers, Florida to continue advanced flight training and also to fly anti-submarine patrols over the Gulf of Mexico; they...
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Military | Technical Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner
Flew 30 combat missions, Became an Air Instructor for the AAF back in states.
DFC, Air Medal, Amer. Defense Medal, EAME Medal; Victory Medal, Good Conduct and Medal of Honor from the State of LA.
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot
Killed in Action (KIA) 29 October 1942 when B-24D-1-CO 41-23712 'Ambros' crashed at Porlock Bay, Somerset, killing all crew except Sergeant. H. B. Thorpe
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 07 December 2016 10:10:46 | general ira snapsorter | Created entry with collection, caption and unit associations |
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An original copy of the 93rd Bomb Group unit history in IWM’s Roger Freeman Collection, printed in 1945. |
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