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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S/Sgt Wallace E Kasch 600BS, 398BG, 8AF.
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398th Bomb Group
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The 398th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from Nuthampstead, Hertfordshire on strategic bombing raids over Germany. The Group switched focus in the days before D-Day, when they targeted enemy positions on the Cherbourg peninsula. When the Allies... -
600th Bomb Squadron
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Wallace Kasch
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner
Assigned to 600BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Derben Germany. A/C B-17G 44-8811 hit by flak over target, carrying most of the tail and the tail gunner (minus chute) away. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 13869. ...
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| 27 April 2017 14:40:17 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with caption, unit associations and person associations |
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