96th Bomb Group
Group
The 96th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses to targets across occupied Europe from May 1943 to April 1945.
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Lieutenant Beety and "Lady Moe" a donkey mascot of the 96th Bomb Group outside Nissen hut barracks at Snetterton Heath, 1944. Image via Eugene Blue, 96th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'Fall 1944, Beety & "Lady Moe" outside out barracks 338th Bomb Sqdn.'
IWM catalogue record
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Lieutenant Beaty and "Lady Moe" a donkey mascot of the 96th Bomb Group outside Nissen hut barracks at Snetterton Heath, 1944. Image via Eugene Blue, 96th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'Fall 1944, Beety & "Lady Moe" outside out barracks 338th Bomb Sqdn.'
Connections
Units
People
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William Beety
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot
Assigned Oct 1944 -
Eugene Blue
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator
Assigned Oct 1944 -
Lady Moe Donkey
Military | Mascot
Lady Moe, a Tunisian donkey, was the mascot of the 96th Bombardment Group. ...
Locations
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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...
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 17 November 2014 14:03:58 | Lucy May | Changes to caption and person associations |
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Made Connection based on information in the caption of the photograph. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 06 November 2014 16:19:34 | Lucy May | Changes to person associations |
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Association based on information in caption. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 08 September 2014 15:30:19 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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IWM, Roger Freeman Collection |
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