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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the "Spirit of Martinez" or "Cal Rascals" crew at base in Horham, UK circa 1945
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Units
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3rd Air Division
Division
In December 1944, the 3rd Bomb Division was redesginated the 3rd Air Division. -
95th Bomb Group
Group
The 95th Bomb Group was the only Eighth Air Force Group to be awarded three Distinguished Unit Citations. The first, shared by all four Bomb Wing Groups, was for the bombing of an aircraft factory under intense enemy fire at Regensburg on 17 August...
People
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John Barnes
Military | Lieutenant | Navigator
John Barnes was born January 31, 1922 in Philadelphia, PA, the son of Leonard and Gertrude Barnes of Emporium, PA . He received his undergraduate and Ph.D from Penn State University. He served in WWII as the navigator of the “Spirit of Martinez with... -
Earle Bogacki
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner ; Flight Engineer
Earle Bogacki was born Sept. 14, 1. He was a graduate of South High School in Cleveland. Mr. Bogacki served in the Army Air Corps being assigned to a B-17 Bomber crew and eventually an assignment in Europe that last 31 missions over Germany. Earle was... -
Frank Calicura
Military | First Lieutenant | B-17 Pilot
Frank Calicura served as a pilot with the 95th Bomb Group. ... -
Dale Ernest
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner
Aircraft
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44-6838 Spirit of Martinez, Cal's Rascals
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Hunter 27/11/44; Grenier 16/12/44; Assigned 335BS/95BG [OE-E] Horham 1/1/45; battle damaged Chemnitz 6/2/45 with D.V. Tregoning, force landed B-53, Merville, Bel. then rep; 53m, Returned to the USA Bradley 21/6/45; Sth Plains 23/6/45;...
Revisions
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| 22 October 2019 08:10:06 | spiritofmartinez45 | Changes to collection and caption |
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| 13 September 2018 04:37:46 | spiritofmartinez45 | Changes to unit associations and aircraft associations |
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| 12 September 2018 05:39:21 | spiritofmartinez45 | Created entry with unit associations and person associations |
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owner of original source material |
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