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 crew of the 524th Bomb Squadron, 379th Bomb Group, poses for the photographer at an 8th Air Force Base in England on 25 June 1944."
Rear L-R: T/Sgt Vincent Miller, T/Sgt Howard P Siegle, Sgt James A Burgess, Sgt Dale D Dorning, S/Sgt Harold L Willey, Sgt Robert L Wilmoth.
Front L-R: 2Lt Walter R Nielsen, 2Lt Rexford Feaster, 2Lt Hector A Kaufman, 2Lt Howard H Hamilton.
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379th Bomb Group
Group
The 379th Bomb Group (H) (heavy), based at Kimbolton, flew more sorties than any other Bomb Group in the Eighth Air Force and dropped a greater bomb tonnage than any other Group. The B-17 Flying Fortress Group was awarded two Distinguished Unit... -
524th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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Dale Dorning
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner
Evaded (EVD) Damaged by flak and crashed near Antwerp on 8/9/44 in B-17 Busy Beaver #4337951 -
Rexford Feaster
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot
Evaded (EVD) Shot down by flak and crashed near Antwerp on 8/9/44 in B-17 Busy Beaver #4337951 -
Howard Hamilton
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot
Evaded (EVD) Damaged by flak and crashed near Antwerp on 8/9/44 in B-17 Busy Beaver #4337951 -
Hector Kaufman
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator
Evaded (EVD) Damaged by flak and crashed near Antwerp on 8/9/44 in B-17 Busy Beaver #4337951 Awards: AM (2OLC), PH, WWII Victory, EAME.. -
Vincent Miller
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner
Evaded (EVD) Damaged by flak and crashed near Antwerp on 8/9/44 in B-17 Busy Beaver #4337951 -
Walter Nielsen
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier
Evaded (EVD) Damaged by flak and crashed near Antwerp on 8/9/44 in B-17 Busy Beaver #4337951 -
Howard Siegle
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator
Flew 17 missions. Plane 'Red Dragon. ' Shot down on bombing mission 186 to Pirmasens, Germany 9 August 1944 in B-17 'Red Dragon". ' Returned by Belgian underground to London 15 September 1944. WW II VM/ ATO/ EAME/ AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ GC -
Harold Willey
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner
Evaded (EVD) Damaged by flak and crashed near Antwerp on 8/9/44 in B-17 Busy Beaver #4337951 -
Robert Wilmoth
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner
Evaded (EVD) Hit by flak and crashed near Antwerp on 8/9/44 in B-17 Busy Beaver #4337951
