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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Mission: 738 (Berlin, Germany)
8th AF, 96th BG (H), 339th BS, 3rd Div, 45th CBW - #138 - Snetterton
MACR 11343 (05/12/44)
#43-38644 “Green Weenie”
B-17G-90-BO
(10/10)
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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Division
In December 1944, the 3rd Bomb Division was redesginated the 3rd Air Division.
Division
The 3rd Bomb Division was Constituted in August 1943. In December 1944, the Division was redesginated the 3rd Air Division.
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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Squadron
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot
Prisoner of War (POW) crashed ner Parchim in B-17 'Green Weenie' #43-38644 on 5 Dec 44
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner
POW crashed near Parchim on 5 Dec 44 in B-17 'Green Weenie' #4338644
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner
POW crashed near Parchim in B-17 'Green Weenie' #4338644 on 5 Dec 44
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator
POW crashed near parchim on 5 Dec 44 in B-17 'Green Weenie' #4338644
Military | Flight Officer | Bombardier
F/O James (Jim) N. Hentges (USAAF) WWII Veteran and POW.
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Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner
POW crashed near Parchim on 5 Dec 44 in B-17 'Green Weenie' #4338644
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner
Crashed near Parchim on 5 Dec 44 in B-17 'Green Weenie' #43-38644, Prisoner of War (POW).
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator
POW crashed near Parchim on 5 Dec 44 in B-17 'Green Weenie' #4338644
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot
POW crashed on 5 Dec 44 near Parchim in B-17 'Green Weenie' #4338644
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner
POW crashed near Parchim on 5 Dec 44 in B-17 'Green Weenie' #4338644
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 30/8/44; Hunter 15/9/44; Grenier 22/9/44; Assigned 338BS/96BG [BX-A] Snetterton 23/9/44; Missing in Action Berlin 5/12/44 with Munroe David, Co-pilot: Gene Mench, Navigator: Ira Halverson, Bombardier: Jim Hantges, Flight engineer/top...
5 December 1944
Military site : non-airfield
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...
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09 August 2019 06:11:41 | Mwatson72 | Created entry with collection, caption, unit associations, person associations, place associations, aircraft associations and mission associations |
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