2nd Bomb Division
Division
The groups under the command of the 2nd Bomb Wing came under the command of the 2nd Bomb Division in August 1943. In December 1944, the Division was redesginated the 2nd Air Division.
18 August 1944
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We led the Wing to France to bomb a fuel dump. Made 3 runs on the target. We hit it on the third run. Major Harmon flew Pilot; 12000 feet altitude.
BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
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Tonnage dropped | 2.5 T |
BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
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Tonnage dropped | 36 T |
AIRFIELD
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Tonnage dropped | 94.5 T |
AIRFIELD
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Tonnage dropped | 36 T |
BRIDGE
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Tonnage dropped | 102.5 T |
AIRFIELD
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Tonnage dropped | 86.8 T |
AIRFIELD
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Tonnage dropped | 103 T |
AIRFIELD
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Tonnage dropped | 76 T |
BRIDGE
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Tonnage dropped | 72 T |
AIRFIELD
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2nd Bomb Division was made up of 44th BG, 389th BG, 445th BG, 453rd BG, 458th BG, 466th BG, 467th BG, 491 BG, 492nd BG. 93rd BG, 446th BG, 489th Bomb Group stand down
Division
The groups under the command of the 2nd Bomb Wing came under the command of the 2nd Bomb Division in August 1943. In December 1944, the Division was redesginated the 2nd Air Division.
Tonnage dropped | 241.5 T |
BRIDGE
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1st Bomb Division was made up of 92nd BG, 305th BG, 379th BG, 384th BG, 351st BG, 401st BG, 457th BG. 91st Bomb Group, 303rd BG, 306th BG, 381st BG, 398th Bomb Group stand down.
Division
The groups under the command of the 1st Bomb Wing came under the command of the 1st Bomb Division in August 1943. In December 1944, the Division was redesginated the 1st Air Division.
Tonnage dropped | 109.5 T |
AIRFIELD
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Tonnage dropped | 196 T |
AIRFIELD
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Tonnage dropped | 98 T |
AIRFIELD
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3rd Bomb Division was made up of B-17s is 94th BG, 95th Bomb Group, 96th Bomb Group, 100th BG, 385th BG, 388th BG, 390th BG, 447th BG, 452nd BG,
Division
The 3rd Bomb Division was Constituted in August 1943. In December 1944, the Division was redesginated the 3rd Air Division.
Tonnage dropped | 215. 6 T |
MARSHALLING YARDS
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Tonnage dropped | 39 T |
BRIDGE
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Tonnage dropped | 73.3 T |
Primary target: aircraft factory in Woippy, France
B-24 Liberator
24 A/C of the 458th BG were assigned to this tactical bombing mission. The first squadron bombed visually with good results. The second squadron, owing to a collision between the lead and deputy lead at the Initial Point, bombed a target of opportunity (an airfield north of Metz) visually with fair results.
Tonnage dropped | 162.2 T |
Number of aircraft Sent | 24 |
Number of aircraft Effective | 20 |
Number of aircraft Damaged | 1 |
BRIDGE
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Tonnage dropped | 105 T |
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 447th Bomb Group
Warran Callahan served as a co-pilot with the 708th Bomb Squadron of the 447th Bomb Group, flying bombing missions out of Rattlesden, England.
Military | Captain | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
Dec 23, 44 on mission to Blatchen, ger. flack disabled aileron and rudder control with resulting loss of altitude from 23,000 to 8,000 ft. With elevator controls and all engines we made it back to Base 1:30 late. This was a close call!
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Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
Military | Captain | Pilot | 458th Bomb Group
The 50-page description of CPT Evans' military service is found at http://www.2ndair.org.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/article/ncc175528.pdf (as listed in http://www.2ndair.org.uk/Second_Air_Division/Wartime_memories/index.htm).
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Right Waist Gunner | 447th Bomb Group
Oscar Flores served as a waist gunner with the 708th Bomb Squadron of the 447th Bomb Group, flying bombing missions out of Rattlesden, England.
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
Preferred to fly the Ford built B-24's.
Good friends with Lt. Robert Harrington who's room was across the hall and Lt. Robert Greenwood who took over Harrington's crew when he (Harrington) was shot down flying with a make up crew.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Top Turret Gunner | 458th Bomb Group
Born 13 Nov 1924 in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois; sent by draft board in March 1943 to army induction center for possible induction; entered service the same month; trained at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri; Franklin Technical Institue in Boston,...
Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier | 447th Bomb Group
Willard Lawrence was born on Jul. 12, 1921 in Jamestown, North Dakota, USA. His career included thirty years active duty in the United States Air Force, serving in three wars (WWII, Korean War, and Vietnam War) as a pilot and later as a comptroller, he...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Tulsa 27/3/44; Kearney 6/4/44; Dow Fd 14/4/44; Assigned 708BS/447BG Rattlesden 22/4/44; landing accident with Art Jacques 21/2/45; crash landed non-op flight 24/5/45; Salvaged. SWANEE PRIDE.
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
This B-24 was stationed in Attlebridge and was named and flown by the Robert Harrington crew from June-August 1944. After Harrington was shot down in another aircraft, RC Greenwood piloted this B-24. It flew close to 100 missions in Europe.
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
Crash-landed and caught fire at Clastres, France, 22 Sep 44, while on loan to 458th BG for truckin' operations.
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26 January 2017 07:28:05 | cmckeever | Changes to description and person associations |
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Daughter - Carol Rollinger McKeever |
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15 January 2017 20:17:01 | timothymotz | Changes to person associations and aircraft associations |
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Aircraft and personnel added by Timothy Motz from notes by Harold Motz |
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28 July 2016 23:22:44 | 466thHistorian | Changes to person associations and aircraft associations |
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466th BG Archives - 786th BS Combat Crew Mission Record charg |
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19 January 2016 04:54:36 | leoneranger | Changes to event |
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http://www.458bg.com/crewevans |
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08 May 2015 14:25:55 | Lucy May | Changes to event |
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Changed location to Woippy, France. |
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08 May 2015 14:25:14 | Lucy May | Changes to event |
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Changed location to Vise, Belgium. |
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08 May 2015 14:24:22 | Lucy May | Changes to event |
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Changed location to Metz, France. |
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27 September 2014 18:43:07 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Lee Cunningham, 8th Air Force missions research database / Stan Bishop's 'Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces', the Combat Chronology of the US Army Air Forces and the work of Roger Freeman including the 'Mighty Eighth War Diary'. |