3rd Bomb Division
Division
The 3rd Bomb Division was Constituted in August 1943. In December 1944, the Division was redesginated the 3rd Air Division.
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6 October 1944
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BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
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Tonnage dropped | 2.50 |
BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
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Tonnage dropped | 22.60 |
AIRCRAFT FACTORIES
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Tonnage dropped | 574.90 |
MUNITIONS DUMP
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3rd Bomb Division was made up of 34th BG, 94th BG, 95th Bomb Group, 96th Bomb Group, 100th Bomb Group 385th BG, 388th BG, 390th BG, 447th BG, 452nd BG, 486th BG, 487th BG, 490th BG. 493rd Bomb Group stands down. This is the first time that Berlin has been a target since 6 Aug 1944.
Division
The 3rd Bomb Division was Constituted in August 1943. In December 1944, the Division was redesginated the 3rd Air Division.
Tonnage dropped | 342.20 |
TANK FACTORY
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Tonnage dropped | 156.80 |
BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
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Tonnage dropped | 3.00 |
INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
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Tonnage dropped | 0.50 |
BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
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Tonnage dropped | 24.00 |
MUNITIONS DUMP
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Tonnage dropped | 238.90 |
AIRCRAFT FACTORIES
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Tonnage dropped | 220.10 |
OIL REFINERY
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2nd Bomb Division was made up of 44th BG, 93rd BG, 389th BG, 392nd BG, 445th BG, 446th BG, 448th BG, 453rd BG, 458th BG, 466th BG, 467th BG, 489th BG, 491st Bomb Group, 492nd BG.
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 | 319.70 |
INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
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Tonnage dropped | 3.50 |
AIRCRAFT FACTORIES
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Tonnage dropped | 177.50 |
AIRFIELD
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Tonnage dropped | 6.00 |
BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
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Tonnage dropped | 3.00 |
AIRFIELD
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Tonnage dropped | 79.30 |
AIRFIELD
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1st Bomb Division was made up of 91st Bomb Group 92nd BG, 303rd BG, 305th BG, 306th BG, 351st BG, 379th BG, 381st BG, 384th BG, 398th BG, 401st BG, 457th BG.
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 | 493.00 |
AIRCRAFT FACTORIES
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Tonnage dropped | 30.00 |
INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
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Tonnage dropped | 367.30 |
AIRCRAFT FACTORIES
B-24 Liberator
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Group
The 466th Bomb Group flew B-24 Liberators from Attlebridge, Norfolk, during the last year of the war in Europe. The Group flew 232 missions in the course of the year and celebrated the 100th one by inviting local people onto the base to mark the...
Tonnage dropped | 134.00 |
Military | Captain | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
Lead Crew Squadron Operations Officer
AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ DFC
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
Retired from the USAF with the rank of Lt. Colonel
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 401st Bomb Group
2nd Lt George C Brand flew 34 missions with the 401st Bomb Group, from 6 July 1944, mission to 30 October 1944.
Brand was French, but enlisted in the US Army Air Forces,
Military | Major | Bombardier
My father flew 29 missions with the James S. Seamans' Crew. The nickname for the crew was Seamans' Demons. He was lead bombadier on several if not most missions. He was a good man whom I loved very much. He told me stories of his missions and escapades...
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
Military | Captain | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
Military | Corporal | Top Turret Gunner | 447th Bomb Group
Ditched into North Sea off the Frisian Island of Norderney, Germany on 6 October 1944 in B-17 'Red Hot Mama' #43-37821. He and the 8 other crew members were on board a rescue raft when they were captured by a German patrol boat 6-7 October 1944....
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Navigator; Statistics | 490th Bomb Group
AWARDS:
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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 31/10/43; Kearney 13/11/43; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-G] Horham 1/1/44; flak damage Berlin 6/10/44 with Lester Lennox, Co-pilot: Bob McCoy (2 Returned to Duty); Navigator: Bill Tate, Bombardier: Dick White, Flight engineer/top turret...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 28/8/43; Scott 16/9/43; Assigned 544BS/384BG Grafton Underwood 7/11/43; transferred 547BS [SO-N]; transferred to 364FG Leiston, Sfk, UK. 11/43; Returned to the USA Bradley 14/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 17/7/45; Reconstruction Finance...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 26/11/43; New Castle 10/12/43; Presque Is 15/12/43; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-C] Grafton Underwood 21/1/44; sal battle damaged 27/4/44. NEVADA AVENGER.
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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Long Beach 26/10/43; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-C] Deenethorpe 1/1/44; 118m landing accident at base with Jim Nolan 7/5/45; sal 2 SAD Watton, Nfk 8/5/45. HELL’S ANGELS OUT OF CHUTE 13 aka GROSSLY INADEQUATE.
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B-24 Liberator
Hit by flak. Witnesses described the aircraft as "one solid mass of flame from the leading edge of the wing all the way to the tail." A wing came off and the plane nosed into a spin. Then the broke off at the rear bomb bay wall. Witnesses said the crew...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 25/5/44; Kearney 4/6/44; Grenier 17/6/44; Assigned 711BS/447BG Rattlesden 20/6/44; 710BG. Missing in Action Berlin 6 October 1944 with Pilot Vladimir A. Mateyka, Co-Pilot Keith W. Mc Call, Navigator Louis Sobolof, Bombardier Virgil W...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 28/7/44; Hunter 8/8/44; Dow Fd 30/8/44; Assigned 569BS/390BG [CC-V] Framlingham 2/9/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 30/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 6/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA)...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 24/8/44; Hunter 7/9/44; Dow Fd 18/9/44; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-Q] Horham 19/9/44; with W.N. Dunwoody force landed Raydon afb, Suffolk 10/1/45; 80m, Returned to the USA Bradley 24/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 28/6/45;...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Lincoln 28/8/44; Grenier 15/9/44; Assigned 748BS/457BG [H] Glatton 30/9/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 8/6/45; Sth Plains 13/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 25/11/45.
B-24 Liberator
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24 September 2016 00:03:46 | 466thHistorian | Changes to person associations |
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"Attlebridge Arsenal" - John Woolnough |
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07 March 2016 00:09:28 | Jameswbrice | Changes to media associations |
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James W Brice, son of |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
07 January 2015 23:56:02 | 466thHistorian | Changes to person associations and aircraft associations |
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466th BG Historian |
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07 January 2015 23:46:14 | 466thHistorian | Changes to event |
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466th BG Historian |
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27 September 2014 18:43:08 | 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'. |