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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12 October 1944
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Black Week
BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
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Tonnage dropped | 3.00 |
AIRCRAFT FACTORIES
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3rd Bomb Division was made up of 94th BG, 96th Bomb Group, 100th BG, 385th BG, 390th BG, 447th BG, 452nd BG, 486th BG, 487th BG, 490th BG, 493rd BG. 34th BG, 385th BG, 388th BG, 490th Bomb Group and 493rd Bomb Group stand down.
Division
The 3rd Bomb Division was Constituted in August 1943. In December 1944, the Division was redesginated the 3rd Air Division.
Tonnage dropped | 625.00 |
AIRFIELD
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Tonnage dropped | 12.80 |
MARSHALLING YARDS
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2nd Bomb Division was made up of 44th BG, 93rd BG, 389th BG, 392nd BG, 445th BG, 446th BG, 453rd BG, 458th BG, 466th BG, 467th BG, 489th BG, 491st Bomb Group, 492nd BG. 448th Bomb Group stands down. The primary targets for this mission were Vechta, Achmer, Rheine & Varrelbusch, but weather prevents bombing. PATHFINDER (PFF) means were used to hit these secondary targets.
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 | 692.60 |
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 453rd Bomb Group
Robert Atkins served as a tail gunner with the 733rd Bomb Squadron of the 453rd Bomb Group, flying missions out of Old Buckenham, England.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
Quinton Bailey served as a pilot with the 466th Bomb Group. He was Killed in Action (KIA) when his aircraft, B-24 'Off Limits Again' #42-94974, was hit by flak and crashed at Osnabruck on 12 October 1944.
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 466th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed at Osnabruck in B-24 'Off Limits Again' 42-94974.
Military | 466th Bomb Group
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
Retired from the USAF with the rank of Lt. Colonel
Military | Captain | Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
Military | Flight Officer | Co-Pilot | 95th 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.
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Tulsa 6/2/44; Grenier 3/3/44; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-M] Horham 17/3/44; with R.V. Mercer force landed Framlingham AFB 25/12/44 with engine failure; battle damaged Berlin 3/2/45 with H. Palmer; force landed Charleroi, Bel; 97m, repaired & ret...
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 18/5/44; Kearney 27/5/44; Dow Fd 8/6/44; Assigned 708BS/447BG Rattlesden 9/6/44; completed 129 missions with no abort; Returned to the USA Bradley 9/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 13/7/45; Reconstruction Finance...
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;...
Date | Contributor | Update |
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24 September 2016 19:04:59 | 466thHistorian | Changes to person associations and aircraft associations |
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"Attlbebridge Arsenal" - John Woolnough |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 May 2015 16:38:17 | jdossetter | Changes to event |
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https://www.google.com/maps/place/52%C2%B016'06.6%22N+8%C2%B004'30.6%22E/@49.554089,6.229457,3z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
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'. |