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384th Bombardment Group KEEP THE SHOW ON THE ROAD
The insignia of the 325th Bomb Squadron, 92nd Bomb Group.
*Commander 325th bomb Squadron, 92nd Bomb Group
* Group Operations, unk - 1 May 1943
*Deputy Commanding Officer - 384th Bomb Group
*Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group Headquarters Detachment on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #111 dated 5 October 1943.
Military | Major | Bombardier | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
Edward Bruni graduated from St. Mary of the Mount High School in 1934. He was a winning football coach of the high school from 1937-39, together with Eppie Graner, and coached three champion teams and one co-champion team in the Catholic League.
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
A 1940 graduate of Cornell University, Lohnas Knapp enlisted in the Air Corps in November 1941 and trained as a Navigator on B-17s. Sent overseas, he was assigned to the 92nd Bomb Group/407th Bomb Squadron. Slightly wounded on his 23rd mission during...
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
A graduate of Suffern High School, Harry McIntosh enlisted in the Air Corps in 1941. After receiving his Pilot wings, he was sent overseas and assigned to the 92nd Bomb Group / 407th Bomb Squadron. His son reports that he had been a pilot of another B...
Group
The 384th Bomb Group flew B-17s from Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire, between May 1943 and June 1945. They were engaged in daylight bombing missions over Germany as part of the Allies' efforts to destroy the effectiveness of the Luftwaffe by...
Group
The 92nd Group sometime after arrivial in the UK converted to the role of in-theater combat crew indocrination and training. For this role, the Group traded its B-17F complement and obtained the B-17E, mostly from the 97th BG which was departing for...
Squadron
Headquarters
Military site : airfield
Grafton Underwood was built in 1941 by George Wimpey and Co. Ltd. It was the first airfield in England to receive an Eighth Air Force flying unit, when in May 1942 personnel of the 15th Bomb Squadron took up residence. As a satellite airfield for...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Missouri, USA | 19 November 1914 |
| Commissioned | West Point, NY, USA | June 1940 |
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Bachelor of Science, US Military Academy, 1940 |
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| 15 March 2015 20:23:06 | bombercommand | Changes to service number, role, biography, events, unit associations and media associations |
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BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY OF THE EIGHTH AIR FORCE, 1942-1945, (Command and Staff Officers) by Russell A. Strong |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 25 January 2015 11:28:40 | bombercommand | Changes to nickname |
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384thbombgroup,com |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 25 January 2015 11:27:33 | bombercommand | Changes to suffix, nickname, service number, role, biography, unit associations and place associations |
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384thbombgroup,com |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:27:54 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=b... |
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