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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Military
Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF.
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
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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Group
The 91st Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated at Harding Field, Louisiana on 15-April-1942 and went to MacDill Field, Florida for the first phase of training from 16-May-1942 to 25-June-1942. The Group was then assigned to 2nd Air Force at Walla...
Squadron
Home of the Memphis Belle
B-17 Flying Fortress
Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-B] Bangor 31/8/42; Bassingbourn 26/9/42; 322BS [LG-A] 5/43 16+m; taken off operations and transferred 403 AD 2/7/43; 8AF HQ Sqd 15/8/43 for VIP duties. Salvaged 19/10/44. Used as camera ship to film Major William Wilder's...
Military site : airfield
Now home to a museum all about the aifield and its USAAF residents (http://www.towermuseumbassingbourn.co.uk/) , Bassingbourn opened in 1938 as part of the RAF's pre-war expansion programme. The RAF continued to use it until late in 1942 when its long...
Event | Location | Date |
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Born | Westchester County, NY, USA | 25 January 1920 |
Enlisted | Camp Upton Rd, Shirley, NY 11967, USA | 11 February 1942 |
Camp Upton |
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Based | Bassingbourn | 1943 – 1945 |
Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Died | Willsboro, NY 12996, USA | 22 November 1997 |
Buried | Westport, NY 12993, USA | December 1997 |
Saint Philip Neri Catholic Cemetery |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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21 March 2017 21:34:36 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nationality, service number, highest rank, role, biography, events, unit associations, place associations, aircraft associations and media associations |
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