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Military
Photo from My Combat Diary by Walt Cranson (2000), compiled by Mike Hyde and Doreen Hibbert (Beeston UK). Includes members of the 392nd Bomb Group, 578th Bomb Squadron of the 8th Air Force in Wendling, England during 1945.
Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 392nd Bomb Group
Served as a co-pilot to Thomas M. Sisson during the war. Walt kept a diary during his time as a pilot and published it as My Combat Diary: 26 Jan - 6 Jun 1945 by Walt Cranson (Compiled and produced by Mike Hyde and Doreen Hibbert 2000).
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Pilot | 392nd Bomb Group
Entered service at Denver, CO 19 February 1943. Joined 392nd BG 1 March 1945. Rank at end of WW II was 1st Lt. Rank at retirement from service was Lt. Col.
Group
The 392nd Bomb Group flew B-24 Liberators out of Wendling, Norfolk from August 1943 until April 1945. They were the first Group allocated B-24H Liberators, the first B-24 series fitted with a nose turret on the production line. The adaptation increased...
Squadron
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 02 December 2019 23:41:16 | Kris45 | Changes to person associations |
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The Combat Diary of Walt Cranson (2000) |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:03:38 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia |
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