92nd Combat Bomb Wing (II)
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Sudbury
Military site : airfield
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Airmen of the 486th Bomb Group inside the control room at Sudbury. Image via Roland A Andrews. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Inside Flying Control AAF station # 174 Sudbury, 486 B Gp.'
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My Dad , back row 2nd from the left Ashley Crew Back... Ashley, Gil pilot Smith, Ron co- pilot Zeien, Cliff Bombardier Lewis, Wm. Navigator Front ... Carl Woodward (cpl) Crew Chief Harvey Miller, (Sgt) top turret Daniel Weinman (Sgt) Nose gunner Thomas Whitfield (Sgt) Engineer Richard Dawson (Sgt) radio Snglich (cpl) tail gunner
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Lewis K. Cloud Crew 486th BG - 833rd BS Standing Left to Right: Harold Love (FE), Aubrey W. Fisher (G), Arnold R. Welch (R/O), Unknown Kneeling Left to Right: Lewis K. Cloud (P), Unknown, Unknown, Fred T. Stehle (CP)
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Nose art of B-24H 42-52764. The B-24's official name was "Mike - the Spirit of LSU". Mike was the Louisiana State University mascot, nick-named the "Fighting Tiger". This B-24 had the distinction of being the only plane in WW II named for the University. Its regular pilot Lt Alfred Sanders was a former tiger keeper at the Louisiana State University and Mike was his charge.
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Crew Chief Frank Hollopeter, running up engine #3 on a B-17G
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Crew Chief Frank Hollopeter, left, performing maintenance on B-17G in the snow, winter 1944/45, Station 174, Sudbury, UK (other ground crew member on right unknown)
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Crew Chief Frank Hollopeter, left, performing maintenance on B-17G in the snow, winter 1944/45, Station 174, Sudbury, UK (other ground crew member on right unknown)
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Peter P. Ruplenas ( photo © http://www.486th.org/Photos/Crew9/PRuplenas.htm )
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Peter P. Ruplenas, photographed by Lansing brown (photo courtesy of the Ruplenas family)
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486 Bomb Group, 8th Airforce, 835 Bomb Squadron 1944: LT. John S. Simmons - Pilot (first) - center top row; LT. Webster O. McCarthy - Co-Pilot (second) - "Mac" - 2nd top row from left; LT. Lowell W. Markert - Dead Reckoning Navigator - "Low" -1st top row from left; LT. Frank P. Tamburino Bombardier - "Tambie" - 4th top row left or 2nd top row from right; SGT. W. L. Whitney - Ball Gunner - "Win" - end top row left or 1st top row right; SSGT. Oresto J. Angelini - Flight Engenier SSGT. Henry A. Gutenstein - Radio Operator SGT. Norton M. Lehner - Right Waist Gunner; SSGT. George M. Peppard - Tail Gunner.
Situated between the villages of Great Waldingfield and Acton, the airfield was used by the 486th Bomb Group from March 1944 to August 1945. Facilities for administrative offices for the Combat Wing were also made available here and along with barrack buildings were situated to the east of the airfield.
Accounts of the Americans at Sudbury can be found here: http://americans.sudburysuffolk.co.uk/life-and-death-with-the-486th-bomb...
Detailed history
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English Heritage's record description
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Service
Units
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473rd Sub-Depot
Group
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486th Bomb Group
Group
The 486th Bomb Group flew both B-24s and B-17s, swapping from the former aircraft to the latter in late July 1944 after 49 missions. In total the Group flew 292 missions during the war and remarkably the 834th Bomb Squadron lost no aircraft or... -
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18th Weather Squadron
Squadron
Browse 18th Weather Squadron photographs and other documents in the 2nd Air Division Memorial Library digital archive here: www.2ndair.org.uk/digitalarchive/Dashboard/Index/60 -
76th Station Complement Squadron
Squadron
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832nd Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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833rd Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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834th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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835th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
*Taken from the official web page of the '486th Bomb Group Association' (https://486th.org/BS835/index.htm)* ...
People
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Luverne Abendroth
Military | First Lieutenant | Fighter Pilot | 3rd Scouting Force
Assigned to 832BS, 486BG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 3rd Scouting Force. Ended Tour Duty (ETD). -
Bruce Alexander
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 486th Bomb Group
Bruce Alexander’s father died in 1931 and his mother Edith raised alone his other siblings, brother Paul J. and sister Phyllis. In 1940, Bruce was working as a clerk in a grocery store. He attended Anaheim High School and studied 4 years there. He was... -
Joe Altsheler
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Ground Crew Aircraft Mechanic | 486th Bomb Group
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William Annan
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 486th Bomb Group
Killed when B17 43-38137 crashed on takeoff at Woodhall Farm, Sudbury on 15 October 1944. -
Gilbert Ashley
Military | Captain | Pilot | 486th Bomb Group
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Edmund Barcikowski
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 486th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) crashed at Unddorp on 6 Dec 1944 in B-17 'Mr. Tacoma' #4337944 -
Charles Bateman
Military | Second Lieutenant | Tail Gunner | 486th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed at Merseburg in B-17 'Marge' #4338110 -
William Beeson
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 486th Bomb Group
William was an architect when he joined the AF a few months before Pearl Harbor. He was an accomplished musician. He performed the role of navigator and bombardier in B-24s and B-17s. ... -
John Belay
Military | Lieutenant | Navigator | 486th Bomb Group
Member of Unger crew. -
Howard Berodt
Military | Colonel | B24/B17 Pilot | 486th Bomb Group
Aircraft
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41-28745
B-24 Liberator
Assigned to 486BG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 733BS, 453BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Brunswick. Shot down flak went down 2km west of Salzdahlum, four chutes seen, one on fire 8-May-44. 3 x POW, 7 x KIA. MACR 4590. -
42-52764 'Mike' ' Spirit of LSU'
B-24 Liberator
Assigned to 832nd Bomb Squadron, 486th Bomb Group, 8th AF USAAF. Named after LSU's mascot Mike the Tiger, as its regular pilot Lt Alfred Sanders was a former track star at the Louisiana State University. Failed to Return (FTR) raid to Luztkendorf,... -
42-98008 American Beauty
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Dallas 30/4/44; Kearney 14/6/44; Presque Is 5/7/44; Assigned PFF 834BS/486BG [2S-G] Sudbury 7/7/44; 61m transferred 92BG Podington 7/7/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 8/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 11/7/45; Reconstruction Finance... -
43-37820 Trappist Tear
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 26/5/44; Kearney 7/6/44; Grenier 17/6/44; Assigned 832BS/486BG [4N-A] Sudbury 28/6/44; 833BS [3R-T]; [75m Missing in Action Brandenburg 10/4/45 with Melvin Thaler, Carl Oestreich, Don Wheeler, Art Greenfield togg), Neal Fielder, Chas... -
43-37883 Blue Streak
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 1/6/44; Hunter 10/6/44; Dow Fd 28/6/44; Assigned 833BS/486BG [4N-C] Sudbury 2/7/44; transferred 834BS [2S-T]; 27m Missing in Action Merseburg 2/11/44 with Dave Paris, Co-pilot: Gene Schmidt, Navigator: Bill Beeson, Bombardier: Walt... -
43-37927 The Last Roundup
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 6 June 1944; Kearney 16 June 1944; Grenier 30 June 1944; Assigned 832BS/486BG [3R-G] Sudbury 2 July 1944; 36 missions flown. Missing in Action Merseburg 6 December 1944. Pilot : Bruce C. Alexander; Co-Pilot Charles B. Bryson;... -
43-37928
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 6/6/44; Kearney 19/6/44; Grenier 1/7/44; Assigned 851BS/490BS Eye 2/7/44; transferred 832BS/486BG [3R-S] Sudbury 10/44; 43m crash landed base with Bob Snure 18/4/45; taxi accident with Art Gottleib at Meeks Fd, Iceland en route home... -
43-37944
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 8/6/44; Kearney 20/6/44; Dow Fd 9/7/44; Assigned 834BS/486BG [2S-R] Sudbury 11/7/44; 34m Missing in Action Merseburg 6/12/44 with Bob Miller, Edmund Barcikowski, Fred Kinsler, Dick Hobgood, Marion Taylor, Bill Effinger, Jim Mathis,... -
43-37945
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 8/6/44; Kearney 24/6/44; Grenier 30/6/44; Assigned 834th Bomb Squadron/486th Bomb Group [2S-K] Sudbury 2/7/44; 75m collided with 43-37891 taxi accident with Bob Schwartz 20/5/45, Salvaged 21/5/45. -
43-38110
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 27/6/44; Kearney 8/7/44; Grenier 15/7/44; Assigned 835BS/486BG [H8-L] Sudbury 19/7/44; 12m Missing in Action Merseburg 28/9/44 with Fred Oltman, (mission leader)-Bill Mitchell, drn-Russ Curtis, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas...
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 15 December 2018 20:10:22 | Knickjh72 | Changes to person associations |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 02 October 2014 14:29:56 | Carl | Changes to description |
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http://americans.sudburysuffolk.co.uk/life-and-death-with-the-486th-bomb... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:02:18 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985) / Roger Freeman, The Mighty Eighth War Manual (London, 1991) http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1430319&sort=4&search=all&cr... Suffolk&rational=q&recordsperpage=10 |
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