40th Combat Bomb Wing
Wing
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Squadron
Station | Location | Date |
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Based | Thurleigh |
Military | 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers
Military | Sergeant | Fireman | 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers
He was with the 2099th Fire Fighting Engineers as a Crash Crew Chief at Thurleigh. He served for 29 months: 1943-1945. Returned stateside in November 1945.
Military | Colonel | 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers
Military | Staff Sergeant | Air Traffic Controller | 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers
Ralph's death in 1998 in Canton GA was reported in the Jan 2001 edition of 306th Echoes.
Military | Technical Sergeant | Supply Section | 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers
Was a major league first baseman and considered one of the greatest to ever come out of the Southern Assn. During the war he playedwith the 306th 'Reich Wreckers' team and was on the all-professional all-star game at London in August 1943.
Military | Sergeant | Chief Clerk
Military | 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers
Military | Technical Sergeant | Chemical Warfare | 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers
Chemical Warfare in the 39th Service Group; 07 October 1942 to 10 October 1945.
Military | 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers
Military | 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers
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Date | Contributor | Update |
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27 September 2014 18:42:49 | AAM | AAM ingest |
Sources | ||
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980) |