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Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Commanding Officer | 388th Bomb Group
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Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Commanding Officer | 388th Bomb Group
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The 388th Bomb Group flew strategic bombing mission from Knettishall, Suffolk from June 1943 to the end of the war. During this time, though, detachments were sent to Fersfield, Norfolk to conduct Aphrodite missions. In these Aphrodite missions veteran...
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Based | Knettishall |
Military | Technical Sergeant | Engineer | 388th Bomb Group
Military | Technical Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 388th Bomb Group
Shot down by fighters on a mission to Brunswick, GR on 23 Mar 1944, B-17F #42-30808 crashed NNW of Celle, GR. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 388th Bomb Group
Shot down 30 July 1943 in B-17 #42-30238 'Classy Chassy'. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 388th Bomb Group
Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator | 388th Bomb Group
Crippled by flak and fighters on a mission to Brunswick, GR on 23 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-31745 'Heaven Can Wait' made an emergency landing near Wildeshausen/Oldenburg, GR. Prisoner of War (POW).
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 388th Bomb Group
Shot down 30 July 1943 in B-17 #4230238 'Classy Chassy. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 388th Bomb Group
Shot down 30 July 1943 in B-17 #4230238 'Classy Chassy. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Corporal | Ball Turret Gunner | 388th Bomb Group
Military | Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 388th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA)
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 388th Bomb Group
On November 5, 1943 B-17#42-30863 'My Devotion' returning from mission to Gelsenkirchen, Germany, with 2 damaged engines, crew baled out over North Suffolk.
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 22/4/44; Kearney 2/5/44; Grenier 13/5/44; Assigned 563BS/388BG [P] Knettishall 16/5/44; Missing in Action Magdeburg 28/9/44 with Bernard Lord, Co-pilot: Don Trachsel, Navigator: Irving Podolska, Bombardier: Walter Norwicki, Flight...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 19/1/44; MacDill 14/2/44; Grenier 24/2/44; Assigned 563BS/388BG [Y] Knettishall 28/2/44; on mission to Liege 25/5/44 with Tracy Breed, Co-pilot: Don Duclos, Navigator: Harry Kroneberger, Bombardier: Charles Larsen, Flight engineer...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Tulsa 14/2/44; Presque Is 6/3/44; Assigned 563BS/388BG Knettishall 9/3/44; Missing in Action Warnemunde 9/4/44 with Vince Sundstrom, Co-pilot: John Vlymen, ng-S/Sgt Manuel Weintraub, Bombardier: Alex Bruce, Flight engineer/top turret gunner:...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Tulsa 20/3/44; Kearney 31/3/44; Dow Fd 7/4/44; Assigned 563BS/388BG Knettishall 8/4/44; Missing in Action Ruhland 24/8/44 with Chas Edwards, Radio Operator: Winfred Manship, Ball turret gunner: Don Drago, Waist gunner: David Dowis, Tail...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 27/4/43; Sioux City 8/5/43; Smoky Hill 12/6/43; Dow Fd 16/6/43; Assigned 563BS/388BG [--U] Knettishall 23/6/43; Missing in Action Hanover 26/7/43 with Jim Gunn, Co-pilot: John Brown, Navigator: Harry Van Anda, Bombardier: Eloy Baca,...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 29/4/43; Sioux City 11/5/43; Dow Fd 18/6/43; Assigned 563BS/388BG Knettishall. Missing in Action Kassel 3 July 1943. Pilot : Earl E. Pickard, Navigator Robert J. Hoke, Bombardier Wallace N. Soderberg, Engineer/Top Turret Gunner...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 29/4/43; Sioux City 11/5/43; Smoky Hill 9/6/43; Dow Fd 12/6/43; Assigned 563BS/388BG Knettishall 14/6/43; on non-operational flight 13/10/43 crashed just off runway; with Rodney Due, Co-pilot: Pete Musulin, Navigator: Fred Bergman,...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 29/4/43; Gore 8/5/43; Sioux City 10/5/43; Dow Fd 16/6/43; Assigned 563BS/388BG Knettishall 17/6/43; Missing in Action Hanover 30/7/43 with Earl Pickard, Co-pilot: Billy Hooker, Navigator: Bob Hoke{evaded capture until he was...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 29/4/43; Gore 9/5/43; Sioux City 10/5/43; Dow Fd 12/6/43; Assigned 563BS/388BG [--S] Knettishall 18/6/43; Missing in Action Oschersleben 28/7/43 with Ralph Swanson, Co-pilot: Harry Erickson, Navigator: Chas Bergheimer, Bombardier:...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 30/4/43; Sioux City 11/5/43; Smoky Hill 12/6/43; Dow Fd 19/6/43; Assigned 563BS/388BG Knettishall 10/6/43; Missing in Action Stuttgart 6/9/43 with Alf Kramer, Co-pilot: Arthur Swap, Bombardier: Bob Burnett, Flight engineer/top turret...
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29 March 2021 07:13:36 | GuyAllanFarrin@me.com | Changes to media associations |
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Beau Béte: The true story of a Royal Marine sniper assigned to Ian Fleming's WWII intelligence unit. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08R7XYHXW/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_fabc_60BCBKV1N... |
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26 November 2014 14:35:54 | rlhengg | Changes to type and aircraft types |
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388th Bomb Group Historian |
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26 November 2014 14:34:36 | rlhengg | Changes to commanding officers associations |
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388th Bomb Group Historian |
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27 September 2014 18:42:50 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / 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) |