Squadron
B-24 Liberators including (CI-F) of the 576th Bomb Squadron, 392nd Bomb Group in flight. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'CI:F & CI:? 392.'
Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Staff Sergeant Walter B MacKenzie of the 392nd Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel. The file contains copies of primary documents that discuss the return of personal effects, circumstances and causes of death, and memorialisation of the fallen airman. If you require access to the full, unedited file please contact Bill Beigel via his website, www.ww2research.com, or the AAM Team at aamwebsite@iwm.org.uk
Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for First Lieutenant Douglas R Steinmetz of the 392nd Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel. The file contains copies of primary documents that discuss the return of personal effects, circumstances and causes of death, and memorialisation of the fallen airman. If you require access to the full, unedited file please contact Bill Beigel via his website, www.ww2research.com, or the AAM Team at aamwebsite@iwm.org.uk
Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Staff Sergeant Elda L Perry of the 392nd Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel. The file contains copies of primary documents that discuss the return of personal effects, circumstances and causes of death, and memorialisation of the fallen airman. If you require access to the full, unedited file please contact Bill Beigel via his website, www.ww2research.com, or the AAM Team at aamwebsite@iwm.org.uk
Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Second Lieutenant William H Magee of the 392nd Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel. The file contains copies of primary documents that discuss the return of personal effects, circumstances and causes of death, and memorialisation of the fallen airman. If you require access to the full, unedited file please contact Bill Beigel via his website, www.ww2research.com, or the AAM Team at aamwebsite@iwm.org.uk
2Lt. Donald Dean Prell
576th Bombardment Squadron patch
B-24H-1-FO #42-7507 "Heaven Can Wait" 392nd BG - 576th BS - Code: H 44th BG - 68th BS - Code: X
Consolidated B-24H Liberator 41-29433 of the 576th BS, 392nd BG, 8AF code CI-D. Also B-24H 41-29131 "Flying Patch" at lower left.
Memorials to the Mighty Eighth: Wendling, Station 118 Recent videos and photos of the memorials to the Mighty Eighth USAAF based at Wendling 1943-1945. It first details the memorial at the site of the airfield itself. Then the focus switches to North Tuddenham, to two memorials to the crew of a B-24 Liberator from Wendling that crashed nearby.
Group
The 392nd Bomb Group flew B-24 Liberators out of Wendling, Norfolk from August 1943 until April 1945. They were the first Group to be given B-24H Liberators, the first B-24 model that was fitted with a nose turret on the production line, an adaptation...
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Military | Private | 392nd Bomb Group
MOS 929 = Automotive Equipment Operator
Military | 392nd Bomb Group
MOS 501 = Admin and Tech Clerk
Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier | 392nd Bomb Group
Entered Service at Pittsburgh, PA March 1943. Joined 392nd BG March 1944. Flew 30 missions.
DFC/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ ETO w/ 4 battle stars
Military | Technical Sergeant | Engineer | 392nd Bomb Group
B-24H #42-7669 crashed near Gissing, Norfolk after mid-air collision during assembly on mission to Frankfurt on 29 Jan 1944. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Technical Sergeant | Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner | 392nd Bomb Group
John E. Ross crew
Military | 392nd Bomb Group
MOS 747 = Airplane and Engine Mechanic. Per Capt Levells roster, was 576th Ground Crew #2, "A" Flight.
Military | 392nd Bomb Group
MOS 345 = Truck Driver, Light
Military | 392nd Bomb Group
Airplane Armorer
Military | 392nd Bomb Group
MOS 911 = Airplane Armorer
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 392nd Bomb Group
Entered service at Fort Bragg, NC 23 September 1942. Joined 392nd BG 15 November 1943. Rank at end of WW II was T/Sergeant. Pilot-Marvin E. Schollberg. Discharged 12 October 1945. Shot down by fighters and believed to have crashed near Vettleschloss on...
B-24 Liberator
Assigned to 576BS, 392BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Friedrichshafen 18-Mar-44 flying as spare in the formation, moved up to replace B-24 falling back out of formation and collided with same A/C, B-24 41-29174. Both A/C tumbled out of control...
B-24 Liberator
Assigned to 576BS, 392BG, 8AF USAAF. 10 x Missions. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Friedrichshafen, attacked by Bf109's and Fw190's after breaking formation 18-Mar-44, landed in Dubendorf, Switzerland. 10 x Interned. MACR 3318.
B-24 Liberator
Shot down near Brunswick, Germany 19 May 1944, MACR 5096 (43 missions)
B-24 Liberator
Originally assigned to 446 Bomb Group. Transferred to 389th Bomb Group, 565th Bomb Squadron in November 1943 - named "Helfer College." Transferred to 392nd Bomb Group, 576th Bomb Squadron 12 February 1944 - named "Spirit of '46" and later "Flying...
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
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| 13 March 2015 16:31:22 | rossingtonj | Changes to type |
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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) |
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