3rd Air Division
Division
In December 1944, the 3rd Bomb Division was redesginated the 3rd Air Division.
45th Combat Bomb Wing
Wing
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Captain Norville John Gorse, "A WWII Allied Air Attack"
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Mission: 738 (Berlin, Germany) 8th AF, 96th BG (H), 339th BS, 3rd Div, 45th CBW - #138 - Snetterton MACR 11343 (05/12/44) #43-38644 “Green Weenie” B-17G-90-BO (2/10)
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Mission: 738 (Berlin, Germany) 8th AF, 96th BG (H), 339th BS, 3rd Div, 45th CBW - #138 - Snetterton MACR 11343 (05/12/44) #43-38644 “Green Weenie” B-17G-90-BO (3/10)
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Mission: 738 (Berlin, Germany) 8th AF, 96th BG (H), 339th BS, 3rd Div, 45th CBW - #138 - Snetterton MACR 11343 (05/12/44) #43-38644 “Green Weenie” B-17G-90-BO (4/10)
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Mission: 738 (Berlin, Germany) 8th AF, 96th BG (H), 339th BS, 3rd Div, 45th CBW - #138 - Snetterton MACR 11343 (05/12/44) #43-38644 “Green Weenie” B-17G-90-BO (5/10)
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Mission: 738 (Berlin, Germany) 8th AF, 96th BG (H), 339th BS, 3rd Div, 45th CBW - #138 - Snetterton MACR 11343 (05/12/44) #43-38644 “Green Weenie” B-17G-90-BO (6/10)
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Mission: 738 (Berlin, Germany) 8th AF, 96th BG (H), 339th BS, 3rd Div, 45th CBW - #138 - Snetterton MACR 11343 (05/12/44) #43-38644 “Green Weenie” B-17G-90-BO (7/10)
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Mission: 738 (Berlin, Germany) 8th AF, 96th BG (H), 339th BS, 3rd Div, 45th CBW - #138 - Snetterton MACR 11343 (05/12/44) #43-38644 “Green Weenie” B-17G-90-BO (8/10)
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Mission: 738 (Berlin, Germany) 8th AF, 96th BG (H), 339th BS, 3rd Div, 45th CBW - #138 - Snetterton MACR 11343 (05/12/44) #43-38644 “Green Weenie” B-17G-90-BO (9/10)
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Western Union telegram received by the parents of JAMES NICHOLAS HENTGES informing them he was MIA. (27 DEC 1944)
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3rd Bomb Division
Division
The 3rd Bomb Division was Constituted in August 1943. In December 1944, the Division was redesginated the 3rd Air Division.
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388th Bomb Group
Group
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... -
452nd Bomb Group
Group
The 452nd Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from Deopham Green, Norfolk, from January 1944. The air crews hit strategic sites in Germany but also supported the movement of ground forces across Europe after D-Day. On 6 June 1944 itself, the Group... -
96th Bomb Group
Group
The 96th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses to targets across occupied Europe from May 1943 to April 1945. ... -
27th Station Complement Squadron
Squadron
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29th Station Complement Squadron
Squadron
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87th Station Complement Squadron
Squadron
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Headquarters (45th Combat Bomb Wing)
Headquarters
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1211th Quartermaster Company
Company
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1213th Quartermaster Company
Company
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1230th Quartermaster Company
Company
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Robert Brannan
Military | Captain | Bombsight Engineer
Served from 12/12/42 to 6/22/45 Silver Star; Bronze Service Star & other related ribbons -
Alfred D'Alessandris
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner/Engineer | 96th Bomb Group
Shot down 11 April 1944 in B-17 #4297129. His B-17 was shot down at Stutebuell, 3 kms north west of Kappeln, near Schleswig, near the German/Denmark border at 2.15pm. ... -
Edgar Eggen
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 96th Bomb Group
POW crashed near Parchim in B-17 'Green Weenie' #4338644 on 5 Dec 44 -
John Henry
Military | Colonel | Fighter Pilot | 339th Fighter Group
John B Henry served as a pilot with the 339th Fighter Group. He flew P-51 'San Antone Rose'. Completed tour of duty April 11, 1945. ... -
James Hentges
Military | Flight Officer | Bombardier | 96th Bomb Group
F/O James (Jim) N. Hentges (USAAF) WWII Veteran and POW. ... -
Carl Liles
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Co-Pilot | 482nd Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) 3 September 1944 in AC #42-38119. Crashed off Channel Islands Missing Air Crew Report #8609. Hit by Flak over Guernsey Island, #2 engine flames, Lost altitude, #2 engine fell, #3 prop feathered. Ditched with no explosion. No... -
Richard Maxwell
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 96th Bomb Group
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Archibald Old
Military | Lieutenant General | Commanding General | 96th Bomb Group
Chowhound Mission, May 1, 1945, Food Drop: Planes were loaded with the 10-in-one rations. Even so they carried the full complement of gunners and loaded guns because they were still not sure how sincere the Germans were in their promises not to shoot ... -
42-97222 Duces Wild, Puppy Breath
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 8/2/44; Gr Island 19/2/44; Presque Is 11/3/44; Assigned 728th BS / 452nd BG Deopham Green ( T ) 13/3/44; battle damaged Chemnitz, Ger 6/2/45 with Carl Tyner, Co-pilot: John Stellitans, Navigator: John Woodford, togg-Sgt Hurbert... -
42-97235
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 9/2/44; Kearney 27/2/44; Grenier 13/3/44; Assigned 729th BS / 452nd BG ( H ) RAF Deopham Green 16/3/44; Missing in Action Brux 12/5/44 with Walt Naylor, Navigator: Austin Casselberry, Bombardier: Mike Veselich, Radio Operator:...
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 27 September 2014 18:42:44 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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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) |
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