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45th Combat Bomb Wing

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  • Captain Norville John Gorse,

    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)

    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)

    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)

    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)

    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)

    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)

    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)

    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)

    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)

    Western Union telegram received by the parents of JAMES NICHOLAS HENTGES informing them he was MIA. (27 DEC 1944)

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  • 3rd Air Division

    3rd Air Division

    Division
    In December 1944, the 3rd Bomb Division was redesginated the 3rd Air Division.

  • 3rd Bomb Division

    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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People

  • 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 #42-97129. His B-17 was shot down at Stutebuell, 3 kms north west of Kappeln, near Schleswig, near the German/Denmark border at 2.15pm. ...

  • Monroe David

    Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 96th Bomb Group
    Prisoner of War (POW) crashed ner Parchim in B-17 'Green Weenie' #43-38644 on 5 Dec 44

  • James Dickenson

    Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 96th Bomb Group
    POW crashed near Parchim on 5 Dec 44 in B-17 'Green Weenie' #4338644

  • Edgar Eggen

    Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 96th Bomb Group
    Crashed near Parchim in B-17 'Green Weenie' #43-38644 on 5 Dec 44, Prisoner of War (POW).

  • 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. ...

  • Rudolph Kostka

    Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot - B-17 | 96th Bomb Group
    Assigned May 1944. Flew his first bombing mission on his 23rd birthday, May 19, 1944. On 5 Sept 1944 on Stuttgart mission Flew 33 missions on 'I'll Get By'. Flew two D-Day missions.

  • 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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Aircraft

  • 42-38145 Rosalie Ann II

    B-17 Flying Fortress
    Delivered 27 December 1943 - Denver ...

  • 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:...

  • 44-6106 Gremlin's Hideout

    B-17 Flying Fortress
    Accepted: 2 May 1944 ...

  • 44-6131 Fearless Fosdick

    B-17 Flying Fortress
    Delivered Tulsa 10/5/44; Hunter 21/5/44; Grenier 31/5/44; Assigned 413BS/96BG [MZ-J] Snetterton 3/6/44; Aborted mission due to #1 engine failure, Hamm 7/1/45 with Peder Lansen, crash landed base (pilot error); Salvaged. FEARLESS FOSDICK.

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Date Contributor Update
27 September 2014 18:42:44 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)

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