Headquarters (389th Bomb Group)
Headquarters
I copied the photo when I video interviewed Stan Podolak in 2002- Bill Curtis
Object Number - UPL 28670 - Stan Podolak photo taken at basic training.
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Unit stations
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People
![Commanding Officers of the 389th Bomb Group, Colonel Robert B Miller, Lieutenant Colonel AV Walton and Lieutenant Colonel William L Burns with a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-40746) nicknamed "Ole Irish". Image stamped on reverse: 'Keystone Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 18 May 1944.' [stamp] and '320952.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'AT A LIBERATOR BASE IN THE ETO. These pictures are made at a Eighth Air Force Liberator Base commanded by Lt Col Robert B Miller of Clinton, Ill. T](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380330.jpg.webp?itok=6WJQcq6p)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group Headquarters (389th Bomb Group)
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Commanding Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 389th Bomb Group Headquarters (384th Bomb Group) Headquarters (389th Bomb Group)
- Service Numbers: O-352812
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Executive Officer
Aircraft
![A P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 42-8532) of the 389th Bomb Group, used for communication purposes.' Handwritten caption on reverse: 'P-47. XX-4. Roger - Here is the (?) P-47 (taken in England I know!) - can you assist? Copy of my "original", "credit":' On reverse: Kenneth W. Clendenin [Stamp].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-414035.jpg.webp?itok=Y3TvlRXB)
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Sources
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)
