Robert Terrill
Military | Lieutenant General | 445th Bomb Group
Group CO to July 1944. Transferred to 2BD
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Earned Distinguished Unit Citation for the 24 Feb 44 mission to Gotha, Germany. Suffered the greatest loss by a bomb group for a single mission on 27 Sept 44 going to Kassel, Germany. Due to a navigation error, the 445th left the main bomber stream and bombed the wrong target. Lost 31 of 35 aircraft due to mass attack of appx. 150 German fighters.
Military | Lieutenant General | 445th Bomb Group
Group CO to July 1944. Transferred to 2BD
Group
The 445th Bomb Group flew B-24 Liberators from Tibenham, Norfolk. The crews' first mission was bombing U-boat installations at Kiel on 13 December 1943. The Group continued to hit strategic targets in Germany, including the aircraft components factory...
Station | Location | Date |
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Based | Tibenham | 4 November 1943 |
Military | Staff Sergeant | 445th Bomb Group
Military | First Lieutenant | Assistant S-4 | 445th Bomb Group
Military | Captain | Adjutant | 445th Bomb Group
Military | Major | Station Surgeon | 445th Bomb Group
Military | Captain | Group Station Officer | 445th Bomb Group
Military | First Lieutenant | Dental Officer | 445th Bomb Group
Dental Officer
Military | Major | Assistant Group Operations Officer | 445th Bomb Group
Military | First Lieutenant | Assistant Station Adjutant | 445th Bomb Group
Military | Major | Station Communications Officer | 445th Bomb Group
Military | Staff Sergeant | 445th Bomb Group
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Date | Contributor | Update |
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18 December 2014 23:29:01 | B24Mike | Changes to type, description, aircraft types, commanding officers associations and stations |
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All addition can be verified by records held by the current unit historian, Michael Simpson. |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:42:53 | 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) |