93rd Combat Bomb Wing
Wing
Group
After forming part of the American defence force, first on America's east coast and then on its west, the Group was assigned to the Eighth Air Force in April 1944 and entered combat in May 1944. The Group helped with the preparation for the Normandy invasion by bombing airfields and coastal defenses in France. It continued to support ground forces as they moved eastwards. The Group did not lose a single bomber to enemy fighter action over enemy territory. After V.E. day, they dropped food supplies into Holland and transported Allied prisoners of war out of Germany.
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Headquarters
9 May 1944
11 May 1944
14 June 1944
Mission #10. Bombed an airfield south of Brussels. Bob Martin flew in place of Hussong.
6 July 1944
15 August 1944
Airfields in NW Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium are the primary targets for this mission. 8th Air Force despatches a total of 932 aircraft. The raid is coordinated with 1,000 Royal Air Force (RAF) heavy bombers and Mosquitos attacking 9 airfields...
24 December 1944
1. Decision.
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23 March 1945
Narrative - Official Air Force Mission Description
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Station | Location | Date |
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Based | Mendlesham | 2 August 1944 – 18 April 1945 |
Military | 34th Bomb Group
Military | 34th Bomb Group
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 34th Bomb Group
35 combat missions over Europe as Pilot of B-17 'Lucky 13. ' Required to make forced landing at an advanced fighter base near Antwerp, Belgium with 2 engines out on January 18, 1945. Three missions to Berlin.
DFC/ AM w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster
Military | Major | Group Navigator | 34th Bomb Group
Shot down on 8/7/44 in Sunshine Rose Prisoner of War (POW)
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Military | 34th Bomb Group
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 34th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by flak and crashed near Wesermunde on 8/5/44 in B-24 Shadrach #4129557
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 34th Bomb Group
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 34th Bomb Group
Shot down 29 May 1944 in B-24 #4294796. Landed in Sweden. Interned.
Military | 34th Bomb Group
Military | 34th Bomb Group
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator 41-28838 was originally assigned to the 486th Bomb Group and nicknamed "Tommy Thumper". The aircraft flew 7 missions with the 486th Bomb Group from 8 May 1944, before being transferred to the 34th Bomb Group and being renamed "Misery...
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
P-47 Thunderbolt
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
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Date | Contributor | Update |
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26 March 2017 07:23:24 | Scott 34th7th | Changes to media associations |
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Personal documents of John A Ferard as provided by his son (Scott 34th7th). |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
02 June 2015 00:47:48 | jpstamper | Changes to motto and mission associations |
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Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
02 May 2015 20:32:22 | JasonR | Changes to aircraft types and mission associations |
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34th BG history/records |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
22 November 2014 15:42:25 | baerc234 | Changes to type, description, aircraft types, unit encompassing associations and mission associations |
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Unit History |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:42:45 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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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 / The Mighty Eighth. A History of the Units, Men and Machines of the US 8th Air Force.' by Roger A. Freeman (1989). 'Air Force Combat Units of World War II' compiled by the Department of the US Air Force, edited by Maurice Maurer (1983). / 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) |