97th Combat Bomb Wing
Wing
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Group
Squadron
Squadron
Squadron
Squadron
Headquarters
Station | Location | Date |
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Based | Birch | 4 April 1944 – 16 April 1944 |
Based | Gosfield | 16 April 1944 – 30 September 1944 |
Based | Coulommiers | 30 September 1944 – 1 February 1945 |
Based | Juvincourt | 1 February 1945 |
Based | Beaumont Sur Oise | May 1945 – June 1945 |
Military | Staff Sergeant | 410th Bomb Group
Military | Lieutenant | 410th Bomb Group
Military | Staff Sergeant | Turret Gunner | 410th Bomb Group
Military | Staff Sergeant | 410th Bomb Group
Military | Lieutenant | 410th Bomb Group
Military | Communications Ground Crew | 410th Bomb Group
Elmer was with the Communications ground crew repairing radios and assigned to 410BS 94th BG. His death 18th October 1990 was reported by his widow Elsie.
Military | Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 303rd Bomb Group
21 missions between 7 may and 5 july 44; transferred to 410th BG, 9th AF at Coulommiers, near Paris (France) as gunner aboard Douglas A-20 and B-26, flew 23 missions, received Purple Heart (source 303rdbg.com) deceased.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Arm/Gunner | 410th Bomb Group
Assigned to 647BS, 410BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Gerolstein RR Bridge. Took direct flak hit to bomb bay, fell out of formation in flames, one chute seen to emerge before A/C hit ground and exploded. 22-Jan-45. Killed in Action ...
Military | Captain | Pilot | 410th Bomb Group
Military | Staff Sergeant | 410th Bomb Group
A-20 Havoc
Assigned to 646BS, 410BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) bombing mission to Germany,
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A-20 Havoc
A-20 Havoc
A-20 Havoc
Assigned to 645BS, 410BG, 9AF USAAF. On 7 June 1944 aircraft A-20 Havoc 43-10205 was assigned a target at LaHaye, France. On return the pilot John Metz called that the aircraft was on one engine and he was leaving the formation over the English channel...
A-20 Havoc
A-20 Havoc
A-20 Havoc
A-20 Havoc
A-20 Havoc
A-20 Havoc
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25 September 2020 03:13:54 | ejelle | Changes to nicknames |
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cancel last - trying to ID craft photo not unit nick name |
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25 September 2020 03:12:57 | ejelle | Changes to nicknames |
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Photo Comparison with same tail ID AC # but added nose art name |
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01 October 2019 11:12:33 | Emily | Changes to stations |
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22 February 2017 11:33:05 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to stations |
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Stations added with details from: |
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13 January 2015 14:43:09 | rossingtonj | Changes to type and stations |
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Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985) |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:42:45 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / 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) |