95th Bomb Group
GroupIWM, Roger Freeman Collection
The 95th Bomb Group was the only Eighth Air Force Group to be awarded three Distinguished Unit Citations. The first, shared by all four Bomb Wing Groups, was for the bombing of an aircraft factory under intense enemy fire at Regensburg on 17 August 1943. The second was awarded for a raid on marshalling yards at Munster on 10 October 1943 and the third for bombing a suburb of Berlin, on 4 March 1944, the first time the German capital had been bombed by USAAF. After VE Day, the Group transported liberated prisoners and displaced persons from Austria to France and England.
Flew a total of 321 combat missions between 13 May 1943 to 20 April 1945
Dropped 19,769 tons of bombs and 456.5 tons of food
Completed 8,625 sorties
Lost 156 B17s in combat, 36 in other operations
1,362 planes battle damaged and 61 forced to land on the continent
Claimed 425 enemy aircraft destroyed, 117 probable, 231 damaged.
Lost 569 men KIA and 3 MIA (assumed KIA)
Lost 825 men as POWs, 61 internees, 61 evaders, 192 wounded in action; 63 killed in noncombat accidents
Total casualties: 1,774
Commanding Officers
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-14903
- Highest Rank: General
- Role/Job: Commanding Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron Headquarters (95th Bomb Group)
- Service Numbers: O-19258
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: On Board ; Observer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Combat Bomb Wing (II) 452nd Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-19436
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Commander, 95th , 452nd , Base Commander
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Combat Bomb Wing 95th Bomb Group Headquarters Squadron (95th Bomb Group)
- Service Numbers: O-17954
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Wing Commander/Group Commander/Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Group Commander
Connections
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
---|---|---|
Based |
Alconbury | 15 April 1943 - 1 June 1943 |
Based |
Framlingham | 12 May 1943 - 15 June 1943 |
Based |
Horham | 15 June 1943 - 3 August 1945 |
Encompassing
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Private First Class
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Airplane Mechanic
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Passion Flower
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Yo' Brother
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron 335th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Miss Carrie | Philly-Brooklyn
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron 326th Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Fast Woman
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 508th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Louise
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
Mission
- Date: 24 February 1944
- Date: 22 February 1944
- Date: 5 November 1943
- Date: 3 November 1943
- Date: 20 October 1943
Revisions
Motto, as taken from group patch insignia. Tail marking was the letter B on a square background (a white square with a black B on camouflaged aircraft, and a black square with a white B on unpainted/natural aluminum aircraft.
B17s Over Berlin: Personal stories from the 95th bomb group
Edited by Ian L. Hawkins
From: B-17s Over Berlin - Personal stories from the 95th bomb group.
Edited by Ian L. Hawkins
From: B-17s Over Berlin - Personal stories from the 95th bomb group.
Edited by Ian L. Hawkins
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)