8th Air Force
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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42-102447
B-17 Flying Fortress
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An airman of the 95th Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-102447) nicknamed "El's Belles". First handwritten caption on reverse: 'F/L on last of 365's bases in Belgium other side "Angels Sister" [name struck-out and annotated 'No'] 365 FG C Johnson/icm/75' Second handwritten caption on reverse: 'BG-A 95 BG.'
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B-17G 42-102447 'El's Belles' 334th BS, 95th BG, 8AF USAAF.
Delivered Cheyenne 4/3/44; Kearney 22/3/44; Dow Fd 4/4/44; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-A] Horham 6/4/44; with L.J. Price, force landed 4/8/44 sal; with M.S. Roy force landed Framlingham AFB 25/12/44; with H. Rivet force landed France 20/2/45; with J.E. Galbraith force landed RAF Ludham UK 21/3/45, sal; 106m, Returned to the USA Bradley 21/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 23/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 25/11/45. EL'S BELLES.
Service
Units
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95th Bomb Group
Group
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... -
334th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
People
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Robert Boudon
Military | Captain | Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
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Edward Felski
Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
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James Galbraith
Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
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Floyd Hammond
Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Ball Turret Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
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Lawrence Kaplan
Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Waist Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
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Weldon Martz
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Flight Engineer | 95th Bomb Group
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Louis Price
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed at Altenburg in B-17 #4231589 -
Henry Rivet
Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
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Athol Strickland
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Tail Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
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Clair Wyrick
Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
Clair Wyrick completed 35 missions as a pilot with the 95th Bomb Group, flying bombing missions out of Horham, England.
Places
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Framlingham
Military site : airfield
Built for the Eighth Air Force from 1942 to 43, Framlingham was home first to the 95th Bomb Group, before that unit moved to RAF Alconbury. From 1943 to 1945, it was operated by the 390th Bomb Group. The airfield was handed back to the RAF in 1945, and... -
Horham
Military site : airfield
Horham airfield was planned and built for RAF use, but handed over to the Eighth Air Force and used initially by the 47th Bomb Group. When they joined the Twelfth Air Force in January 1943, it became home to the B-26 Marauders of the 323rd Bomb Group....
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Crashed | Horham, Eye, Suffolk IP21, UK | 4 August 1944 |
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Force landed 4/8/44. Pilot Lt L J Price. |
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| Crashed | Framlingham, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP13, UK | 25 December 1944 |
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Force landed Framlingham AFB 25/12/44. Pilot Lt M S Roy. |
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| Crashed | France | 20 February 1945 |
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Force landed France 20/2/45. Pilot Lt H Rivet. |
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| Crashed | Ludham, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk NR29, UK | 21 March 1945 |
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Force landed RAF Ludham UK 21/3/45. Pilot Lt J E Galbraith. |
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| Returned Stateside | Bradley Field, Salisbury, NC 28147, USA | 21 June 1945 |
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Returned to the USA Bradley 21/6/45 |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 06 December 2015 18:21:25 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, manufacturer, nicknames, markings, events, unit associations, person associations and place associations |
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AAM DB Entry. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:09 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log |
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