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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B-24 Liberator
Assigned to 34BG 4BS, 34BG, 8AF USAAF (missions: 23-May - 6-Jun-44). Transferred to 863BS, 493BG, 8AF USAAF. Later painted black and assigned as a night bomber to 857BS, 492BG, 8AF USAAF. Crashed in Belgium after the crew bailed out on a mission to Duisburg during the night of 21/22-Feb-45. Salvaged 5-Mar-45 by 5 SAD.
Service
Units
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34th Bomb Group
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... -
493rd Bomb Group
Group
The 493rd Bomb Group was the last Eighth Air Force Group to become operational, flying their first combat mission from Debach, Suffolk, on D-Day, 6 June 1944. The Group was known as "the Fighting 493rd", named by their Commanding Officer Colonel Elbert... -
492nd Bomb Group Carpetbaggers
Group
The 492nd Bomb Group, after flying similar missions to other heavy bomb groups until the late summer of 1944, took up 'Carpetbagger' missions, transporting agents, supplies and propaganda leaflets to southern France. The Group was taking on the role of... -
4th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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857th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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863rd Bomb Squadron
Squadron
People
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Balazs Orban
Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 492nd Bomb Group (Heavy)
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Richard Whiteman
Military | Technical Sergeant | Crew chief | 34th Bomb Group
Assigned to 4BS, 34BG, 8AF USAAF. ETD Awards: BS, GC, WWII Victory, EAME.
Places
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Harrington
Military site : airfield
Harrington was built by the 826th and 852nd Engineer Battalions of the US Army in 1943. Completed in 1944, it was the furthest Eighth Air Force combat airfield from the east coast.The Eighth's Special Operations Group was based at the airfield, first... -
Mendlesham
Military site : airfield
Built in 1942-1943, Mendlesham's first flying unit was the RAF's No. 310 Squadron - a Czechoslovakian unit. The airfield then became home to the USAAF 34th Bomb Group. This unit flew missions from Mendlesham in B-24s and B-17s.
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| 08 November 2019 16:47:55 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with serial number, aircraft type, production block number, manufacturer, nicknames, markings, description, unit associations, person associations and place associations |
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