96th Bomb Group
Group
The 96th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses to targets across occupied Europe from May 1943 to April 1945.
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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Tulsa 20/3/44; Kearney 3/4/44; Grenier 7/4/44; Assigned 601BS/398BG [3O-Z] Nuthampstead 5/5/44; repaired Missing in Action 21/11/44 with Lt Landrun but ret 24/11/44; declared WW 23/12/44 and became group’s weather ship; landing gear collapsed while taxying from non-op with David Mills 2/4/45; Salvaged 4/4/45.
Service
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Places
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Nuthampstead
Military site : airfield
Built during 1942-43, Nuthampstead was the nearest Eighth Air Force heavy bomber base to London. It had three concrete runways, 50 loop hardstandings and two dispersed T2 hangars. It was first occupied from September 1943 to April 1944 by the 55th... -
Snetterton
Military site : non-airfield
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Snetterton Heath
Military site : airfield
Intended to be an RAF bomber base, construction of Snetterton Heath started in Autumn 1942 but continued until mid-1943, because it was extended after allocation as an Eighth Air Force bomber base. It had eventually three concrete runways, 50...
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 29 May 2020 20:30:27 | kstrykerAK | Changes to unit associations and place associations |
| Sources | ||
Snetterton Falcons II: The 96th Bomb Group in World War II by Robert E Doherty & Geoffrey D Ward. Second Edition with Errata and Supplemental Information. Taylor Publishing. 1996 page 293 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:16 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log |
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