44-8305 Hummingbird

Delivered Hunter 5/8/44; Dallas 10/8/44; Grenier 6/9/44; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-Q] Horham 3/9/44; transferred 335BS [OE-G]; battle damaged Frankfurt 5/1/45 with G.K. Painter, Navigator: Leon Gardner [wia]; force landed Y-33 Thionville A/fd, Fr; 8RTD 1WIA; 33m, sal 6/2/45.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.

95th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Places

Grenier

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Grenier Army Airfield : Manchester Airport : Manchester Army Airbase : Grenier Air Force Base

Missions

781

  • Date: 5 January 1945

778

  • Date: 3 January 1945

776

  • Date: 2 January 1945
B-17s of the 398th Bomb Group bombing the railyard at Bingen, 29 December 1944. Printed caption on reverse: '57548 AC- With bomb bay doors open, the first of a large formation of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses send their bombs plummeting earthwards on rail installations at Bingen, Germany, as heavy bombers of US Eighth Air Force press home their attack of December 29, 1944. US Air Force Photo.'

769

  • Date: 29 December 1944

766

  • Date: 28 December 1944

Revisions

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Contributoracbernstein1
Changes
Sources

https://95thbgdb.com/aircraft/329

Date
Contributoracbernstein1
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Sources

https://95thbgdb.com/aircraft/329 

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log