Alfred J Berman

Military

Piloted by Loyd T. Adamson Led 381st 13 January, 1945, bombing raid using a 303rd BG radar equipped B-17 G. A/c was hit with flack losing 2 engines, hydraulic tank and many electrical wires. Made a no-brake landing at Valencienne, France, using parachutes to stop the plane.

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The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

381st Bomb Group

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

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381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999, 'A Bridge on the Rhine' by Loyd T. Adamson / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia