Irvine A Rendle

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Colonel Irvine A Rendle, Group Commander of the 392nd Bomb Group instructs personnel of the group to adjust their watches for their 100th mission. Official caption on image: "51630 A.C." Printed caption on reverse: '51630 USAF- AN EIGHTH AIR FORCE LIBERATOR STATION, ENGLNAD. Col Irvine A Rendle of Rawlins Wyo, Liberator Group Commander, and Capt Harold F Weiland of Elyris, Ohio, Group Bombardier, give the Lib bombardiers a time "hack" for synchronization of their watches before going out on their 100t media-380470.jpg FRE 1672 Colonel Irvine A Rendle, Group Commander of the 392nd Bomb Group instructs personnel of the group to adjust their watches for their 100th mission.

Official caption on image: "51630 A.C." Printed caption on reverse: '51630 USAF- AN EIGHTH AIR FORCE LIBERATOR STATION, ENGLNAD. Col Irvine A Rendle of Rawlins Wyo, Liberator Group Commander, and Capt Harold F Weiland of Elyris, Ohio, Group Bombardier, give the Lib bombardiers a time "hack" for synchronization of their watches before going out on their 100th mission, the invasion of Europe. US AIR FORCEW PHOTO.' Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Group Co. Rendle giving bombardiers time check for mission.’ Roger Freeman Collection

Weiland identified in Freeman, Mighty Eighth War Manual, p 13

Object Number - FRE 1672 - Colonel Irvine A Rendle, Group Commander of the 392nd Bomb Group instructs personnel of the group to adjust their watches for their 100th mission....

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Rendle won his wings and was commissioned into the AAC Reserve in February 1935. Before Pearl Harbor he did a stint as an airline pilot. He was to lead the 392nd BG on some 100 wartime missions before taking over a new bomber wing in June 1944. Post war he was COS 15th AF Colorado Springs before his retirement in 1949 and afterwards involved in real estate and banking. He died of a heart attack at the age of 64.



Awards: DFC, BSM, AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (4 x Battle Stars).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 392nd Bomb Group.

392nd Bomb Group

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

People

William A Lloyd

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner/Tail Gunner

Aircraft

42-106844

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Flossie II Lady Connie
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 328th Fighter Squadron

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Events

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Born

Rawlins, WY 12 December 1909

Died

Died of a heart attack at the age of 64.

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https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/cgi-bin/colorado

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453rd BG newsletter Summer 2002

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.b-24.net/aircrew/rnames.html

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Colonel Irvine A Rendle, Group Commander of the 392nd Bomb Group instructs personnel of the group to adjust their watches for their 100th mission. Official caption on image: "51630 A.C." Printed caption on reverse: '51630 USAF- AN EIGHTH AIR FORCE LIBERATOR STATION, ENGLNAD. Col Irvine A Rendle of Rawlins Wyo, Liberator Group Commander, and Capt Harold F Weiland of Elyris, Ohio, Group Bombardier, give the Lib bombardiers a time "hack" for synchronization of their watches before going out on their 100t

Object number: FRE 1672 - Colonel Irvine A Rendle, Group Commander of the...