Peter J Rooney

Military
media-37563.png UPL 37563 Rooney's crew of the 8th AF's 398th Bomb Group by their B-17 at their base in England, 6 August 1944.

Handwritten: (GPR-85-1-398) (6-8-44) (LEAD CREW-ROONEY). Nuthampstead Ref: A9228.
Nuthampstead Airfield Museum collection

398th Bomb Group Collection via Nuthampstead Airfield Museum. Museum object reference number: USB1-159

Object Number - UPL 37563 - Rooney's crew of the 8th AF's 398th Bomb Group by their B-17 at their base in England, 6 August 1944. Handwritten: (GPR-85-1-398) (6-8-44) (LEAD...

Group commander on 21 Feb 1945 on Nurnberg mission, 25 Feb 1945 Neuburg; 2 March 1945 on Bohlen mission, 11 March on Bremen mission and 31 March 1945 on Halle mission.



OLC to the Air Medal April 1945; OLC (Sept 1944)

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Units served with

The insignia of the 398th Bomb Group.

398th Bomb Group

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

Revisions

Date
ContributorHotelie1970
Changes
Sources

GENERAL ORDER # 607, 10 December 1944, from Headquarters 1 Bomb Division by Brigadier General Turner.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

398th BG History Vol II and Vol III; Fortress Over Nuthampstead, pg 9 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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