Cormeilles-en-Vexin, France

Airfield

media-395898.jpg FRE 7177 Two airmen of the 344th Bomb Group sitting in a field of poppies near their base at Cormeille-en-Vexin, France. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 7177 - Two airmen of the 344th Bomb Group sitting in a field of poppies near their base at Cormeille-en-Vexin, France.

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People

Robert E Ahern

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 344th Bomb Group 497th Bomb Squadron
Role/Job: bomber (flight engineer and top turret gunner)

William Shaw Andrews

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 344th Bomb Group 485th Bomb Group
Service Numbers: 14091901
Highest Rank: Captain
Role/Job: bomber pilot

Ballard James Bentley

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 344th Bomb Group 497th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 6941901
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Flight Engineer, Top Turret Gunner

Kenneth Gordon Bowdish

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 344th Bomb Group 497th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 39825387 / O-741451
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Navigator

James Richard Harl

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 344th Bomb Group 497th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-722452
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Bombardier

Aircraft

42-107611

Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
Nicknames: Chicago Cyclone III
Unit: 344th Bomb Group 494th Bomb Squadron

43-34384

Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
Nicknames: Little Eve
Unit: 344th Bomb Group 494th Bomb Squadron

43-34565

Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
Nicknames: Gratis Gladys
Unit: 344th Bomb Group 497th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

Date21 Feb 2018 16:46:56

ContributorLucy May

ChangesChanges to number

Sources

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3CPOAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA159&lpg=PA159&dq=…

Date2 Apr 2015 12:24:03

Contributorrossingtonj

ChangesCreated entry with name, latitude, longitude and media associations

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Cormeilles-en-Vexin, France: Gallery (7 items)

A ruined Luftwaffe hangar at Cormeilles-en-Vexin, France, occupied by the 344th Bomb Group. Image by Jack K Havener, 344th Bomb Group.. Associated caption: 'Ruins of a Luftewaffe[sic] hangar on base. A FW-190 fighter unit occupied the base prior to the time we moved onto it. Oct 1944.'

Object number: FRE 7140 -

A French farmer at work near Cormeilles-en-Vexin base, used by the 344th Bomb Group. Image by Jack K Havener, 344th Bomb Group.. Associated Caption: 'Young Frenchmen doing fall ploughing inside base area. Sugar beets and potatoes had been harvested just before we arrived. Oct 1944.'

Object number: FRE 7141 -

A P-47 Thunderbolt, painted in invasion markings buzzes a haystack on the 344th Bomb Group base at Cormeilles-en-Vexin. Image by Jack K Havener, 344th Bomb Group.. Associated caption: 'P-47 buzzing haystack on base. He probably couldn't resist it as the Krauts earlier camouflaged ack-ack guns under haystacks. Dec 1944.'

Object number: FRE 7148 -

Personnel of the 344th Bomb Group at the outdoor mess hall at Cormeilles-en-Vexin. Image by Jack K Havener, 344th Bomb Group.. Associated caption: 'Mess after mission. Coffee brewed in half bomb bay tank. Still no mess hall built Jan 1945.'

Object number: FRE 7159 -

Three B-26 Marauders of the 344th Bomb Group practice airfield strafing over their own base at Cormeilles-en-Vexin. Image by Jack K Havener, 344th Bomb Group.. Associated caption: 'Practice strafing run over 497th Sqdn area by three ships element. Late in the war Marauders bombed regular target from medium altitude then broke up into three ship elements to dive down onto the deck and strafe anything German. Feb 1945.'

Object number: FRE 7162 -

A Luftwaffe gun crew hut at Cormeilles-en-Vexin, used as accomodation by the 344th Bomb Group.

Object number: FRE 7176 -

Object number: FRE 7177 -