Hardwick

Airfield
media-13223.jpeg UPL 13223 Hardwick Airfield Memorial.

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Object Number - UPL 13223 - Hardwick Airfield Memorial.

Planned as an RAF bomber airfield, Hardwick was used first by the 310th Bomb Group, equipped with B-25 Mitchells. B-24 Liberators of the 93rd Bomb Group moved in briefly in March 1943, then returned in June 1943 remaining until the end of the war and flying over 330 missions. Hardwick became a Bomber Command airfield in 1945, but it remained inactive and closed in 1962.

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People

Allan F Rabinovitz

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron 409th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16078731 / O-685721
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Archibald John Rantala

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16021609 / O-?
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant

Andrew M Reynolds

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-740921
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Arthur H Schleicher

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Abraham H Schonier

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-673689
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Aircraft

42-51275

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
A B-24J Liberator (RE-V, serial number 42-51523) of the 329th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group in flight. Handwritten message on reverse: ‘Stockholm, 11/11/69 – “Dear Roger, It was quite a time since I last heard from you, but perhaps you are busy with other things. I got a letter today from 487B.G. and they told me that B-24J ser.no. 42-100306 was not 487B.G. You told me so in your letter 16/12 1968. I have found out through photos that the plane belonged to 446B.G. Am I wrong? The photo on this card

42-51523

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Full House
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron

42-63978

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Lonesome Polecat
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron

42-63982

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Jack Frost
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron

42-63988

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Birmingham Blitzkrieg
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron

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Sources

Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985) / Roger Freeman, Airfields of the Eighth Then And Now (London, 1978).

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