Wendling

Airfield
The Control Tower of the 392nd Bomb Group at Wendling. Handwritten caption on reverse: '392BG ex Burtner.' media-380468.jpg FRE 1670 The Control Tower of the 392nd Bomb Group at Wendling. Handwritten caption on reverse: '392BG ex Burtner.' This is probably Clair Burtner, ground crew at Wendling. Roger Freeman Collection

Link to Clair Burtner added following information supplied by Annette Tison of the 392nd BG Association

Object Number - FRE 1670 - The Control Tower of the 392nd Bomb Group at Wendling. Handwritten caption on reverse: '392BG ex Burtner.' This is probably Clair Burtner, ground...

RAF Wendling was home to the 392nd Bomb Group from 1943 to 1945. Built in 1942, it was originally planned to be an RAF Bomber Command airfield. Improvement and expansion works were carried out in 1942 and 1943 prior to the arrival of the 392nd and their B-24 Liberators. Wendling was handed back to the RAF in 1945, where it was used as a maintenance airfield, before eventually being sold off in 1964.



Read more about the history of Wendling here: http://www.b24.net/wendlingHistory.htm

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People

Arthur R Stover

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-755124
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Alexander Takacs

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 579th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34403688
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Alexander Tokarsky

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 578th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33087201 / O-704590
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aubert Mahlon Tufts

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 579th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-755611
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Arthur L Williams

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 576th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34355133
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

An Air Raid Patrol Warden surveys the wreckage of a crashed B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95023) of the 392nd Bomb Group near Cheshunt. Image stamped on reverse: 'Evening News.' [stamp], '349114.' [Censor no.] A printed caption was previously attached to the reverse, however this has been removed. Handwritten caption on reverse: '392 BG B-24 after mid air collision. 12/8/44.'

42-95023

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Lucky Lass II
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group 857th Bomb Squadron
A damaged B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95025) of the 579th Bomb Squadron, 392nd Bomb Group prepares to crash at Eye. Handwritten caption on reverse: '15/6/44. 385. 385/RFWD 267. 392BG Crash-land in France after heavy fighter attack - 6/15/44. Target - La Frilliere, attacked by enemy a/c tail turret destroyed T.G. killer 295025 at Eye a/f - crash landed 15/6/44. Lt. H.A. White, 579 Sq.'

42-95025

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 579th Bomb Squadron
media-27895.pdf (2.48 MB) Document 27895 'In Honour of the Crew of a B-24 Bomber who were killed on 21st April 1944 at North Tuddenham, Norfolk' produced by Pat Baldwin, Clerk to North Tuddenham Parish Council. A copy is archived in the 2nd Air Division Memorial Library.

2nd Air Division Memorial Library

42-99979

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Kentucky Baby
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron
The nose art of a B-24 Liberator nicknamed "Short Snorter" of the 392nd Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '37. 392nd BG.'

42-99990

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Short Snorter
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 579th Bomb Squadron

MM386

  • Aircraft Type: Mosquito
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 653rd Bomb Squadron

Related media

UPL 27946

  • Media Type: Video
  • Collection Name: Rob Edwards collection
  • Object Number: UPL 27946
  • Description: Memorials to the Mighty Eighth: Wendling, Station 118 Recent videos and photos of the memorials to the Mighty Eighth USAAF based at Wendling 1943-1945...
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Document 17727

  • Media Type: Document
  • Collection Name: The Eighth in the East
  • Object Number: Document 17727
  • Description: Official Air Ministry Record Site Plan-Airfield Site 1944. Wendling.
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Document 25820

  • Media Type: Document
  • Collection Name: Rob Edwards collection
  • Object Number: Document 25820
  • Description: 2nd Bombardment Wing Substitution Unit (precursor of USAAF 2nd Air Division) was formed in Old Catton (see above). The HQ then moved to Horsham St...

Revisions

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Sources

http://www.b24.net/wendlingHistory.htm

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ContributorAAM
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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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