381st Bomb Group

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The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group. media-395070.jpg FRE 5127 The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5127 - The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

The 381st Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from Ridgewell, Essex between June 1943 and April 1945. The Group was awarded two Distinguished Unit Citations, the first for bombing shipyards at Bremen, whilst under heavy attack, on 8 October 1943 and the second was awarded to the 1st Bomb Division as a whole for flying without fighter protection to bomb aircraft factories at Oschersleben on 11 January 1944.

Commanding Officers

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group Headquarters (381st Bomb Group)
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Commanding Officer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group Headquarters (381st Bomb Group)
  • Service Numbers: O-21388
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Commanding Officer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group Headquarters (381st Bomb Group)
  • Highest Rank: General
  • Role/Job: Commanding Officer

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

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Ridgewell 1 July 1943 - 24 June 1945

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 448th Sub-Depot
  • Service Numbers: 32198486
  • Role/Job: Clerk, General
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 1207th Quartermaster Company
  • Service Numbers: 33143081
  • Role/Job: Supply Clerk
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 448th Sub-Depot
  • Service Numbers: 39159252
  • Role/Job: Airplane and Engine Mechanic
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32531366

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Tarfu
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Forget Me Not
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
Wolfess
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 381st Bomb Group
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  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Devil's Angel
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron

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Changed Unit Purpose to Bombardment.

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no nicknames

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Headquarters (381st Bomb Group)

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Triumphant We Fly is the motto for the 381st BG

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From the history of the 381st Bomb Group website: http://www.381st.org/

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My grandfather's plane

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my photo

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Type added

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / The Mighty Eighth. A History of the Units, Men and Machines of the US 8th Air Force.' by Roger A. Freeman (1989). 'Air Force Combat Units of World War II' compiled by the Department of the US Air Force, edited by Maurice Maurer (1983). / Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980)

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