387th Bomb Group
Group
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Object Number - UPL 26739 - 387th Bomb Group Reunion, Dayton OH, 2002
The 387th Bomb Group flew just under thirty missions with the Eighth Air Force before being transferred to the Ninth Air Force in October 1943. The Group remained at Chipping Ongar, Essex after being reassigned and continued to hit targets in France. Subsequent to the Allied invasion of the continent, the 387th moved to Stony Cross in July 1944 and on to a series of bases in France. The crews flew from Clastres, north-eastern France, for the mission that resulted in a Distinguished Unit Citation for the Group, awarded for hitting transportation and communication targets at Mayen and Prum, Germany during the Battle of the Bulge, December 1944 to January 1945.
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
---|---|---|
Based |
Chipping Ongar | 25 June 1943 - 18 July 1944 |
Based |
Stony Cross | 18 July 1944 - 22 August 1944 |
Based |
Maupertus | 22 August 1944 - 18 September 1944 |
Based |
Chateaudun | 18 September 1944 - 30 October 1944 |
Based |
Clastres | 30 October 1944 - 29 April 1945 |
Based |
Maastricht | 29 April 1945 |
Encompassing

- Unit Hierarchy: Platoon
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Air base

- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment

- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment

- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment

- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 556th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20836581 at enlistment, then O-xxxxxx
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 556th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Private First Class
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 558th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32279560
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer, Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 559th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator; Gunner

- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 556th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-663838
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft

- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Janets Dream
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 559th Bomb Squadron

- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: La Diabla
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: King Bee
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 558th Bomb Squadron

- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Mississippi Mudcat
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 559th Bomb Squadron

- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Old Ironsides
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group
Mission
- Date: 9 October 1943
- Date: 8 October 1943
- Date: 3 October 1943
- Date: 3 October 1943
- Date: 2 October 1943
Revisions
Stations added with details from:
- "Battle Colors Volume III - Insignia and Tactical Markings of the Ninth Air Force in World War Two' by Robert A. Watkins;
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)