390th Bomb Group
GroupIWM, Roger Freeman Collection
The 390th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from Framlingham, Suffolk, between July 1943 and the end of the war in Europe. The Group was engaged in strategic missions until the invasion of Europe when its role became more of a tactical one. This tactical role was more attuned to the needs of ground forces. For instance, the Group bombed the coast near Caen fifteen minutes before the landings in Normandy on 6 June 1944. The Group also carried out humanitarian missions, dropping food supplies for the Dutch in the final weeks of the war. The only man to fly 100 missions, Hewitt "Buck" Dunn, did so with the 390th Bomb Group.
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
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Framlingham | 14 July 1943 - 4 August 1945 |
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- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15698
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Staff Sergeant Swen A Zetterberg of the 390th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill...
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- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15724
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Staff Sergeant Stanley F Mason of the 390th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel...
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15726
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for 2nd Lieutenant Frederick M Broers of the 390th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill...
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- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15731
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Staff Sergeant Alfred C Monson of the 390th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel...
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- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15736
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Staff Sergeant John L Peterson of the 390th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel...
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- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15742
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Second Lieutenant Robert L Schanen of the 390th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill...
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- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15810
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Corporal Leonard M Gilkey of the 390th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel. The...
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15834
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Staff Sergeant Sherman E Rambo of the 390th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel...
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- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15844
- Description: Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Staff Sergeant Roy N Ball of the 390th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel. The file contains...
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15924
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for First Lieutenant Herbert I Turner Jr of the 390th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill...
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- Collection Name: Thomas C Stevens
- Object Number: Document 47012
- Description: 390th Bomb Group, 571st Bomb Squadron, CREW 70 . Personnel Log entry from my uncles journey ,
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- Object Number: Document 52174
- Description: Draggoo, Frank H.
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- Object Number: UPL 77244
- Description: 390th BG / 571's squadron Tail Gunner Tony Loncarich's 35 mission diary that was transcribed by the 390th museum in Tuscon, AZ. We have scans of each...
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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)