3rd Bomb Division

Division
Three B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 94th Bomb Group are attacked by a Nazi Fighter aircraft during a mission. Printed caption on reverse of print: 'A-62641 USAF: Nazi fighter plane attacking Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortresses" during a bomb run over enemy installations somewhere in Europe, 10 September 1944. 100th[sic] Bomb Group, 3rd Bomb Division. U.S. Air Force Photo.' media-408505.jpg FRE 3872 Three B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 94th Bomb Group are attacked by a Nazi Fighter aircraft during a mission. Printed caption on reverse of print: 'A-62641 USAF: Nazi fighter plane attacking Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortresses" during a bomb run over enemy installations somewhere in Europe, 10 September 1944. 100th[sic] Bomb Group, 3rd Bomb Division. U.S. Air Force Photo.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 3872 - Three B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 94th Bomb Group are attacked by a Nazi Fighter aircraft during a mission. Printed caption on reverse of print:...

The 3rd Bomb Division was Constituted in August 1943. In December 1944, the Division was redesginated the 3rd Air Division.

Commanding Officers

Curtis Emerson LeMay

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 3rd Air Division 305th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: O-17917
  • Highest Rank: General
  • Role/Job: Commanding General

Earle E Partridge

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 3rd Air Division
  • Service Numbers: O-15502
  • Highest Rank: General
  • Role/Job: Commanding General

Connections

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Elveden Hall 13 September 1943

Based

Honington

Other

Redesignated

Encompassing

People

Gilbert Arnold Borba

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 3rd Bomb Division 13th Combat Bomb Wing 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39123538
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Marshall Button

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 3rd Bomb Division 390th Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Alfred Michael D'Alessandris

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 3rd Air Division 3rd Bomb Division 45th Combat Bomb Wing 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 6 907 762
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner/Engineer

Monroe Spears David

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 3rd Bomb Division 45th Combat Bomb Wing 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-825585
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

James Oney Dickenson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 3rd Bomb Division 45th Combat Bomb Wing 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37485045
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Aircraft

42-107154

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Puddles
  • Unit: 3rd Bomb Division 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron

42-31924

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Ol Dog
  • Unit: 3rd Bomb Division 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron

44-8148

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Seamans Demons
  • Unit: 3rd Air Division 3rd Bomb Division 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron

Mission

389

  • Date: 4 June 1944
  • Official Description:

388

  • Date: 3 June 1944
  • Official Description:

385

  • Date: 2 June 1944
  • Official Description:

Revisions

Date6 May 2022 03:33:01
ContributorDaniel McReynolds
ChangesChanges to unit part of associations, person associations and aircraft associations
Sources

https://95thbg.mmsw.eu/person/4480

Date4 Sep 2019 14:15:42
ContributorEmily
ChangesChanges to type, us air force combat units of world war ii description, aircraft types, unit became association, commanding officers associations and stations
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Air Force Combat Units of World War II

Date10 Mar 2016 02:03:24
ContributorJameswbrice
ChangesChanges to mission associations and media associations
Sources

James W Brice

Date9 Dec 2014 21:24:57
ContributorLee8thbuff
ChangesChanges to unit encompassing associations and mission associations
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Lee Cunningham 9-Dec-2014 Corrected association from VIII Fighter Command to VIII Bomber Command.

Date9 Dec 2014 21:21:42
ContributorLee8thbuff
ChangesChanges to type, aircraft types and mission associations
Sources

Lee Cunningham 9-Dec-2014. Added info to Basic Details per my own research. Primary sources: Roger A. Freeman and Stan Bishop.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:42:44
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / 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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