45th Combat Bomb Wing
Wing
Shared with the American Air Museum by Amelia Nicklaus' son, Gerald.
Object Number - UPL 31718 - My mother Lt. Amelia Nicklaus had this Christmas card in her WWII scrapbook. She was an Army Nurse with 160th Station Hospital at Lilford Hall...
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Encompassing
- Unit Hierarchy: Company
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Company
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Company
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Company
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Company
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 45th Combat Bomb Wing
- Service Numbers: 857273
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Bombsight Engineer
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 3rd Bomb Division 45th Combat Bomb Wing 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16023186
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Rosalie Ann II
- Unit: 45th Combat Bomb Wing 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Duces Wild, Puppy Breath
- Unit: 45th Combat Bomb Wing 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 45th Combat Bomb Wing 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Gremlin's Hideout
- Unit: 45th Combat Bomb Wing 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
Related videos and documents
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: Norville John Gorse
- Object Number: Document 19261
- Description: Captain Norville John Gorse, "A WWII Allied Air Attack"
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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)
