No 11 Combat Crew Replacement Center

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An aircraft bomb bay at the USAAF 11th Combat Crew Replacement Center in England full of 100lb incendiary bombs on the 3rd of June 1943. Handwritten instruction on reverse regarding photo orientation. Printed caption on reverse: '66746 AC - 100 pound incendiary bombs loaded on a plane at the 11th Combat Crew Replacement Center in England. 3 June 1943. U.S. Air Force Photo.' media-457932.jpg FRE 10187 An aircraft bomb bay at the USAAF 11th Combat Crew Replacement Center in England full of 100lb incendiary bombs on the 3rd of June 1943. Handwritten instruction on reverse regarding photo orientation. Printed caption on reverse: '66746 AC - 100 pound incendiary bombs loaded on a plane at the 11th Combat Crew Replacement Center in England. 3 June 1943. U.S. Air Force Photo.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 10187 - An aircraft bomb bay at the USAAF 11th Combat Crew Replacement Center in England full of 100lb incendiary bombs on the 3rd of June 1943. Handwritten...

Established as a provisional unit at Bovingdon on 27 August 1942, and equipped with B-17Es transferred from the 92nd Bomb Group.



From the Autumn of 1942 provided training for bomber crews to assess them of the state of their training and to provide instruction on equipment and procedures relevant to operating in the UK, and flight assembly and formation procedures pertaining to the 8th Air Force. On three occasions 11 CCRC provided aircraft and personnel to support combat missions.



On 16 August 1943 the unit was reorganised and provisionally titled the 2900th Combat Crew Replacement Centre Group (Provisional).



Redesignated No 1 Combat Crew Replacement Center on 12 November 1943

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Established

Bovingdon 27 August 1943

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: No 11 Combat Crew Replacement Center 326th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: No 11 Combat Crew Replacement Center 326th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: No 11 Combat Crew Replacement Center 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-660331
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: No 11 Combat Crew Replacement Center 326th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: No 11 Combat Crew Replacement Center 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-885550
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Assistant Flying Control Officer

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Jarrin Jenny
  • Unit: No 11 Combat Crew Replacement Center 303rd Bomb Group 97th Bomb Group 340th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: No 11 Combat Crew Replacement Center 92nd Bomb Group 97th Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron 340th Bomb Squadron
A bomber crew of the 303rd Bomb Group, with their B-17 Flying Fortress (GN-V, serial number 42-2966), after a raid on Germany. From left to right they are: Sergeant Ward W. Kirkpatrick (Kalispel, Montana); Technical Sergeant Lucian W. Means, (Luguna Beach, California); First Lieutenant Milton K. Conver (Cincinnatti, Ohio); Second Lieutenant John W Dillenger (Avoca, Iowa), Co-Pilot; Captain B.B. Southworth (Columbus, Ohio), Pilot; Sergeant Jack Belk (Temple, Texas); Sergeant William Fleming (Burdine, Kentu
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: No 11 Combat Crew Replacement Center No 1 Combat Crew Replacement Center 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: Defiant
  • Unit: No 11 Combat Crew Replacement Center 94th Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: Lysander
  • Unit: No 11 Combat Crew Replacement Center

Mission

Revisions

Date
ContributorEmily
Changes
Sources

Freeman, Mighty Eighth War Manual, pp 118-125

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

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

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