98th Bomb Group
Group
The 98th trained for bombardment missions with B-24 Liberators during the first half of 1942.
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The B-24D, Hail Columbia's, flight officers. From the left : Lt. John S. Young, copilot, Lt. Harold Korger, bombardier, and Lt. Norman Whalen, their gifted navigator and nose gunner, celebrate after surviving the Ploesti raid. 1943.
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344th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
The 344th Bombing Squadron was first activated at MacDill Field, Florida as one of the original three squadrons assigned to the 98th Bombardment Group. The 344th soon moved to Barksdale Field, Louisiana, where it began to train as a Consolidated B-24...
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Harold Korger
Military | Colonel | B-24 - B-52 Bombardier
Lt. Harold Francis Korger was a B-24 bombardier in the 344th Bombardment Squadron, the 98th Bomb Group, and the 9th Air Force, based in Benghazi, Libya, 1943. He flew on the B-24D, Hail Columbia, with the Element Group Leader Col. John R. Kane, on the... -
Norman Whalen
Military | Major | Navigator / Nose Gunner
Norman Mathew Whalen joined the Army Air Corps in 1941. After graduating from Navigator School in Monroe, Louisiana, he received his commission as a Second Lieutenant and was assigned to the 9th Air force, the 98th Bomb Group, and the 344th Bombing... -
John Young
Military | Major | B-24 Command Pilot
Lt. John S. Young was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. Bored with college at SMU in Dallas, and knowing the country was headed for war, he joined the Army Air Force early in 1941 and began training as an aviation cadet. He was known as "Johnny" and ...
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Military site : airfield
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| 14 May 2022 09:14:07 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to person associations, aircraft associations and mission associations |
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| 13 May 2022 22:54:22 | Kickapoo | Changes to caption, person associations and aircraft associations |
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Details added - Personal Archives - Kickapoo |
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| 14 October 2021 16:48:31 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to aircraft associations |
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| 12 October 2021 05:08:12 | Kickapoo | Changes to caption, unit associations, aircraft associations and mission associations |
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"He Brought Us Home" - The Air Force Magazine - by Capt. John S. Young. 1944 |
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| 03 September 2021 20:15:10 | Kickapoo | Changes to caption |
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Personal archives. - Kickapoo |
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| 13 August 2021 06:31:23 | Kickapoo | Changes to caption |
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Personal Archives - Kickapoo |
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| 23 December 2020 10:09:38 | Kickapoo | Created entry with collection, caption, unit associations, person associations, place associations, aircraft associations and mission associations |
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The Great Air-Ground Battle Of August 1 1943 - James Dugan & Carroll Stewart ---- personal archives - John S Young Jr |
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