FRE 3827
IMAGEThe operations room at Bury St Edmunds, December 1943 Handwritten caption on reverse: '94BG.' On reverse: Associated Press [Stamp], 'Passed for publication 14 December 1943.'[stamp]. Printed caption on reverse: 'Operations Room of US Bomber Base - Key spot and heart of the planning and organization of a mission is in the operations office of a base. Manned 24-hours a day, a funnel for all the incoming information and data that is needed to plan the thousands of details to complete a successful mission. The 'Ops' room is the brain of a bombing mission. Intelligence information about the target, planned bomb load, amount of gasoline needed to make the flight with a safe margin, are put together and readied to pass along the line to ground officers to put into effect , and to the crews at briefing before takeoff time. Associated Press photo shows: At work in the 'Ops Room' during the planning of a raid, left to right ; Assistant Operations Officer, Capt. James H. Ainsworth, Rutland, Ver, Lt. David B. Vinson Jr., 3110 Federal St., El Paso, Tex, Lt. Mathew Murray, 276 Great Kills Road, New York City, Sgt. M. D. Horn, 3822 NE Milton Portland, Ore, Col. Louis G. Thorup, Group Air Executive Officer, 115 Edith Ave., Salt Lake City, Utah, and S/Sgt. Joseph D. Lugosh Jr., 348 Springfield Terrace, Haddonfield, NJ.'
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Assistant Operations Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Locations
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Rougham
Revisions
This image appears in Roger Freeman "The Mighty Eighth War Manual" p.9