1st Bomb Division
Division
The groups under the command of the 1st Bomb Wing came under the command of the 1st Bomb Division in August 1943. In December 1944, the Division was redesginated the 1st Air Division.
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28 June 1944
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BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
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Tonnage dropped | 39.1 T |
BRIDGE
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Tonnage dropped | 40 T |
AIRFIELD
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Tonnage dropped | 63.4 T |
OIL DEPOT
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Tonnage dropped | 40 T |
BRIDGE
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Tonnage dropped | 72 T |
AIRFIELD
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Tonnage dropped | 26 T |
BRIDGE
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Tonnage dropped | 3 T |
AIRFIELD
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Tonnage dropped | 127.1 T |
AIRFIELD
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Tonnage dropped | 91.1 T |
AIRFIELD
B-17 Flying Fortress
About one-third of the escorting fighters afterwards bomb and strafe transport targets, claiming 3 locomotives and an armored vehicle. 1st Bomb Division was made up of 91st Bomb Group, 92nd Bomb Group, 303rd Bomb Group, 305th Bomb Group,306th Bomb Group, 351st Bomb Group, 379th Bomb Group, 381st Bomb Group, 384th Bomb Group, 401st Bomb Group, 457th Bomb Group.
3rd Bomb Division was made up of B-17 is 94th Bomb Group, 447th Bomb Group, 486th Bomb Group.
457th BG - MISSION NO. 78 - LAON-COUVRON, FRANCE
28 JUNE, 1944
The Germans had dispersed the bulk of their front line fighters in the Paris and Laon regions. The field at Laon-Couvron had based both bombers and fighters. The 457th was part of a force of two combat wings directed to bomb the facility. The 457th supplied the lead and low box of the 94th B Combat Wing. Major Spencer was Air Commander of the lead B box, with Captain Russell M. Selwyn as pilot, and Captain Jerry Godfrey was Commander of the low B box.
The weather was CAVU over the target. Lead box's bombing results were good, and the low box's fair. Flak was light and inaccurate.
The weather was poor on the return and Glatton was completely closed in, forcing all except two of the craft to divert to other bases.
Division
The groups under the command of the 1st Bomb Wing came under the command of the 1st Bomb Division in August 1943. In December 1944, the Division was redesginated the 1st Air Division.
Division
The 3rd Bomb Division was Constituted in August 1943. In December 1944, the Division was redesginated the 3rd Air Division.
Group
The 457th Bomb Group began combat operations during the Big Week of 20-25 February when American bombers carried out concentrated raids against German aircraft bases, factories and assembly plants. The air crews' targets on that first mission were...
Tonnage dropped | 119.8 T |
AIRFIELD
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Tonnage dropped | 41 T |
MARSHALLING YARDS
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2nd Bomb Division was made up of 389th Bomb Group, 392nd Bomb Group, 445th Bomb Group, 446th Bomb Group, 448th Bomb Group, 453rd Bomb Group, 458th Bomb Group, 466th Bomb Group, 467th Bomb Group, 489th Bomb Group, 491st Bomb Group, 492nd Bomb Group.
Division
The groups under the command of the 2nd Bomb Wing came under the command of the 2nd Bomb Division in August 1943. In December 1944, the Division was redesginated the 2nd Air Division.
Tonnage dropped | 893.5 T |
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier, Navigator | 401st Bomb Group
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 401st Bomb Group
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 389th Bomb Group
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 466th Bomb Group
St. Dizier, France 24 Mar 1944; Brunswick, Germany 8 April 1944; Hamm, Germany 22 April 1944; Leipheim, Germany 24 April 1944; Paderborn, Germany 26 April 1944; Siracourt, France 27 April 1944; Mimoyecque, France 28 April 1944; Liege, France 1 May 1944...
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Navigator; Statistics | 490th Bomb Group
AWARDS:
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Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 448th Bomb Group
Lee's original aircraft was named "Do Bunny", after his soon to be wife, Doris Christianson (Frank Christianson's sister). However; upon arrival at Wales, the aircraft they named was given to another crew.
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
Military | Captain | Pilot | 458th Bomb Group
The 50-page description of CPT Evans' military service is found at http://www.2ndair.org.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/article/ncc175528.pdf (as listed in http://www.2ndair.org.uk/Second_Air_Division/Wartime_memories/index.htm).
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Flight Engineer | 466th Bomb Group
Military | Technical Sergeant | Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner | 384th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW). Shot down by flak and crashed near Corne on 7/19/44 in B-17 44-6129
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 2/10/43; Gr Island 31/10/43; Long Beach 25/11/43; Assigned 427BS/303BG [GN-V] Molesworth 1/1/44; Missing in Action 937m) Paris 28/6/44 with Stan Wardowski, Navigator: Warren Birnbaum, Tail gunner: Don Wagner (3 Killed in Action); Co...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 2/12/43; Kearney 17/12/43; Romulus 6/1/44; Kearney 7/1/44; Memphis 9/1/44; Presque Is 10/1/44; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-B] Deenethorpe 31/1/44; 134m crash landed Polebrook 22/4/44, Salvaged 1 SAD Troston. FANCY NANCY IV.
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 12/1/44; Kearney 28/1/44; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-M] Deenethorpe 7/3/44; Missing in Action St Lo 24/7/44 with Ed Coleman, Navigator: H.E. Kron, Bombardier: E.K. Stout, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: A.T. Lindholm, Radio Operator:...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 10/4/44; Kearney 9/5/44; Dow Fd 21/5/44; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-S] Deenethorpe 6/6/44; crash landed near base 30/11/44 and sal 2 SAD. TWAN-N-G-G-G.
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 5/5/44; Hunter 18/5/44; Dow Fd 30/5/44; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-O] Deenethorpe 10/6/44; 612BS [SC-A]; Returned to the USA Bradley 7/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 12/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 16/5/44; Kearney 24/5/44; Dow Fd 1/6/44; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-T] Deenethorpe 10/6/44 LITTLE PIECES; battle damaged Merseburg 8/11/44 with ?; repaired & ret group; Salvaged 9AF Germany 18/2/46. LITTLE PEDRO!
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B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
Crash landed returning from mission #074. Aircraft ran out of fuel while on final approach at Hardwick
Date | Contributor | Update |
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27 May 2015 12:33:45 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to event |
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Mission details added courtesy of Diane Elizabeth Reese from 457th Bomb Group Mission Documents. http://www.457thbombgroup.org/ |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:43:07 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Lee Cunningham, 8th Air Force missions research database / Stan Bishop's 'Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces', the Combat Chronology of the US Army Air Forces and the work of Roger Freeman including the 'Mighty Eighth War Diary'. |