Units

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  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.

Units

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  2nd Bomb Division

  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.

Units

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  3rd Bomb Division

  Division
  The 3rd Bomb Division was Constituted in August 1943. In December 1944, the Division was redesginated the 3rd Air Division.

People

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  Harold Adams

  Military | Technical Sergeant | MOS 757 - Radio Operator / Mechanic / Gunner, AAF | 384th Bomb Group

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  Charles Aiken

  Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 401st Bomb Group
  Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 35 x combat missions. ETD Awards: DFC, AM (5OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (3 x Battle Stars).

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  Russell Albert

  Military | Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 401st Bomb Group

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  Lewis Allen

  Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 401st Bomb Group

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  Leroy Andrews

  Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 401st Bomb Group
  35 combat missions and 2 other missions7 Air Medal w/7 Oak Leaf Cluster, Good Conduct, EAME Ribbon

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  Lowell Ankrom

  Military | Staff Sergeant | Togglier | 401st Bomb Group

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  Robert Atkins

  Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 453rd Bomb Group
  Robert Atkins served as a tail gunner with the 733rd Bomb Squadron of the 453rd Bomb Group, flying missions out of Old Buckenham, England.

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  Wade Beyeler

  Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Navigator | 452nd Bomb Group
  This is my Dad, Wade S. Beyeler... He served in the 8th U.S. Army Air Force in WW II... He was stationed at Deopham Green, near Attleborough, East Anglia, England, and flew 35 bombing missions over Nazi Germany as a Navigator in the B-17s named "Swing...

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  Dale Brant

  Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
  Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed near Norbitz in B-17 'Miss Slip Stream' 43-38202

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  Robert Cameron

  Military | Staff Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 384th Bomb Group
  Shot down in B-17 #42-107057 'Spirit of "96"' on 25 September 1944, Prisoner of War (POW). Missing Air Crew Report #9414.

Aircraft

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  42-102398 Dynamite John

  B-17 Flying Fortress
  Delivered Cheyenne 29/2/44; Gr Island 22/3/44; Grenier 20/4/44; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-H] Deenethorpe 13/5/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 6/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 8/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in...

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  42-102659 'Hard Seventeen', 'Hard Luck'

  B-17 Flying Fortress
  Delivered Cheyenne 23/3/44; Kearney 13/4/44; Grenier 15/5/44; Assigned 447BG Rattlesden 16/5/44; transferred 614BS/401BG [IW-J] Deenethorpe 30/5/44; Salvaged 10/1/45. ...

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  42-107009 'Lady Jane'

  B-17 Flying Fortress
  Delivered Cheyenne 25/1/44; Kearney 16/2/44; Grenier 10/3/44; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-F] Deenethorpe; on return from mission 12 May 1944 with Lt J.C. Sharp, Waist gunner: Alfred A. Tomkinson (KIA- flak hit - died in in base hospital). ...

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  42-107062 Worry Bird/Miss Bea Haven

  B-17 Flying Fortress
  Delivered Denver 9/2/44; Rapid City 2/3/44; Dow Fd 3/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 25/4/44; no ops, transferred 562BS/388BG Knettishall 29/4/44 WORRY BIRD; Returned to the USA Bradley 8/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 29/11/45;...

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  42-107113 'Miss Aldaflak' 'Section 8'

  B-17 Flying Fortress
  Delivered Tulsa 24/2/44; Gr Island 7/3/44; Grenier 5/4/44; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-J] Deenethorpe 2/5/44; 612BS [SC-O]; Returned to the USA Bradley 6/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 21/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for...

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  42-107151 Cover Girl

  B-17 Flying Fortress
  Delivered Tulsa 7/3/44; Kearney 22/3/44; Grenier 7/4/44; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-B] Deenethorpe 15/4/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 8/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 12/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA)...

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  42-31087 'Heaven Can Wait', 'Boche Buster'

  B-17 Flying Fortress
  Delivered Cheyenne 17/9/43; Gt Falls 28/9/43; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-K] Deenethorpe 26/10/43; Missing in Action Politz 7/10/44 with Tom Hill, Wilbur Schmedel, Theo Block, Junius Chadwick, Jim Mullins, Vic Shewbert, Ed Hellenbeck, Buddy Keith, Omer...

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  42-31591 Homesick Angel

  B-17 Flying Fortress
  Delivered Cheyenne 26/11/43; Wendover 9/12/43; Grenier 20/1/44; Assigned 457BG Glatton 25/1/44; transferred 613BS/401BG [IN-J] Deenethorpe 11/3/44; Missing in Action Pas de Calais 19/3/44, force landed continent; Salvaged 1 SAD Troston 22/4/44; mission...

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  42-31662 'Fancy Nancy IV'

  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.

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  42-31730 'Morning Star', 'Tail End Charlie'

  B-17 Flying Fortress
  Delivered Cheyenne 10/12/43; Kearney 27/12/43; RAF Nutts Corner 15/1/44; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-B] Deenethorpe 31/1/44; 613BS [IN-O]; 112m, Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 7/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 9/6/45; 4100 BU Patterson 9/10...