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.
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2 October 1944
Official description
Not yet known
Description
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Mission details
1. HAMM (Primary)
Description
MARSHALLING YARDS
Aircraft type
Not yet known
Notes
2nd Bomb Division was made up of 44th BG, 93rd BG, 389th BG, 392nd BG, 445th BG, 446th BG, 448th BG, 453rd BG, 458th BG, 466th BG, 467th BG, 489th BG, 491st Bomb Group.
Units
Mission Statistics
| Tonnage dropped | 684.7 T |
2. HANDORF (Opportunistic)
Description
AIRFIELD
Aircraft type
Not yet known
Notes
Not yet known
Mission Statistics
| Tonnage dropped | 68.5 T |
3. MUNSTER (Opportunistic)
Description
INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Aircraft type
Not yet known
Notes
Not yet known
Mission Statistics
| Tonnage dropped | 2.5 T |
Service
People
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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. -
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 -
Lee Conner
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. -
Charles Dolan
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs
Joined Sqd 9/13/44. Killed in Action (KIA) 10/18/44 (Leverkusen). Pilot: Lehnhausen, E. Plane was B-24 'Flak Magnet' #4250596 -
Ernest Fuxa
Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator | 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs
Joined Sqd 8/16/44. Killed in Action (KIA) 10/18/44 (Leverkusen). Pilot: E. Lehnhausen. Plane was 'Flak Magnet' #42-50596. -
Edward Lehnhausen
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs
Joined Sqd 8/16/44. Killed in Action (KIA) 10/18/44 (Leverkusen). Plane was B-24 'Flak Magnet' #42-50596. ... -
Leonard Witkin
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs
Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed near Aachen in B-24 'Flak Magnet' #4250596
Aircraft
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42-95021 San Antonio Rose
B-24 Liberator
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2014 18:43:08 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
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'. |
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