1st Air Division
Division
In December 1944, the 1st Bomb Division was redesginated the 1st Air Division.
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17 January 1945
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BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
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RAIL VIADUCT
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AIRFIELD
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SUBMARINE PENS
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OIL REFINERY
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A mix of 61 P-47s and P-51s escort. Mix not given in available data.
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MARSHALLING YARDS
B-17 Flying Fortress
457th BG MISSION NO. 175 : PADERBORN, GERMANY : 17 JANUARY, 1945
The 457th comprised the 94th A Combat Wing with Lt. Cot. Francis as Air Commander for the Group and the 1st Division's A formation. The primary target was communication centers in Altenbeken.
Combat Wing assembly was accomplished without incident. The Group Leader, having noted bad weather conditions, continued to climb above briefed altitude before reaching the first Control Point.
Division assembly line was flown approximately as briefed. Over the Channel, the formation encountered increasingly difficult weather conditions, which continued from this point to the IP. Course was flown approximately as briefed except for slight deviations to the right and left.
The IP was crossed approximately on course. The G-H equipment malfunctioned on the bomb run and lead was turned over the PEF aircraft after the formation had passed over the primary target. A 360 degree turn to the left was executed and a run in Group formation was made on railway workshops at Paderborn, the secondary target, located halfway between Munster and Kassel. The formation, in the process of turning, was too close to Paderborn for the PFF equipment to pick up the city for a normal PFF run.
Bombs were released on the smoke markers of preceding groups. Cloud coverage was ten tenths and visibility was about three miles. Results were unobserved due to cloud coverage. Flak was moderate with three craft sustaining damage.
Division
In December 1944, the 1st Bomb Division was redesginated the 1st 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...
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Flew 25 missions, 1 to Berlin and 3 to Merseberg. Was lead navigator for last 6 missions
Air Medal w/2 Oak Leaf Cluster; EAME ribbon w 3/battle stars
Passed away 25-June-2017, buried in Columbia SC
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier; Pathfinder Navigator | 93rd Bomb Group
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Thomas F Flemming served as a pilot with the 323rd Bomb Squadron of the 91st Bomb Group.
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Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Armorer Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 95th Bomb Group
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Harold Krumsiek Jr. was born on April 10th 1924 in Worcester, MA. His parents were Harold and Bernice.
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Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 28/8/43; Scott 16/9/43; Assigned 544BS/384BG Grafton Underwood 7/11/43; transferred 547BS [SO-N]; transferred to 364FG Leiston, Sfk, UK. 11/43; Returned to the USA Bradley 14/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 17/7/45; Reconstruction Finance...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 2/6/44; Hunter 13/6/44; Dow Fd 24/6/44; Assigned 569BS/390BG [CC-L] Framlingham 29/6/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 3/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 4/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA)...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 22/7/44; Kearney 31/7/44; Grenier 9/8/44; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-H] Horham 12/8/44; with C.E. Willis force landed A-82 Rouvres, Fr 20/2/45; 73m, crash landed base with ?, non op 6/5/45; ditched North Sea with Roger Sundin 26/5/45....
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 24/8/44; Hunter 7/9/44; Dow Fd 18/9/44; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-Q] Horham 19/9/44; with W.N. Dunwoody force landed Raydon afb, Suffolk 10/1/45; 80m, Returned to the USA Bradley 24/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 28/6/45;...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Dallas 11/7/44; Langley 8/8/44; Dow Fd 12/9/44; Assigned 332BS/94BG [XM-Z] Rougham 14/9/44; transferred 335BS/95BG [OE-J] Horham 11/44; with L.W. Jensen, Radio Operator: Paul Rupard, Waist gunner: - Olson [2wia] 24/2/45; 53m, RetUS,...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Lincoln 28 October 1944; Grenier 10 December 1944; Assigned 731BS/452BG Deopham Green January 1945. Flew on the Ehrang marshalling yards mission 2 January 1945 (Navigator: Lt LaVerne R. Olson KIA). Battle-damaged Hamburg 17 January 1945 with...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Lincoln 31/10/44; Grenier 15/12/44; Dow Fd 15/12/44; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-X] Horham 17/12/44;with Bill Dunwoody force landed B-53 Merville Afd, Bel. 19/3/45; battle damaged Holzwickede 23/3/45 with Bill Dunwoody, Co-pilot: M. Burrows,...
B-24 Liberator
Date | Contributor | Update |
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29 April 2015 11:13:59 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to event |
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Correction to Connection to reflect Bomb Divisions redesignation to Air Divisions from 1 Jan 1945. |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
29 April 2015 11:05:42 | 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 18:43:09 | 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'. |