Tazwell Wingfield
Military | Flight Officer | Navigator | 94th Bomb Group
INT Had mechanical failure and landed in Switzerland on 7/12/44 in B-17 'Gloria' #42102457
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Byron K Long
Military
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Byron Long, tail gunner, from Shattuck, Oklahoma
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Byron Long from Red Rock, OK. Buck Sgt. Completed 2 missions. Basic training completed at Shephard Field, Witchita Falls, TX. Enlisted May 28, 1942. "Hard headed but lots of fun."
INT Had mechanical failure and landed in Switzerland on 7/12/44 in B-17 'Gloria' #42102457
Service
People
Units served with
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94th Bomb Group
Group
Activated 15 June 1942 at MacDill Field, Florida. Initial organization and training at Pendleton Field, Oregon on 29 June 1942. Primary flight training at Davis-Monthan Field in Arizona from 28 Aug. 42 to 31 Oct. 42; then at Biggs Field, El Paso, Texas... -
410th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Part of 94th Bomb Group.
Aircraft
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42-102457 Filthy Hag, Gloria
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 5/3/44; Kearney 22/3/44; Dow Field 4 March 1944; Assigned 410BS/94BG [GL-R] Rougham 6 April 1944. Nicknamed "FILTHY HAG". Was hit by Flak at an altitude of 23,000 feet on the 22 April 1944 mission to Hamm, Germany. It caught fire, 2...
Missions
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468
12 July 1944
Associated Place
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Bury St Edmunds
Military site : airfield
The airfield was purpose-built for American bomb groups and as such had a 2,000 yard main runway that lain in concrete with a tarred and wood-chipped surface. The scale of bases such as this meant that very often the technical, administrative and... -
Dubendorf
Military site : airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Shinnston, West Virginia, USA | |
| Interned (INT) | Switzerland | 12 July 1944 |
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 06 April 2015 21:34:10 | klindenb | Changes to media associations |
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From personal crew records |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:04:54 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7510 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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