Military
Major Byron Trent of the 94th Bomb Group outside a Nissen Hut at Bury St Edmunds (Rougham). Image via Byron Trent. Written on slide casing: 'Maj Trent, CO 333 BS, in front of Sqdn orderly room.'
Nissen hut accomodation for the 333rd Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group at Bury St Edmunds (Rougham). Image via Byron Trent. Written on slide casing: '333 BS living area Bury.'
Major Byron Trent of the 94th Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8569). Image via Byron Trent. Written on slide casing: 'Major Trent.'
B-17 Flying Fortresses (TS-D, serial number 42-97768) nicknamed "Mainliner II", pathfinder (TS-Q, serial number 44-8178) and pathfinder (TS-M+, serial number 44-8170) of the 94th Bomb Group lined up at Bury St Edmunds (Rougham) 1945. Image via Byron Trent. Written on slide casing: 'TS:D 297768, +M 48170- 490 BG, Q- 48178- 34 BG, 447 BG } Transfer. 1945 Bury.'
Nissen hut Station headquarters of the 94th Bomb Group at Bury St Edmunds (Rougham). Image via Byron Trent. Written on slide casing: 'Station HQ, Bury St Edmunds.'
A B-17 Flying Fortress (XM-J, serial number 43-38138) nicknamed "Ice Cold Kate" of the 332nd Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group, takes off. Image via Byron Trent. Written on slide casing: 'XM:J, 338138 94 BG Ice Cold Kate.' Reversed, needs to be re-uploaded.
Byron Trent, Commanding Officer of the 333rd Bomb Squadro, 94th Bomb Group, with a Disney bomb in the bomb dump at Bury St. Edmunds (Rougham). Image via Byron Trent. Written on slide casing: '94 BG Bury bomb dump, Disney bomb.'
Ground personnel of the 94th Bomb Group work on a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 43-39096) nicknamed "The Mighty Mike" of the 94th Bomb Group. Image via Byron Trent. Written on slide casing: 'Ex 305 BG a/c.'
Major Byron Trent of the 94th Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8158) nicknamed "Bobby Sox". Image via Byron Trent. Written on slide casing: 'Bobby Sox, Major Trent.'
A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 94th Bomb Group inside No 1 Hangar at Bury St Edmunds (Rougham. Image via Byron Trent. Written on slide casing: 'No 1 Hangar Bury.'
Byron Trent was the Commanding Officer of the 333rd Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group, which was based at Bury St Edmunds (Rougham), UK.
Some time after the war, Byron Trent shared with colour slides with historian Roger Freeman. They are now part of IWM's Roger Freeman Collection.
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...
Squadron
Part of 94th Bomb Group.
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...
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