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.
Leo Lawrence Collette
Military
On 25 October 1943 Collette was accused of claiming allowance for a child who did not exist on 12 October 1942. The ETO Board of Review's findings dismissed the claim.
Service
Units served with
Associated Place
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Hardwick
Military site : airfield
Planned as an RAF bomber airfield, Hardwick was used first by the 310th Bomb Group, equipped with B-25 Mitchells. B-24 Liberators of the 93rd Bomb Group moved in briefly in March 1943, then returned in June 1943 remaining until the end of the war and... -
Troston
Military site : non-airfield
In February 1944 strategic air depots were given new names to distinguish them from the combat group, thus 1 Strategic Air Depot based at Honington became Troston. ...
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Revisions
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| 06 June 2019 13:58:38 | Emily | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nationality, service number, highest rank, biography, unit associations and place associations |
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ETO Board of Review, Volume 3 via Library of Congress |
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