Military
"Lieutenant Haley W. Aycock recently married the former Miss Zoe Fish, from Tampa, Florida. The couple is in Fort Worth, Texas visiting Lieutenant Aycock's mother Mrs. Frank T. Connor. After a short visit, they will journey to the Pacific Coast, where Lieutenant Aycock is stationed with the United States Army Corps. He is dressed in his military uniform. Mrs. Aycock is wearing a button-up blouse and a skirt. June 29, 1942."
![Major Haley Aycock [ Fort Worth, Texas ], commanding officer, has a final word with 1st Lt J M Smith [ Austin, Texas ], pilot of Boeing B-17 42-5069](https://www.americanairmuseum.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/media/media-26268.jpeg?itok=PKWj9hnw)
Major Haley Aycock [ Fort Worth, Texas ], commanding officer, has a final word with 1st Lt J M Smith [ Austin, Texas ], pilot of Boeing B-17 42-5069 "Our Gang" before the plane takes off on a bombing mission from Bassingbourne, England. 324th Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group. NARA Ref 342-FH-3A14122-79269AC.
Major Aycock, Commanding Officer of the 324th Bomb Sq., 91st Bomb Group, 8th Air Force, Poses beside the Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Desperate Journey'. England, 14 April 1943
Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF.
Awards: AM, PH, WWII Victory, EAME.
Group
The 91st Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated at Harding Field, Louisiana on 15-April-1942 and went to MacDill Field, Florida for the first phase of training from 16-May-1942 to 25-June-1942. The Group was then assigned to 2nd Air Force at Walla...
Squadron
Home of the Memphis Belle
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 19/1/43; Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-Z] Morrison 5/3/43; Bassingbourn 25/3/43; Missing in Action Wilhelmshafen 21/5/43 with Norbert Koll, Co-pilot: Wayne Buck, Bombardier: Edwin Bruton, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Albert Zaverl,...
8 November 1942
Two Primary (P) targets are the objects of this mission: the German airfield of Drucat at Abbeville, France and the Atclier d'Hellemmes locomotive works at Lille, France. 91BG despatches 15 B-17s to Abbeville and 301BG and 306BG despatch a combined...
Military site : airfield
Now home to a museum all about the aifield and its USAAF residents (http://www.towermuseumbassingbourn.co.uk/) , Bassingbourn opened in 1938 as part of the RAF's pre-war expansion programme. The RAF continued to use it until late in 1942 when its long...
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| Born | 27 December 1916 | |
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Son of Myrtle Aycock. |
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| Lived in | Fort Worth, TX | 1941 |
| Based | Bassingbourn | 1943 – 1944 |
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Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Died | 6 June 1991 | |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 19 August 2021 00:59:19 | acbernstein1 | Changes to mission associations |
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https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/bitstream/handle/2142/55636/TheFirstofMa... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 25 June 2021 15:03:02 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nationality, service number, highest rank, role, biography, events, unit associations, place associations, aircraft associations and media associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/32153355 |
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