96th Bomb Group
Group
The 96th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses to targets across occupied Europe from May 1943 to April 1945.
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Military
Assigned Oct 1944
Group
The 96th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses to targets across occupied Europe from May 1943 to April 1945.
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Squadron
Military site : airfield
Intended to be an RAF bomber base, construction of Snetterton Heath started in Autumn 1942 but continued until mid-1943, because it was extended after allocation as an Eighth Air Force bomber base. It had eventually three concrete runways, 50...
Event | Location | Date |
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Born | Ohio, USA | 1922 |
Lived in | Lucas County, OH, USA | November 1942 |
Enlisted | Toledo, Ohio, USA | 19 November 1942 |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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05 July 2017 10:47:29 | Lucy May | Changes to events |
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https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf=... |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:09:24 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Raymond E Haule (crew list provided by); Snetterton Falcons, pg 201 |