Military
Bombardier. 381st BG, 535th BS, 8th AF.
Credited with one German fighter destroyed on 16 August 1943 with the Cormany crew.
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 381st Bomb Group
Pilot, Cormany crew. 381st BG, 535th BS, 8th AF. Shot down 8 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30864. Mission #36 to the shipyards at Bremen, Germany. MACR 885. Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft III and Stalag XIIID. The 381st BG was awarded the Distinguished Unit...
Group
The 381st Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from Ridgewell, Essex between June 1943 and April 1945. The Group was awarded two Distinguished Unit Citations, the first for bombing shipyards at Bremen, whilst under heavy attack, on 8 October 1943 and...
Squadron
16 August 1943
This mission consists of two elements of B-17s despatched to bomb the German airfields of Le Bourget (Paris), Poix and Abbeville, France. The first element is a combined force of 180 B-17s from: 91BG (21); 92BG (17); 303BG (20); 305BG (20); 306BG (20);...
Military site : airfield
Built during 1941-42 as an RAF bomber station, Ridgewell operated as a satellite to RAF Stradishall until May 1943. It had three concrete runways, initially 36 pan hardstandings, and two dispersed T2 hangars. Taken over by the Eighth Air Force in June...
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| Died | 5 April 1993 |
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| 04 August 2018 02:56:18 | ARowe95 | Changes to role, biography, person associations, unit associations, place associations and mission associations |
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| 31 December 2017 05:44:55 | ARowe95 | Changes to highest rank, biography, awards and place associations |
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| 27 September 2014 18:12:10 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia |
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