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93rd Bomb Group Museum, Hardwick
General Ted Timberlake of the 453rd Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Gen Ted Timberlake CO 2BW.'
In the Parish Church of Topcroft, St Margaret.
War Memorial at South Cove Parish Church.
At the base of the war memorial at the Parish Church of South Cove
A hand-lettered remembrance, inside the Parish Church of South Cove. It is incorrect, in that there are now only two crewmembers buried at Cambridge. The remainder have been repatriated.
2nd Lieutenant David J. Mahoney, Jr., 330 Bomb Squadron, 93 Bomb Group, Heavy. Killed in Action, June 13, 1944. Awarded Air Medal and Purple Heart. Buried in Brittany American Cemetery, St. James, France.
My Dad, Karl Eisele, Jr. and Mom (Janet Eisele) marrying in Boise, Idaho as Dad was stationed at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho shortly before going to England to bomb the Reich.
Karl Eisele, Jr. 2nd Lieutenant, 8th AF, 93rd BG, 409th BS/329th BS. Stationed in Hardwick, England.
Karl Eisele, Jr. in internment in Sweden at Hummlebacken, near Falun, Sweden. On his 20th mission (over Hamburg), the “Full House” had been hit by flak. 2 engines were damaged, and the pilot flew to the Bulltofta airfield near Malmo, where they crash landed. The co-pilot’s back was broken in the landing, and he died the next day. The rest of the crew were kept in Hummlebacken from that time (Jan. 1945) until Germany surrendered (May 1945).
On the grounds of the Hardwick airfield, and closely associated with Airfield Farm, the museum has 3 original nissen huts with exhibits, and a brick building that has been rebuilt from an original on the site, which is used as a reception centre and "Mess Hall."
Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier | 93rd Bomb Group
Assigned to 330BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to return (FTR) from Bremen, lost En-route to target 13-Nov-43; Joisey Bounce, suffered a mid-air collision with B-24, 42-40765, 'The Valiant Virgin', Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 2179
Awards: DFC, PH.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) 15 September 1943 as B-24 #42-40938 was shot down over France.
PH
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier; Pathfinder Navigator | 93rd Bomb Group
Initially on B-24 42-95024, the “Gypsy Queen” piloted by Leo Baumann. After its crash, reassigned to other planes. On the 20th mission in January 1945, plane was hit by flak and landed in Sweden. Interned in Sweden until 8 May 1945. B-24 42-51523, the...
Military | Colonel | Pilot | 93rd Bomb Group
Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier | 93rd Bomb Group
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 93rd Bomb Group
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator of B-24 | 93rd Bomb Group
Killed in Action as a result of aircraft being shot down over France, September 15, 1943.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down near Tilburg on 9/18/44 in B-24 'Baggie Maggie' #42100416. Liberated from Stalag IX-B on April 2, 1945.
Military | Technical Sergeant | Gunner B-24 | 93rd Bomb Group
Killed in Action after aircraft was shot down over France, 1943.
Military | Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
Involved in a mid-air collision during form-up on a mission to Brunswick, GA on 29 Mar 1944 and crashed at Henham, Suffolk in B-24H #41-110033. Killed in Action (KIA).
B-24 Liberator
29 March 1944, two B24s collided over Henham, a few miles from Halesworth airfield. 9 Crew of the 41-110033 died, and 7 of the 41-28590. During the rescue operations the bomb load of one of the Liberators exploded, killing 6 men from Halesworth
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