30th Service Group
Group
Gosfield
Military site : airfield
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B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 381st Bomb Group fly in formation during a practice mission. The aircraft, left to right are: (VE-O, serial number 41-107112) nicknamed "Sleepy Time Gal", (VE-N, serial number 43-37675) nicknamed "Patches (Flak Magnet)", (VE-K, serial number 42-106994) nicknamed "Little Guy" and (VP-S, serial number 42-97059) nicknamed "Marsha Sue". Image via Ian MacTaggart.
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Captain Earl Cabe Captain Jerry G. Mast Fighter Pilots 365th FG - 388th FS - 9th AF
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410th Bomb Group Photo of hospital personnel in England 1944
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A-20 Havoc Light Bomber "Mama Lou" with the 410th Bomb Group's 647th Bomb Squadron Medical team.
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Original scrapbook basic training portrait of Ray A Jelle, sharpened version, and sharpened and colorized version completed by Eric Jelle 2020
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A-20G-35-DO #43-9964 "Hi-Ne Hunter" 410th BG
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A-20G-35-DO #43-9977 Talliwacker II Code: 6Q-N 410th BG - 647th BS - 9th AF
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A-20J-15-DO #43-21745 "The Real McCoy" Code: 8U-S 410th BG - 646th BS
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A-20K-15-DO #44-613 "Helen" Code: 7X-T 410th BG - 545th BS
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A two-seat P-47 Thunderbolt nicknamed "Astra" of the 365th Fighter Group. First handwritten caption on reverse: '365 FG no Gosfield.' Second handwritten caption on reverse: 'Suspect continent, post 7/44.'
First used as an airfield during the First World War, when known as Royal Flying Corps/RAF Sible Hedingham, it was built as Gosfield for the Eighth Air Force and then Ninth Air Force in 1942-43. Home to first the 365th Fighter Group, then the 397th Bomb Group 1944 and 410th Bomb Group, it was handed back to the RAF in 1945. The airfield was closed and mostly returned to agriculture in the late 1940s and early 1950s. It was also used as a car test track 1968-87, and for light engineering and plant hire from the 1990s to date.
Service
Units
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410th Bomb Group
Group
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365th Fighter Group
Group
The Group moved to England in December 1943 as part of the Ninth Air Force. Flying P-47s, the Group took part in missions over northern France designed to weaken Germany's ability to repulse the planned Allied invasion of summer 1944. After the... -
397th Bomb Group
Group
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18th Weather Squadron
Squadron
Browse 18th Weather Squadron photographs and other documents in the 2nd Air Division Memorial Library digital archive here: www.2ndair.org.uk/digitalarchive/Dashboard/Index/60 -
21st Weather Squadron
Squadron
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314th Station Complement Squadron
Squadron
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40th Mobile Communications Squadron
Squadron
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494th Service Squadron
Squadron
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People
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Julius Almond
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Fighter Pilot | 365th Fighter Group
Assigned to 387FS, 365FG, 9AF USAAF. Flew 94 missions over France, Belgium, and Germany. Completed Tour Duty (ETD). ... -
Owen Azling
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Aircraft Crew Chief | 365th Fighter Group
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Carrol Barnard
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | 365th Fighter Group
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David Baumeister
Military | Captain | Pilot | 365th Fighter Group
On DS (detached service) for operational training. Flew four missions with the 335th Fighter Squadron. Awards: DFC, AM (13OLC), WWII Victory, EAME. -
Norman Beaman
Military | Captain | Fighter Pilot | 365th Fighter Group
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Valmore Beaudrault
Military | Captain | Fighter Pilot | 365th Fighter Group
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Fermin Bennett
Military | Corporal (5th Grade) | 365th Fighter Group
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Maurice Bigger
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Aircraft Mechanic | 365th Fighter Group
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Alfred Blade
Military | Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) | Aircraft Armorer | 365th Fighter Group
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Clifford Boxer
Military | Master Sergeant (1st Grade) | Aircraft Crew Chief | 365th Fighter Group
Aircraft
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42-21732 'Maxine IV'
A-20 Havoc
Assigned to 646BS, 410BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) bombing mission to Germany, ... -
43-10205
A-20 Havoc
Assigned to 645BS, 410BG, 9AF USAAF. On 7 June 1944 aircraft A-20 Havoc 43-10205 was assigned a target at LaHaye, France. On return the pilot John Metz called that the aircraft was on one engine and he was leaving the formation over the English channel... -
43-22065 'Paula E II' 'Bootsie'
A-20 Havoc
Assigned to 671BS, 416BG, 9AF. Transferred to 646BS, 410BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Ahute railhead. Hit in wing by flak, 2 chutes seen to emerge before A/C impacted. 1 x KIA, 2 x POW. 25-Dec-44. MACR 11899. ... -
43-9489 Angel II
A-20 Havoc
Crashed at Brest, France on 6 September 1944, possibly as result of bomb exploding in bomb bay. Pilot 1Lt Earl Ray Bever, Jr., Armorer/Gunner SSgt Chester Walter Dunaj and Mechanic/Gunner SSgt Fred Lowell Yoos were killed. MACR 9102 & 16128 -
43-9490
A-20 Havoc
Shot down by AA fire at Ouerre on mission to Dreux, France on 6 July 1944. Gunner SSgt James Fredrick Gage and Mechanic/Gunner SSgt Henry Edward Happel were KIA, the pilot 2Lt Theodore Roosevelt Stablein evaded capture and returned to Allied lines.... -
43-9502
A-20 Havoc
Shot down by AA fire E of Grand-Couronne on a mission to Rouen, France on 4 August 1944. Pilot 1Lt Thomas Gerald Walsh KIA, gunner Sgt Karl Waldemar Haeuser POW and gunner SSgt Fred Herman POW. MACR 7932 -
43-9894 'Thunderbird'
A-20 Havoc
Assigned to 647BS, 410BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Saulautern mission hit in starboard engine, aflame and streaming white smoke, dropped out of formation and bellied in. Crew believed they were in friendly territory till L-4 landed, Arm/Gunner... -
43-9904 Mary Ruth
A-20 Havoc
Hit by flak 2km west of Allery, 15km south of Abbeville, France on 6 June 1944. ... -
44-182
A-20 Havoc
Assigned to 647BS, 410BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Gerolstein RR Bridge. Took direct flak hit to Bombay, fell out of formation in flames, one chute seen to emerge before A/C hit ground and exploded. 22-Jan-45. [3 x KIA] MACR 11925. ... -
43-9441
A-20 Havoc
Written off in a landing accident at Grantham on 11 July 1944. Pilot Gerald F. Dale.
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 27 September 2014 18:02:16 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985) / Roger Freeman, Airfields of the Ninth Then and Now (London, 1994) Roger Freeman, Mighty Eighth War Manual (London, 2001) Michael Bowyer, Action Stations 1: Wartime Military Airfields of East Anglia 1939-1945 (Cambridge, 1979) |
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