Henry Chiba
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator B24 | 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs
Henry T Chiba. June 1921-Nov 1991.
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Shipdham Airfield Museum
Other location
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Display in Shipdham airfield museum to the 44th Bombardment Group.
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Display in Shipdham airfield museum to the 44th Bombardment Group.
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Video and photos of the memorials to the 44th Bombardment Group (Heavy) at Shipdham airfield (mmemorial plaque and memorial garden) and Shipdham village church (memorial headstone and inscription on local war memorial). Also includes stills from the 44th BG museum at Shipdham airfield.
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James F. Flaherty, 2nd. LT. Shipdham England. 44th Bomb Group, 66th Bomb Squadron.
Detailed history
Shipdham Flying Club is a group of flyers and friends who operate at Shipdham Airfield.
The club was formed in early 2000 to re-open Shipdham airfield.
The airfield was the wartime base of the 44th Bombardment Group, known as the Flying Eight Balls. It now hosts their museum. The airfield and museum receive visits from the families of wartime veterans and anyone else interested in the history of the airfield. Please call the Club Secretary for details.
See website for more details: http://www.shipdhamflyingclub.co.uk/#
Connections
People
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Arthur Dittmer
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs
Joined Sqd 7/28/44. Killed in Action. 8/24/44 (Langenhagen), shot by the Gestapo. Shot down by flak and crashed at Stetterdorf in B-24 "Lone Ranger" 44-40098. -
John Norton
Military | Navigator | 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs
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Donald O'Reilly
Military | Private First Class | Military Policeman | 305th Bomb Group Can Do
Don was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and enlisted after Pearl Harbour. Based at Chelveston, Shipdham and then at Metfield with 491st BG he served from 1942-45 with the Military Police. “I feel blessed that they allowed me to join,” he says. “I think I...
Aircraft
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42-94846 Mi-Akin-Ass
B-24 Liberator
Revisions
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| 15 December 2016 09:23:24 | Lucy May | Created entry with name, known as, latitude, longitude, history and media associations |
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