2nd Bomb Division
Division
The groups under the command of the 2nd Bomb Wing came under the command of the 2nd Bomb Division in August 1943. In December 1944, the Division was redesginated the 2nd Air Division.
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Division
The groups under the command of the 2nd Bomb Wing came under the command of the 2nd Bomb Division in August 1943. In December 1944, the Division was redesginated the 2nd Air Division.
Division
In December 1944, the 2nd Bomb Division was redesginated the 2nd Air Division.
Squadron
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Military | Women's Army Corps
Hermione Beaber was a New Yorker who served with the Women's Army Corps in England, assigned to the 2nd Air Division Headquarters.
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Military | Major | Women's Army Corps
Hilda Berry served in the Women's Army Corps in England, assigned to the 2nd Air Division Headquarters.
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Military | Corporal | Switchboard Operator | 392nd Bomb Group
Hazel Bliss served as a switchboard operator for 2nd Air Division HQ.
Military | Women's Army Corps
From 1954, until her death aged 88, in 2009, Evelyn Cohen was a crucial part of the 2nd Air Division Association. She was instrumental in the creation of the 2nd Air Division Memorial Library in Norwich. See: https://www.b24.net/2ndADA-Newsletters/2009...
Military | Corporal (5th Grade) | Women's Army Corps
Military | Major General | Commanding General
Major General James P Hodges served as Commanding General of the 2nd Air Division from 13 September 1942 to 1 August 1944. He retired 30 September 1951.
His son, James P Hodges II, served as a fighter pilot with the 56th Fighter Group.
Military | Brigadier General | Pilot; Commanding Officer | 458th Bomb Group
BRIGADIER GENERAL WALTER R. PECK
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Military | Private First Class | Women's Army Corps
Emma Utter served with the 2nd Air Division HQ in England. In February 1944, she was part of the WAC unit who christened a B-24 'Pallas Athene'. Emma put the finishing touches onto the new nose art and was one of eleven WACs who were taken on a short...
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27 September 2014 18:02:17 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985) / Office of History, Headquarters Third Air Force, United States Air Forces in Europe; Installations and USAAF Combat Units in the United Kingdom 1942-1945, Revised and Expanded Edition (February1967, Revised October 1980). |