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Cluntoe

Military site : airfield

  • Crew #549/472 Paul W. Perry Crew 466th BG - 785th and 74th Bomb Squadrons Standing Left to Right: William Bento (R/O), Paul W. Perry (P), Joseph R. Kelly (CP), Lloyd K. Randolph (N), Gerald D. Camp (FE) Kneeling Left to Right: Jack F. Towner (G), John F. Durtsche (BTG), Oliver J. Rauch (B), Robert L. Traeger (WG) Arel A. Bye (G) This crew was originally assigned to the 492nd BG before being transferred to the 466th BG . Photo taken at Cuntoe, Northern Ireland

    Crew #549/472 Paul W. Perry Crew 466th BG - 785th and 74th Bomb Squadrons Standing Left to Right: William Bento (R/O), Paul W. Perry (P), Joseph R. Kelly (CP), Lloyd K. Randolph (N), Gerald D. Camp (FE) Kneeling Left to Right: Jack F. Towner (G), John F. Durtsche (BTG), Oliver J. Rauch (B), Robert L. Traeger (WG) Arel A. Bye (G) This crew was originally assigned to the 492nd BG before being transferred to the 466th BG . Photo taken at Cuntoe, Northern Ireland

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Cluntoe was built for the RAF in 1940-42, before being handed obver to the Eighth Air Force. It was used as a Combat Crew Replacement Centre for the training of crews, and was also home to the 311th Ferrying Squadron. It was closed after being handed back to the RAF, and re-opened in 1953. It was a Royal Navy reserve station from 1955-1957, before being sold and returned to agriculture and light industry. It is currently Ardboe Business Park.

Service

Units

People

  • William Bento

    Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Radio Operator | 466th Bomb Group
    Transferred Air Transport Command

  • Arel Bye

    Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Tail Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
    Transferred 466th BG.

  • Edward Conway

    Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Radio Operator | 453rd Bomb Group

  • John Durtsche

    Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Ball Turret Gunner | 466th Bomb Group

  • Henry Eslin

    Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 34th Bomb Group

  • Stephen Fecho

    Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Flight Engineer | 466th Bomb Group

  • Bernard Flanigan

    Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Gunner | 34th Bomb Group

  • Edgar Garneau

    Military | Second Lieutenant | Bomber Co-Pilot/Fighter Pilot | 34th Bomb Group
    February 1945-April 1945; former bomber pilot.

  • Wallace Habenicht

    Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Flight Engineer | 453rd Bomb Group

  • Frank Hanzalik

    Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 453rd Bomb Group

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Number
238
Known as
Not yet known
Construction date
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USAAF from date
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USAAF to date
Not yet known
Closure date
Not yet known

Revisions

Date Contributor Update
27 September 2014 18:02:16 AAM AAM ingest
Sources

Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985) / Roger Freeman, Mighty Eighth War Manual (London, 2001)

David J. Smith, Action Stations 7: Military Airfields of Scotland, the North-east and Northern Ireland (Cambridge, 1989)

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