Squadron
The insignia of the 409th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group.
93rd Bomb Group unit history, complete copy Many of the 8th Air Force Groups produced an unofficial unit history in the months after the war ended in Europe but before they were redeployed out of the ETO (European Theater of Operations). Resembling a college yearbook, unit histories were an unofficial – and often tongue-in-cheek – record of the unit’s time based in the UK. They include photo montages showing different aspects of base life. Often the servicemen in the photos are unnamed. The American Air Museum hopes that by adding unit histories to the website as individual pages, the men in the photos will be identified and associated to their person entries. Many included lists of personnel and a mailing address, providing a means for servicemen to keep in contact with each other after the war. These lists are now incredibly useful records of where US airmen in England in 1945 called their home.
Lt Harold K. Kendall
Sgt Dell W. Kettering - March 1943 - Egypt - Awards ceremony (cropped from UPL 20421)
T/Sgt Louis B. Kirkpatrick - March 1943 Egypt - Awards ceremony
Lt Jacob (Jake) B. Epting Jr ( photo from http://www.ploesti.com/Kuroki%20Book%202-10.pdf )
Original USAAF photo caption : “23096 AC – Left to right : Capt. Edwin C. Baker, Pasadena, Calif., Capt. Philip R. Ziegler, Seattle, Wash., 1st Lt. Jacob B. Epting, Tupelo, Miss., 1st Lt Frank R. Hodges, Kosciusko, Miss.” (Awards ceremony in Egypt – photo sent on 3 March 1943 by Lt. Tom Prideaux, from 9th Combat Camera Unit, Cairo, Egypt.) NOTE : Captain Baker, Lt Upting and Lt Hodges were members of the 93rd Bomb Group / 409th Bomb Squadron.
B-24D-5-CO #41-23754 "Teggie Ann" 93rd BG - 409th BS Shot down on the Operation Tidal Wave mission to Ploesti. Crash landed in Turkey.
Second from left is Murray Fant
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Pilot | 93rd Bomb Group
William Musselwhite served as a pilot with the 97th Bomb Group out of Grafton Underwood. He flew in the first all-American raid on Europe on 17 August 1942.
Group
93rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated 1-March-1942 at Barksdale Field, Louisiana. On 15-May-1942 the Group moved to Ft. Myers, Florida to continue advanced flight training and also to fly anti-submarine patrols over the Gulf of Mexico; they...
13 August 1944
We led the entire Division in a tactical mission. The target: Roads to Paris. Colonel McKnight flew Pilot; Lt Houser was Co-Pilot. Results of bombing A1.
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| Based | Hardwick |
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
Crew member of B-24 Liberator 41-23810 'Tarfu', flew on 1-Aug-43 Ploesti raid, returning safely to Libya.
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Military | Captain | Pilot | 93rd Bomb Group
28 missions: 1943 - Sept 9 St. Omer; Oct 9 Danzig; 18 Diversion; Nov 3 Wilhelmshaven; 5 Munster; Dec 24 Hesdin; 31 Cognac; 1944 - Jan 29 Frankfurt; 30 Brunswick; Feb 13 Siracourt; 20 Gotha; 22 Gotha; 28 Buchy; Mar 5 Bergerac; 6 Berlin; 8 Berlin; 11...
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Waist Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 93rd Bomb Group
Abandoned the mission to the a/c factory at Gotha, GR due to a fuel leak and crashed in the woods at Bad Kissinger District, Bavaria, GR on 24 Feb 1944 in B-24J #42-100236. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
Was on 1 Aug '43 Ploesti raid and was interned in Turkey for a while. Abandoned the mission to the a/c factory at Gotha, GR due to a fuel leak and crashed in the woods at Bad Kissinger District, Bavaria, GR.
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
8/1/43 on TDY to 9th AF, was interned in Turkey on Ploesti raid in B24 42-40754 'Little Lady'
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 93rd Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed near Alencon in B-24 The Flying Fol #4294991
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
Flew on 1 Aug 43 raid on Ploesti this was his 42nd mission.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 93rd Bomb Group
Crew baled out for unknown reasons on mission to Chateaudun, FR on 5 Feb 1944 in B-24H #42-28626 'Thunderbird'. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Nose gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
Assigned to 409BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW). Shot down 16 April 1943 in B-24 41-24122 'Missouri Sue. ' An Fw190A-5 from JG 2/8, flown by Obfw. Josef Bigge, badly damaged the plane, shooting off part of the tail. Plane...
B-24 Liberator
TDY to 9th AF. Flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, diverting safely to Sicily. Later shot down by Me 109 fighters on 13th Nov 43 mission to Bremen, Germany Port Area. Plane crashed into North Sea, off west coast Isle of Amrum near Norddorf,...
B-24 Liberator
Assigned 409BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Chateaudun A/C left formation and went into controlled dive, reason unknown. Crew baled out before it exploded on the ground. 5-Feb-44. 10 x POW. MACR 2925.
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
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| 26 March 2015 03:12:44 | L2M2 | Changes to commanding officers associations |
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William B Musselwhite Commanding Officer 10/15/42 thru 3/13/42. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 13 March 2015 16:23:07 | rossingtonj | Changes to type |
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Type added. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:42:49 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980) |
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