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Squadron Emblem of the 414th Bombardment Squadron, 97th Bombardment Group (Heavy)
Major Hank Tillman of the 97th Bomb Group in the cockpit of his B-17 Flying Fortress.
Briefing of 97th Bomb Group officers at Polebrook - Summer 1942. Milton Stenstrom is in middle left with officer’s cap and thin mustache (magazine clipping courtesy of the Stenstrom family)
Lt Thomas H. Borders at Polebrook on 18 August 1942 (cropped from FRE 880)
Photo of Lt Sconiers' mention on the Tablets of the Missing at the Henri-Chapelle Cemetery in Neupré, Belgium. It shows the rosette applied next to his name in May 2017, indicating his recovery and positive identification. Photo Ed Reniere, Memorial Day 27 May 2017.
"U.S. Army Air forces Flying fortresses approach the southern coast of France before beginning their bomb run over the Nazi submarine pens at Toulon." - B-17 42-30705 'Ther N Bak' 414th BS 97th BG.
"Major General James H Doolittle pins the Distinguished Flying Cross on T/Sgt Potter." Backdrop is B-17 'Sweet Chariot' of 414BS, 97BG.
The B-17E Hangar Queen (41-9021) 8/17/42 Crew Listing -- 414th Bomb Squadron at Grafton-Underwood Field (RAF Station #106): 92nd BG conducted theater orientation training with the B-17E exchanged with the 97th BG for the formers F series before the latter deployed to the 12th Air Force in North Africa. This image and name suggests the 92nd BG assignment. Osborne: 41-9021; 327th BS, 92nd BG . Pilot ........................... Lt. Claire M. Smartt Copilot ....................... Lt. Godfrey Engil Navigator ................... Lt. Harry C. Nuessle Bombardier ................ Lt. Ralph Burbridge Engineer/TTG ............ Sgt. Ermando P. Roviaro Radio Operator/WG... Sgt. Allen O. Williams Waist Gunner ............ Sgt. Robert J. Nichols Ball Turret Gunner ..... Sgt. James M. Abbott Tail Gunner ............... Sgt. Henry Wojciechowski
Glenn J. Rhodes Jr.
B-17G 44-6544 'Kwiturbitchin II' of the 414th BS, 97th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force.
Group
The 97th Bomb Group flew the Eighth Air Force's first heavy bomber mission from the UK when they bombed a marshalling yard at Rouen on 17 August 1942. Just a month later though the Group were reassigned to the Twelfth Air Force and left England for the...
17 August 1942
The US 8AF launches its first strategic bombing raid of the war, sending 12 Boeing B-17Es of the 97BG on a strike against the railyards of Sotteville-lès-Rouen, France, while another six fly a diversionary route. The attacking force is split into two...
Military | 97th Bomb Group
Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator | 97th Bomb Group
Shot down 21 October 1942 in B-17 #41-24443 while serving as Radio Operator, Prisoner of War (POW).
Military | 97th Bomb Group
Military | 97th Bomb Group
Military | 97th Bomb Group
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-pilot | 97th Bomb Group
Assigned 414BS, 97BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti 22-Jul-44; Crashed Ploesti Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 6855.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | 97th Bomb Group
Military | Sergeant | Waist | 97th Bomb Group
Assigned 414BS, 97BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti 22-Jul-44; Crashed Ploesti Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 6855.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | 97th Bomb Group
Military | 97th Bomb Group
B-17 Flying Fortress
Assigned 92BG Bovingdon 8/42; 414BS/97BG Polebrook 24/8/42; transferred Maison Blanche, Alg. 20/11/42; Missing in Action Foggia 7/9/43 with Bill Bispham, Pilot: Everett Blogg, Navigator: Glenn J. Rhodes Jr., Co-pilot: Dan Grover, Flight engineer/top...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Assigned 326BS/92BG Bovingdon 20-Aug-42; 414BS/97BG Polebrook 28-Aug-42; Missing in Action on mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. This was 97th's first mission 21-Oct-42, shot down and crashed Plouescat, near Morlaix, France. 8KIA 2POW...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Assigned 92BG Bangor 13/7/42; 414BS/97BG Polebrook 24/8/42; Maison Blanche 20/11/42; Tafaraoui 22/11/42; Biskra 25/12/42; Chateau-du-Rhumel 8/2/43; Pont-du-Fahs 1/8/43; Depienne 15/8/43; 2BG Massicault 14/11/43; Salvaged 6/5/44. HELL'S KITCHEN.
B-17 Flying Fortress
Assigned 92BG Bangor 13/7/42; transferred 414BS/97BG Polebrook 24/8/42; Maison Blanche 13/11/42; Tafaraoui 22/11/42; damaged 21/10/42; Salvaged. LITTLE BILL.
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B-17 Flying Fortress
Assigned 92BG Bangor 13/7/42; transferred 414BS/97BG Polebrook 6/42; Maison Blanche, Alg. 13/11/42; Tafaraoui, Alg. 22/11/42; Biskra, Alg. 25/12/42; on Tunis mission was rammed by Me109G 1/2/43 almost slicing rear fuselage and tail of plane off; made...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Assigned 325BS/92BG Bangor 13/7/42; 97BG Polebrook 8/42; Salvaged NBD 21/10/42. DOTTIE.
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B-17 Flying Fortress
Assigned 92BG Bangor 14 July 1942. Transferred 414BS/97BG Polebrook 24 August 1942. To Maison Blanche, Algiers, Algeria 13 November 1942. To Tafaraoui, Algeria 22 November 1942. To Biskra, Algeria 25 December 1942. Missing in Action on the Bizerte...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Assigned 326BS/92BG Bangor 1-August-1942; transferred to 414BS/97BG Polebrook 24-August-1942; Missing in Action 21-October-1942 on mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient/Keroman, France. The Navigator, 1Lt Harold Spire provided the following...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Boeing B-17E
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B-17 Flying Fortress
Boeing B-17E
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 13 March 2015 16:24:17 | rossingtonj | Changes to type |
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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 |
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