397th Bomb Group
Group
Squadron
Group
Station | Location | Date |
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Based | Rivenhall |
Military | Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 397th Bomb Group
Air Medal
Abrahamson was originally with the 385th BG, 549 Squadron and was transferred to the 9th AF when there was a shortage of gunners.
Military | Captain | Pilot | 397th Bomb Group
65 missions
Military | Sergeant | Gunner | 397th Bomb Group
Assigned to 597BS, 397BG, 9AF USAAF. Departed base Perrone (A-72) on mission to Germany, climbing through 10/10 cloud layer departed formation. Crashed 3 km SW Wassigny, partial bomb load detonation destroyed A/C and crew. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR...
Military | Flight Sergeant | Gunner | 397th Bomb Group
Assigned to 597BS, 397BG, 9AF USAAF. 5 x missions. Departed base Perrone (A-72) on mission to Germany, climbing through 10/10 cloud layer departed formation. Crashed 3 km SW Wassigny, partial bomb load detonation destroyed A/C and crew. Killed in...
Military | Technical Sergeant | Airplane Crew Chief MOS 059 | 397th Bomb Group
Technical Sergeant Andrew W. Essman was the dedicated crew chief of Aircraft B-26B-55-MA 42-96191/9FN nicknamed “The Milk Run Special.”
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Military | Lieutenant | Navigator
Frank Evans was Mortally wounded by a Flak burst over enemy territory. The aircraft he was flying in 42-96137 was written off in a crash landing at West Malling Airfield
Military | Captain | Pilot | 397th Bomb Group
Gatewood was a US military academy graduate, class of January 1943. Assigned to 9th air force, 397th bomb group, 597th squadron as aircraft commander of a b-26 martin marauder medium bomber named 'Holy Moses'. While flying another aircraft, the 'Mama...
Military | Second Lieutenant
Military | First Lieutenant | Bomber pilot | 397th Bomb Group
Assigned to 597BS, 397BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Eller railroad bridge, shot down by fighters over target crew baled out Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 11349.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Sergeant | Gunner | 397th Bomb Group
Assigned to 597BS, 397BG, 9AF USAAF. Departed base Perrone (A-72) on mission to Germany, climbing through 10/10 cloud layer departed formation. Crashed 3 km SW Wassigny, partial bomb load detonation destroyed A/C and crew. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR...
B-26 Marauder
Baugher: Martin B-26B-50-MA 42-95930 Angel Puss (387th BG, 558th BS, 9th AF) shot down by AAA at Raon near St Die, France Oct 12, 1944. MACR 9817. One crewman killed, seven bailed out and became POW.
B-26 Marauder
Assigned to 597BS, 397BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) hit by flak, dropped 3-4 thousand feet, crew baled out 24-Jun-44 1 x EVD, 5 x POW MACR 6197.
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B-26 Marauder
Assigned to 597BS, 397BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Eller railroad bridge, shot down by fighters over target crew baled out 6 x POW. MACR 11349.
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B-26 Marauder
B-26 Marauder
B-26 Marauder
Assigned to 598BS, 397BG, 9AF USAAF. Transferred to 597BS, 397BG, 9AF USAAF.
B-26 Marauder
Assigned to 597BS, 397BG, 9AF USAAF.
B-26 Marauder
Lost in a Crash at West Malling airfield after battle damage May 13, 1944, The Navigator Frank K Evans was KIA.
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Date | Contributor | Update |
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13 March 2015 16:05:11 | rossingtonj | Changes to type |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:42:50 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / 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) |