VIII Air Force Composite Command
Command
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During early May 1944, General Peck, Commanding general of the 96th CBW, invited Colonel Shower, CO of the 467th BG, Colonel Isbell, CO of the 458th BG, and Colonel Pierce, CO of the 466th BG, to wing HQ at Horsham St. Faith. They were told that one of them was to give up a B24 Squadron to be transferred to the 801st(P)BG at Harrington. They each got out a half-crown to toss: the loser was to give up a squadron from his group. Col. Shower lost, and he chose to offer the 788th Squadron, formerly commanded by Major Robert Salzarulo, who had gone down a few days earlier on the mission to Berlin 29th April 44 and taken POW. The 11th May 44, Group Mission number 25 was the last mission to be flown by the original 788th Squadron with the 467th BG.
Command
Group
The 801st Bomb Group was established as part of the Eighth Air Force in late March 1944 to carry out 'Carpetbagger' missions. These were night missions over France and other parts of occupied Europes to support resistance forces by dropping in agents,...
Group
The 467th Bomb Group, or the "Rackheath Aggies" as they came to be known, flew B-24 Liberators on missions from April 1944. Its air crews became known for their accuracy and the Group had the best overall standing for accuracy within the Eighth Air...
Station | Location | Date |
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Based | Cheddington |
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 467th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed at Lostau in B-24 42-50481.
(Transferred 467th BG)
Military | Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 467th Bomb Group
Flew on B-24 'Slick Chick'. MACR 9843. B-24H #42-95224 'LONELY HEART'. Returned to base on mission to Hamburg after CP fell from A/C bomb bay into the North Sea. RTD.
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 467th Bomb Group
Returned from operations and crash landed on a Carpetbagger mission in A/C 42-50584 on August 6/7, 1944.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 467th Bomb Group
Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-24 #4252506. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner | 467th Bomb Group
Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-24 #4252506. Evaded.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Radar Counter Measures Operator | 467th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) at Berlin in B-24 #42-52546.
Military | Lieutenant | Navigator | 467th Bomb Group
Returned from operations and crash landed on Carpetbaggers mission in ac 42-50584 on August 6/7, 1944.
Military | Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 467th Bomb Group
Crashed into North Sea in B-24 'Umbriago' #44-40068, Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Sergeant | Engineer | 467th Bomb Group
Flew on B-24 'Slick Chick'
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 467th Bomb Group
Shot down 8 May 1944 in B-24 #4252477. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
B-24 Liberator
Originally assigned to 458th Bomb Group, 753rd Bomb Squadron named 'The Monster'; transferred to 467th Bomb Group, 788th Bomb Squadron around April 1944 and renamed 'Flak Magnet'
B-24 Liberator
On 18 Aug 44, damaged and low on fuel, it crashlanded in a field at Kirby Bedon, England. Flown by the Leister Crew, 4 KIA, 1 WIA, 4 RTD.
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
Returned from operations and crash landed on Carpetbaggers mission on August 6/7, 1944.
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
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Date | Contributor | Update |
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03 April 2019 09:42:28 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to description |
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13 March 2015 16:51:43 | rossingtonj | Changes to type |
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27 September 2014 18:42:51 | 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) |