94th Combat Bomb Wing

Wing
media-40613.jpeg UPL 40613 S/Sgt. Carl W. Landwehr - KIA on 7 OCT 1944 mission to Politz.

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Object Number - UPL 40613 - S/Sgt. Carl W. Landwehr - KIA on 7 OCT 1944 mission to Politz.

Commanding Officers

Major Eugene Allen Romig, an airman of the 303rd Bomb Group. Image stamped on reverse: 'Copyright Current Affairs Ltd.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 9 Apr 1943.' [stamp] and '257539.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'Holder of the D.F.C. and Air Medal, Major Eugene Allen Romig, aged 25, is now serving with the U.S. Army Air Force in Britain as a pilot. His home address is 910 Troy Place, N.W. Canton, Ohio, and in civil life he was a student. U 76. Not to be published before April 20, 1943.'
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Combat Bomb Wing 303rd Bomb Group 351st Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 457th Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron Headquarters (351st Bomb Group)
  • Service Numbers: O-21856
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Commanding Officer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Combat Bomb Wing 303rd Bomb Group Headquarters (384th Bomb Group)
  • Service Numbers: O-18006
  • Highest Rank: Major General
  • Role/Job: Commanding Officer

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Polebrook 12 December 1943

Based

Alconbury 12 June 1945 - 18 June 1945

Previously was

Encompassing

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Combat Bomb Wing 306th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-791563
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Combat Bomb Wing 303rd Bomb Group Headquarters (384th Bomb Group)
  • Service Numbers: O-18006
  • Highest Rank: Major General
  • Role/Job: Commanding Officer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Combat Bomb Wing 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-727647
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Bombardier; Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Combat Bomb Wing 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-673879
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
Major Eugene Allen Romig, an airman of the 303rd Bomb Group. Image stamped on reverse: 'Copyright Current Affairs Ltd.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 9 Apr 1943.' [stamp] and '257539.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'Holder of the D.F.C. and Air Medal, Major Eugene Allen Romig, aged 25, is now serving with the U.S. Army Air Force in Britain as a pilot. His home address is 910 Troy Place, N.W. Canton, Ohio, and in civil life he was a student. U 76. Not to be published before April 20, 1943.'
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Combat Bomb Wing 303rd Bomb Group 351st Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 457th Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron Headquarters (351st Bomb Group)
  • Service Numbers: O-21856
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Commanding Officer

Aircraft

A 749th Bomb Squadron, 457th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress ('O', serial number 44-6111) nicknamed "Hell's Belle" at Glatton airfield. Handwritten caption on reverse: '749 BS. 457BG in CH? [Borq?]'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Helle’s Belle
  • Unit: 94th Combat Bomb Wing 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: No. 2 Bandwagon, Mrs. Wing Ding
  • Unit: 94th Combat Bomb Wing 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: Oxford
  • Unit: 94th Combat Bomb Wing 482nd Bomb Group 92nd Bomb Group Headquarters (482nd Bomb Group) Headquarters (94th Combat Bomb Wing)

Mission

  • Date: 10 February 1945

Revisions

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Air Force Combat Units of World War II

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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)

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