Headquarters (2nd Air Division)

Headquarters
media-13001.jpeg UPL 13001 Ketteringham Hall, Norfolk. Former Headquarters 2nd Air Division.

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Object Number - UPL 13001 - Ketteringham Hall, Norfolk. Former Headquarters 2nd Air Division.

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Established

Old Catton 12 April 1943

Based

Ketteringham Hall

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: Headquarters (2nd Air Division)
Corporal Hazel Bliss of the Women's Army Corps with a bomber crew of the 392nd Bomb Group and a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-50505) nicknamed "Pallas Athene- The GI Jane". Passed for publication 12 Feb 1944. Printed caption on reverse: 'A W.A.C. Christens A Liberator. To honour their khaki-klad sisters, the W.A.C.S. - members of the crew of a Liberator, operating from a British base, painted on their ship the W.A.C. insignia - the Greek Goddess of Wisdom, Pallas Athene and named the 'plane G.I. Jane.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group Headquarters (2nd Air Division)
  • Service Numbers: A-906563
  • Highest Rank: Corporal (RAF)
  • Role/Job: Switchboard Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: Headquarters (2nd Air Division)
  • Service Numbers: O-909132
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Deputy Chief of Staff
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: Headquarters (2nd Air Division)
  • Role/Job: Chief of Statistical Section
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group Headquarters (2nd Air Division)

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ContributorLucy May
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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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