Headquarters (398th Bomb Group)
Headquarters
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UPL 25615
COL Frank P. Hunter, 398th Bomb Group commander, with B-17G-35-DL 'Witka Tanka Ton' 42-107138. COL Hunter flew this aircraft from Rapid City Army Air Base to England, leading deployment of his group to combat in 1944.
Photograph provided by Malcolm Osborn.
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
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Based |
Nuthampstead |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 600th Bomb Squadron Headquarters (398th Bomb Group)
- Service Numbers: O-437440
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot / Squadron Commander / Group Operations Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group Headquarters (398th Bomb Group)
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group Headquarters (398th Bomb Group)
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Intelligence; Assistant Gp S-2
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron Headquarters (398th Bomb Group)
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group Headquarters (398th Bomb Group)
- Service Numbers: O-380441
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: 398 Combat Bombardment Wing and Group Commander
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Sources
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)