1st Combat Bomb Wing
Wing
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Company
Wing
Group
The 381st Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from Ridgewell, Essex between June 1943 and April 1945. The Group was awarded two Distinguished Unit Citations, the first for bombing shipyards at Bremen, whilst under heavy attack, on 8 October 1943 and...
Group
Station | Location | Date |
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Based | Nuthampstead | |
Based | Ridgewell |
Military | Military Policeman | 381st Bomb Group
To 432 ASGp
Military | Military Policeman | 381st Bomb Group
To Stn 131
Military | Military Policeman | 381st Bomb Group
To 398BG
Military | Military Policeman | 381st Bomb Group
To 432 ASGp
Military | Military Policeman | 381st Bomb Group
To 432 ASGp
Military | Private | Military Policeman | 381st Bomb Group
KIS 23 April 1945 on excursion flight to Ireland. 31 men were picked to go on one-week vacation to Belfast, Ireland. Crashed into 2,000- foot peak on Isle of Man.
Military | Military Policeman | 381st Bomb Group
Tfr to 1st AD
Military | Military Policeman | 381st Bomb Group
Tfr to Stn 131
Military | Military Policeman | 381st Bomb Group
To 432 ASGp
Military | Military Policeman | 381st Bomb Group
To 432 ASGp
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Date | Contributor | Update |
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27 September 2014 18:42:55 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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) |