August Sell
Military | First Lieutenant | Fire Fighter | 388th Bomb Group
Commanding Officer , 20 July 1944
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Platoon
Activated at Bradley Field, CT, 1 July 1943, per Order #245
Arrived in Liverpool, England on 20 October 1943.
Reorganzied on 24 August 1944 under T/O&E 5-500 w/changes 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 dated 31 July 1944.
Military | First Lieutenant | Fire Fighter | 388th Bomb Group
Commanding Officer , 20 July 1944
Military | First Lieutenant | Engineer | 388th Bomb Group
Commanding Officer 2019th EAFFP, (1 Jul 43 - 25 Sep 44)
Command
VIII Bomber Command was constituted and activated in 1942. It oversaw heavy bombardment operations until February 1944, when it was redesginated as the 8th Air Force.
Division
In December 1944, the 3rd Bomb Division was redesginated the 3rd Air Division.
Group
The 388th Bomb Group flew strategic bombing mission from Knettishall, Suffolk from June 1943 to the end of the war. During this time, though, detachments were sent to Fersfield, Norfolk to conduct Aphrodite missions. In these Aphrodite missions veteran...
Station | Location | Date |
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Established | 1 July 1943 | |
Transited through | Liverpool | 20 October 1943 |
Based | Knettishall | 21 October 1943 |
Based | Snetterton Heath | 4 January 1944 |
Military | Staff Sergeant | Automotive Mechanic | 388th Bomb Group
Military | Corporal | Airplane Mechanic | 388th Bomb Group
Military | First Lieutenant | Engineer | 388th Bomb Group
Commanding Officer 2019th EAFFP, (1 Jul 43 - 25 Sep 44)
Military | Staff Sergeant | Fire Fighter | 388th Bomb Group
Military | Corporal | Fire Fighter | 388th Bomb Group
Military | Private | Driver | 388th Bomb Group
Military | Private | Fire Fighter | 388th Bomb Group
Military | Corporal | Fire Fighter | 388th Bomb Group
Military | Private | Laborer | 388th Bomb Group
Military | Corporal | 388th Bomb Group
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Date | Contributor | Update |
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28 December 2016 18:20:46 | usaeff | Changes to description |
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Unit History received from Air Force Historical Research Agency; http://www.afhra.af.mil/ |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
28 December 2016 18:19:04 | usaeff | Changes to stations |
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Unit History received from Air Force Historical Research Agency; http://www.afhra.af.mil/ |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
28 December 2016 18:18:12 | usaeff | Changes to unit encompassing associations and stations |
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Unit History received from Air Force Historical Research Agency; http://www.afhra.af.mil/ |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
24 December 2016 21:19:50 | usaeff | Changes to unit encompassing associations |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
13 November 2016 21:26:50 | usaeff | Changes to stations |
Sources | ||
Unit History received from Air Force Historical Research Agency |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
13 November 2016 21:22:58 | usaeff | Changes to type, description, commanding officers associations and stations |
Sources | ||
Unit History received from Air Force Historical Research Agency |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:42:59 | 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) |