VIII Bomber Command
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.
Platoon
On 24 April 1944, two firefighters were killed when the aircraft they were flying crashed and burned a short distance from the fire station.
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
The 3rd Bomb Division was Constituted in August 1943. In December 1944, the Division was redesginated the 3rd Air Division.
Wing
Group
Activated 15 June 1942 at MacDill Field, Florida. Initial organization and training at Pendleton Field, Oregon on 29 June 1942. Primary flight training at Davis-Monthan Field in Arizona from 28 Aug. 42 to 31 Oct. 42; then at Biggs Field, El Paso, Texas...
Station | Location | Date |
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Established | 5 July 1943 | |
Based | Bury St Edmunds | 22 October 1943 |
Military | Corporal | Fire Fighter | 420th Air Service Group
Military | Private First Class | Fire Fighter | 493rd Bomb Group
Military | Private | Fire Fighter
Killed in Action (KIA)
Private Flaherty was killed when a damaged aircraft returning from a mission crashed into his crash truck , Deopham Airbase, England while assigned to the 2112th EAFFP
Military | 452nd Bomb Group
Military | Base Fire Marshall / CO of Fire Fighting Platoon | 94th Bomb Group
'Butch' was Base Fire Marshall and CO of the Fire Fighting Platoon from October 1943 - Occtober 1945. He died following a heart attack on 19th December 1993 and was survived by his wife Agnes.
Military | Private | Truck Driver, Light / Firefigher | 447th Bomb Group
Assigned to 2025th EAFFP – MOS 345 Truck Driver, Light.
Overseas Shipment No. 0885-BB, SO#252
Military | Staff Sergeant | Fire Fighter / Fire Chief | 420th Air Service Group
Assigned to 2025th EAFFP – MOS 383, Firefighter Overseas Shipment No. 0885-EE, SO#252
Military | Private | Fire Fighter
Assigned to 2025th EAFFP – MOS 383, Firefighter Overseas Shipment No. 0885-EE, SO#252
Military | Corporal | Truck Driver, Light / Fire Fighter | 420th Air Service Group
Assigned to 2025th EAFFP – MOS 345, Truck Driver, Light, Overseas Shipment No. 0885-EE, SO#252
Military | Sergeant | Truck Driver, Light / Firefighter
Assigned to 2025th EAFFP – MOS 345 Truck Driver, Light
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Date | Contributor | Update |
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28 December 2016 19:03:03 | usaeff | Changes to person associations |
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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 18:44:48 | usaeff | Changes to description and unit encompassing associations |
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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 |
14 November 2016 03:27:18 | usaeff | Changes to stations |
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Unit History received from Air Force Historical Research Agency |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
14 November 2016 03:26:09 | usaeff | Changes to unit encompassing associations and media associations |
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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 |
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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) |