Joseph Barone
Military | Lieutenant | Commanding Officer
Platoon
The 2036th EAFFP was disbanded per par 1, Section 1, Hq 8th Air Force, GO #52, dated 12 April 1945, effective 15 April 1945.
The unit was absorbed in the Headquarters Squadron, 424th Air Services Group per par 13, SO #105, Hq AAF Station 155, dated 15 April 1945.
Military | Lieutenant | Commanding Officer
Division
In December 1944, the 3rd Bomb Division was redesginated the 3rd Air Division.
Wing
Group
The 385th Bomb Group, who took the nickname "Van's Valiants" after their first Commanding Officer Col. Elliot Vandevanter, flew B-17s from Great Ashfield, Suffolk. The Group led the famous attack on the Focke-Wolfe aircraft factory at Marienburg on 9...
Station | Location | Date |
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Established | 5 July 1943 | |
Departed POE Camp Shanks, NY on 14 Nov 1943 | 14 November 1943 | |
Arrived Greenock, Scotland | 21 November 1943 | |
Based | Great Ashfield |
Military | Lieutenant | Commanding Officer
Military | Corporal | Fire Fighter | 385th Bomb Group
Killed in an explosion when B17#42-30414 'Roundtrip Ticket II' exploded damaging 5 other B17s. The ac had an oxygen leak under repair when fire broke out and DeWolf and firemen were called in. Fire caused the ac's bombs to explode.
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Date | Contributor | Update |
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08 October 2017 16:34:28 | usaeff | Changes to 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 |
08 October 2017 16:33:10 | usaeff | Changes to type and nicknames |
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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 |
08 July 2017 21:44:27 | usaeff | Changes to description, commanding officers 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 |
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) |