98th Combat Bomb Wing
Wing
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Platoon
Group
The 387th Bomb Group flew just under thirty missions with the Eighth Air Force before being transferred to the Ninth Air Force in October 1943. The Group remained at Chipping Ongar, Essex after being reassigned and continued to hit targets in France....
Squadron
Station | Location | Date |
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Based | Chipping Ongar | |
Based | Clastres |
Military | Corporal (Technician Fifth Grade) | Fire Fighter
Killed at Advance Landing Ground A-71, Clastres, France, when a B-26C, #42-107844, returning from an operational mission crashed at the East-West runway and immediately burst into flames.
Military | Private | Fire Fighter
Killed at Advance Landing Ground A-71, Clastres, France, when a B-26C, #42-107844, returning from an operational mission crashed at the East-West runway and immediately burst into flames.
Military | Sergeant | Fire Fighter
Died of Injuries while while conducting firefighting operations at Advance Landing Ground A-71, Chastres, France, when a B-26C, #42-107844, returning from an operational mission crashed at the East-West runway and immediately burst into flames.
Military | Corporal (Technician Fifth Grade) | Fire Fighter
Died of Injuries received while performing firefighting duties at Advance Landing Ground A-71, Chastres, France, when a B-26C, #42-107844, returning from an operational mission crashed at the East-West runway and immediately burst into flames on...
Military | Private First Class | Fire Fighter
Killed at Advance Landing Ground A-71, Chastres, France, when a B-26C, #42-107844, returning from an operational mission crashed at the East-West runway and immediately burst into flames.
Military | Corporal | Fire Fighter
Killed at Advance Landing Ground A-71, Chastres, France, when a B-26C, #42-107844, returning from an operational mission crashed at the East-West runway and immediately burst into flames.
Military | Sergeant | Fire Fighter
Killed at Advance Landing Ground A-71, Chastres, France, when a B-26C, #42-107844, returning from an operational mission crashed at the East-West runway and immediately burst into flames.
Military | Corporal (Technician Fifth Grade) | Fire Fighter
Killed at Advance Landing Ground A-71, Chastres, France, when a B-26C, #42-107844, returning from an operational mission crashed at the East-West runway and immediately burst into flames.
Military | Corporal (Technician Fifth Grade) | Fire Fighter
Killed at Advance Landing Ground A-71, Chastres, France, when a B-26C, #42-107844, returning from an operational mission crashed at the East-West runway and immediately burst into flames.
Military | Private First Class | Fire Fighter
Killed at Advance Landing Ground A-71, Chastres, France, when a B-26C, #42-107844, returning from an operational mission crashed at the East-West runway and immediately burst into flames
B-26 Marauder
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Date | Contributor | Update |
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16 November 2016 18:59:01 | usaeff | Changes to nicknames |
Sources | ||
Army Firefighting website: http://www.armyfirefighting.com |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
16 November 2016 18:57:29 | usaeff | Changes to type, nicknames, unit encompassing associations, aircraft associations and stations |
Sources | ||
Fire Trucks At War: http://www.firetrucks-atwar.com/ |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:42:59 | AAM | AAM ingest |
Sources | ||
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) |