388th Bomb Group
Group
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 5142 - The insignia of the 388th Bomb 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 B-24 bombers were filled with explosives and radio-controlled from another aircraft to crash-land on a specific target.
Commanding Officers
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group Headquarters (388th Bomb Group)
- Service Numbers: O-396383
- Highest Rank: Brigadier General
- Role/Job: Group Commanding Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Commanding Officer
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Unit stations
| Station | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
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Based |
Knettishall | 23 June 1943 - 5 August 1945 |
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Other Detachments sent to Fersfield to conduct Aphrodite missions. |
Fersfield | 12 July 1944 |
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Related media
- Media Type: Video
- Collection Name: Rob Edwards collection
- Object Number: UPL 31791
- Description: Video and photographs of the memorials to the 388th Bombardment Group (Heavy) who served at Knettishall, Station 136.
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15933
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Second Lieutenant Don E Wollard of the 388th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel...
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: Norville John Gorse
- Object Number: Document 19261
- Description: Captain Norville John Gorse, "A WWII Allied Air Attack"
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 26750
- Description: Ken Waters autobiographical notes published in 2005 as a collection of memories and details of AAF cadet training and 8th AF service missions during...
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: Unit histories
- Object Number: UPL 60184
- Description: 388th Bomb Group Unit History, complete copy. Resembling a college yearbook, unit histories were an unofficial – and often tongue-in-cheek – record of...
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / The Mighty Eighth. A History of the Units, Men and Machines of the US 8th Air Force.' by Roger A. Freeman (1989). 'Air Force Combat Units of World War II' compiled by the Department of the US Air Force, edited by Maurice Maurer (1983). / 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)
