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452nd Sub-Depot

Group

Structure

Part of
  • VIII Air Force Service Command

    VIII Air Force Service Command

    Command

  • 388th Bomb Group

    388th Bomb Group

    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...

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Stations

Station Location Date
Based Knettishall

Connections

People

  • Bert Adair

    Military | Corporal | Clerk | 388th Bomb Group

  • Stanley Albright

    Military | Sergeant | 388th Bomb Group

  • William Allan

    Military | Technical Sergeant | Machinist | 388th Bomb Group

  • Benjamin Atwell

    Military | Sergeant | Airplane Mechanic | 388th Bomb Group

  • Lawrence Axness

    Military | Corporal | Sheet Metal Worker | 388th Bomb Group

  • Howard Ayers

    Military | Sergeant | Welder | 388th Bomb Group

  • Marvin Bain

    Military | Sergeant | Supply | 388th Bomb Group

  • Carl Baker

    Military | Clerk | 388th Bomb Group

  • Edward Battles

    Military | Corporal | Machinist | 388th Bomb Group

  • Ralph Becker

    Military | Staff Sergeant | Instrument Mechanic | 388th Bomb Group

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Citations

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Air Force
8th
Type
Service or support
Type category
Maintenance
Nicknames
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Motto
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Insignia
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Aircraft used
  • B-17 Flying Fortress

Revisions

Date Contributor Update
26 November 2014 15:40:02 rlhengg Changes to type and aircraft types
Sources

388th Bomb Group Historian
Date Contributor Update
27 September 2014 18:42:45 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)

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