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337th Bomb Squadron

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Structure

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  • 96th Bomb Group

    96th Bomb Group

    Group
    The 96th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses to targets across occupied Europe from May 1943 to April 1945. ...

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Stations

Station Location Date
Based Snetterton Heath

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People

  • Austin Abbott

    Military | Staff Sergeant | Flight Engineer | 96th Bomb Group
    Completed combat tour. Flew on the Relucant Dragon

  • Arthur Adams

    Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 96th Bomb Group
    Flew 35 missions. Participated in Frantic II Missions to Poltava, Russia, see brief in Library Reference Drawer DFC; Air Medal

  • Ervin Adams

    Military | Corporal | 96th Bomb Group

  • Walter Adams

    Military | Sergeant | Radio Operator Gunner | 96th Bomb Group

  • William Adams

    Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 96th Bomb Group

  • Isadore Aiello

    Military | Corporal | 96th Bomb Group

  • Oren Albright

    Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 96th Bomb Group
    Shot down 13 April 1944 in B-17 #42-97480, Prisoner of War (POW). POW

  • Elton Aldridge

    Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner | 96th Bomb Group
    Shot down 5 January 1944 in B-17 #42-31164 'Lucky Lady'. Damaged by flak A/C crashed near Bordeaux, Evaded (EVD). Larry Grauderholz said, "Flak took a heavier toll over the target when our approaching ... Incomplete sentence ...

  • Morris Alfandary

    Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator | 96th Bomb Group

  • Robert Alford

    Military | Captain | Bombardier | 96th Bomb Group
    POW crashed at Gustausborg on 13 Jan 45 in B-17 #44-8489. Wing's lead plane, piloted by Capt Merlin "Gary" Miller and carried the 339th's commander Lt. Col. Melvin Buckner as command pilot. ...

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Aircraft

  • 42-102452

    B-17 Flying Fortress
    Delivered Cheyenne 4/3/44; Kearney 22/3/44; Grenier 5/4/44; Assigned 337BS/96BG [AW-R] Snetterton 7/4/44; Missing in Action Brux 12/5/44 with Herb Moore, Co-pilot: Bill Giesse, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Stan Draginis, Radio Operator: Don...

  • 42-102480 Boots II

    B-17 Flying Fortress
    Delivered Cheyenne 7/3/44; Kearney 22/3/44; Dow Fd 1/5/44; Assigned 337BS/96BG [AW-N] Snetterton 2/4/44; on training mission 23/4/44, with John Brotbeck, Co-pilot: Chas Irving, Navigator: Ed Montgomery, Bombardier: Owen Womak, Flight engineer/top...

  • 42-102561

    B-17 Flying Fortress
    Delivered Cheyenne 14/3/44; Gr Island 2/4/44; Dow Fd 21/4/44; slated 385BG, Assigned 337BS/96BG [AW-D] Snetterton 22/4/44; Missing in Action Karlsruhe 27/5/44 with Chas Irving, Bombardier: John Flanyak, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Paul Zalaker,...

  • 42-102646

    B-17 Flying Fortress
    Delivered Cheyenne 22/3/44; Hunter 17/4/44; Grenier 30/4/44; Assigned 337BS/96BG [AW-A] Snetterton 3/5/44; Missing in Action Osnabruck 21/11/44 with Henry Sullivan, Co-pilot: John Towle, Navigator: Martin Feifer, Bombardier: Earl Stevens, Flight...

  • 42-107227 Cabin in the Sky

    B-17 Flying Fortress
    Delivered Tulsa 28/3/44; Hunter 13/4/44; Dow Fd 29/4/44; Assigned 337BS/96BG [AW-E] Snetterton 1/5/44; destroyed by enemy aircraft at Poltava with Ken Leininger 21/6/44; Salvaged 1/7/44. CABIN IN THE SKY.

  • 42-29726 'The Dallas Rebel' 'Poisonality'

    B-17 Flying Fortress
    Delivered Cheyenne 9/2/43; Walker 23/2/43; Smoky Hill 25/3/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned 337BS/96BG Grafton Underwood 20/4/43 THE DALLAS REBEL; Andrews Fd 13/5/43; Snetterton 12/6/43; transferred 509BS/351BG [RQ-Q] Polebrook 11/7/43; battle damaged...

  • 42-29734

    B-17 Flying Fortress
    Delivered Denver 12/2/43; Walker 23/2/43; Smoky Hill 28/3/43; Presque 8/4/43; Assigned 337BS/96BG Grafton Underwood 22/4/43; Andrews Fd 13/5/43; Missing in Action Emden 21/5/43 with Capt Gil Stephenson, Co-pilot: Don Aulenbach, Navigator: Gene McGowen,...

  • 42-29740 Tondelayo

    B-17 Flying Fortress
    Delivered Cheyenne 11/2/43; Rapid City 22/2/43 - original group ship with 95th BG; Kearney 12/3/43; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-R] RAF Alconbury; force landed Alconbury after sustaining NBD with Don Eastling 19/5/43; transferred to 337BS/96BG [AW-G]...

  • 42-29938 TARFU, OLE PUSS

    B-17 Flying Fortress
    Delivered Cheyenne 15/3/43; Smoky Hill 20/6/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned 337BS/96BG Grafton Underwood 27/4/43; Andrews Fd 13/5/43; Snetterton 12/6/43; battle damaged over Emden 26/5/43, with Capt Jack Ford, Co-pilot: Joe Turner, Navigator: Clarence...

  • 42-29941 Tarfu

    B-17 Flying Fortress
    Delivered Cheyenne 15/3/43; Smoky Hill 26/3/43; Dow Fd 12/4/43; Assigned 337BS/96BG Grafton Underwood 18/4/43 TARFU; Andrews Fd 13/5/43; Snetterton 12/6/43; transferred 535BS/381BG [MS-R] Ridgewell 15/7/43 TS TARFU; Missing in Action 15m Bremen 8/10/43...

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Air Force
8th
Type
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Type category
Bombardment
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Revisions

Date Contributor Update
13 March 2015 16:14:32 rossingtonj Changes to type
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Date Contributor Update
27 September 2014 18:42:48 AAM AAM ingest
Sources

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 / 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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