PDF I List of Military Units Updated I 12/21 105 - Archives I would really like to see newspaper or local archival accounts. The 93rd Bombardment Group was one of those Eighth Air Force units that operated the B-24 Liberator through the Second World War. Hi, do you have any information on any B17s from the 95th bomb Group, I am a committee member from this group and would like to research any information you have? Thank You. Extra fuel and a maximum load of bombs, ammunition and thermite sticks put each airplane well over the safe takeoff weight for a B-24. 'Air Force Combat Units of World War II' compiled by the Department of the US Air Force, edited by Maurice Maurer (1983). PDF THE HISTORY OF THE 409TH BOMB GROUP (L) - 416th.com Hi again Roger It was possible for me aged 5 to walk on the wing roots. Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe. I am trying to find out any information about a B-17 Flying Fortress plane crash May 31, 1945. Has crew list and an account of the crash. HistoryNet.com contains daily features, photo galleries and over 25,000 articles originally published in our nine magazines. Good luck with your research and I will Keep Lt Reed in mind when I am doing work ok on my Shazam project My father grew up in Hoxne, Suffolk and I still live in the area. A History of the Units, Men and Machines of the US 8th Air Force.' Belgium. 642d: 1943-1945. Thanks for your comments Richard I have checked out that web site Honor the Fallen no trace of Lt Reed, so Ive messaged them asking why as he was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously.Saw your Shazam site, any particular reason you are researching the Costessy crash? The aircraft crashed in farmland near Park Farm which is about one mile east of the village of Hoxne in Suffolk. It even listed his rank and squadron number (748). 328th Bomb Squadron - 329th Bomb Squadron - 330th Bomb Squadron - 409th Bomb Squadron when I visit the Forum. Unit No: 409th Bombardment Squadron (H), 93rd Bombardment Group (H), 2nd Air Division, 8th Air Force Type: B-24D Honky Tonk Gal Serial No: 42-40265 Code: YM:W Location: 16 km (10 mls) from the Ploesti refineries Base: Site #7, Benghazi, Libya Pilot: 1st Lt. Hubert Heslep Womble O-663978 AAF Age 22. From looking at what records were available of USAAF raids at that approx date (In ? https://aircrewremembrancesociety3.com/Aircraft-Losses/USAAF-Losses/U.S.A.A.F.Losses-1943/page-49/ Do you know if there was more than one plane that went down there? I am researching Shazam on behalf of the Costessey Memories Group which is attached to the Costessey general library. Re; B-24 crash Swansea, South Wales area. Written on slide casing: 'B-24 Sandia Base, NW 1946, 409 BS, 93 BG.' Memphis Belle Aircraft Painting Pin Up Models Airplane Art Thanks. The Traveling Circus attacks were to be conducted simultaneously with the lead groups attack on White One, the Romana Americana plant. One other thing, in doing a basic computer search for the crash site, Park Farm, Hoxne, Suffolk, I was unable to find it. HistoryNet.com is brought to you by HistoryNet LLC, the worlds largest publisher of history magazines. I think it was called Hudds Hill? Aviation Archeological Research and Investigation On this page search by pressing (as you can on any page or document) Ctrl + F and in the search bar type 42-97236; it will take you to the entry for this aircraft. History of the 409th Bomb Group (L) - Google Books To Sarah Rushen Hi Roger Best of luck in your research. He enlisted in the U.S. Army on September 13, 1944 at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Shows and which test area (Larkhill, Fordingbridge?). Be Good, the world-famous B-24D which disappeared That was followed by a mission to Danzig on October 9 and a diversion for the famous B-17 mission against the ball bearing factories at Schweinfurt on October 14. I did a brief enquiry into the Ancestry Website and I see that Lt Reeds body was repatriated to the USA in 1948 and is buried at Benton Harbor Michigan but you may well know that. They damaged two of four assembly buildings so effectively that Me-109 fighter production at the plant was cut by more than one-third. Richard. Four days later, 18 B-24s left Newfoundland and landed in Prestwick, Scotland, after flying through 8_ hours of thunderstorms, ice and strong winds. I moved from Norwich in 1964 although I have been going back on a regular basis as most of my remaining family and some friends live there. Length: 66 ft. 4 in (20.22). It seems likely the survivors were wearing parachutes and were able to get out of the aircraft and open them. Does anyone know anything about a 409th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group (Heavy)B-24H-25-FO Liberator 'Gypsy Queen' Serial# 42-95024 - possibly crashed on the afternoon of 5 November 1944 at Shipmeadow, Suffolk (between Beccles and Bungay. They had good reason to be fearful. Involved 3 P-47s from the 352nd FG colliding in the overcast. Subscribe to receive our weekly newsletter with top stories from master historians. Ramsay Potts Section B bombed Astro Romania, the largest oil producer in Europe, a target originally assigned to the 98th. They were renamed the 93rd Bombardment Squadron in WWII and later became the . bridges, communications, and other objectives. Accident-Report.com Do the same as above. I visited the Forum in Norwich on Saturday and made some enquiries about the crash at Walcot but without any success. Thank you. As they approached Targoviste, Rumania, the 2nd initial point, 20 miles away from the 3rd initial point where the formation was to turn into a bomb run heading of 127 degrees, Compton led his formation in a turn. She married a Packman from Knockholt. In mid-July, the three Eighth Air Force groups began practicing for a low-level mission against the Ploesti oil refineries, along with the 376th and 98th groups from the Africa-based Ninth Air Force. "United States Eighth Army Air Force B-24 Liberators flying in formatio Well done for all of this. Boomerang flew 53 total missions, including Ploesti, and her gunners were credited with downing one Italian and 11 German fighters before she was sent to the United States on a war bond tour in the spring of 1944. By that time, the group had flown nine missions, including attacks on submarine pens at Saint-Nazaire and two missions to Lorient. Newsletter Hope this answers your immediate questions and provides a basis for further research. The Traveling Circus was living up to its name. Colonel Baker, with Major Jerstad in the co-pilots seat, saw Compton make the turn and recognized the mistake, as did others in the 167-plane formation. In July 1918, the 93rd was sent to Vaucouleurs, France, where they saw combat as part of the 3rd Pursuit Group. long over-water missions in the Pacific Theater. I had starred it so I would be certain to get back to it, but you see how effective that was. 93rd Bombardment Group - World War II 93rd. Interesting to read that Sandy. He was a TEC 5 and died in a plane crash, Killed On Duty but Not In Battle, in England on that date. Both Liberators were shot down. Feb-Jun 1945; Seymour Johnson Field, NC, Aug 1945; Westover Field, Mass, Do you know what they did with them? In late February 1944, after several weeks of bad weather, the Eighth Air Force launched an all-out assault on the German aircraft factories during what came to be known as the Big Week. The 93rd went to Gotha on the 20th, then to Achmer on the 21st. Sometimes the info is out there and it all opens up and its enjoyable to pirce the story together when it does (and there is more to be found I am sure, not least ironing out the discrepancies). is - www.93rd-bg-museum.org Hi Richard, Made contact with Stan Bishop, the only info he has is what I have Boomerang was the first B-24 to complete 50 missions. Colonel Fiegel had been with the 93rd in the United States and remained in command of the Traveling Circus until after D-Day. Note that source, the 457th Bomb Group Association, mentions there being 4 survivors not 3. YM - 409th Bomb Squadron. England, 7 Mar 1944; Bretigny, France, Sep 1944; Laon/Couvron, France, Below; photo from the 457 Bomb Group Association showing some of the wreckage. a MUST! Leon Laverne Gray served as a Corporal in the 409th Bombardment Squadron, 93rd Bombardment Group, United States Army Air Forces during World War II. 93rd Bombardment Group (Heavy). * Firearms, to include conceal carry and other dangerous weapons, are specifically prohibited in Federal facilities in accordance with 18 USC 930 (c) 93rd Training Squadron, Robins AFB, Ga. 3. Army Air Corps Library and Museum. Lieutenant Colonel George S. Brown, who had been in the formation over Ploesti with Baker, was assigned as interim commander until Colonel Leland G. Fiegel could arrive from the United States to take command of the group. The 93rd had thus far escaped severe damage from the enemy, but the 44th began taking heavy casualties from the onset of operations. 'Exterminator', Squadrons: 328th, 329th, 330th, 409th. Kind regards loaded The Group flew 396 missions in 8,169 sorties and dropped 19,004 tons of bombs with 100 aircraft MIA. Object description Two B-24J Liberators (YM-I and YM-W) of the 409th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group fly through heavy flak over Germany. William B Musselwhite Commanding Officer 10/15/42 thru 3/13/42.http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=10618, 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. Digital files of films and sound recordings are available at cost depending on intended use. Bombed coastal Will have a look and drop you a line if I find anything. Squadrons. Frank Towler and I reached the plane, the guns had been removed. In early December, General Ira Eaker, commander of the Eighth Air Force, ordered Colonel Timberlake to take the group to North Africa for a 10-day mission. - Camera bags I used to have to walk to the pharmacy at Halstead to get Granmas prescriptions.
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