Wartime History of 44th Bomb Group
Title
Wartime History of 44th Bomb Group
Description
Activated 1941, stateside training and growing force_1
Barksdale field stateside on sub patrol, sailed on Queen Mary to England_2
Ground crews arrive Cheddington Sep 1942, learn British way of life, Oct 42 air echelon flies to England, shipdham in the mud_3
Additions of subdepots and attachments, adding 506 squadron, 93rd BG originally came from men of 44th transferred out in US_4
What men of 44th fight for, decency of man, defeating Hitlerism_5
Pioneers established how to fly B24s in combat_6
Summary of accomplishments_7
Tidal Wave, Ploesti, Aug 1 1943_8
Tidal Wave Continued_9
Wartime History of 44th Bomb Group, Tidal Wave Part 3_10
Wartime History of 44th Bomb Group, challenges and issues identified between July and August 1943 on missions_11
Barksdale field stateside on sub patrol, sailed on Queen Mary to England_2
Ground crews arrive Cheddington Sep 1942, learn British way of life, Oct 42 air echelon flies to England, shipdham in the mud_3
Additions of subdepots and attachments, adding 506 squadron, 93rd BG originally came from men of 44th transferred out in US_4
What men of 44th fight for, decency of man, defeating Hitlerism_5
Pioneers established how to fly B24s in combat_6
Summary of accomplishments_7
Tidal Wave, Ploesti, Aug 1 1943_8
Tidal Wave Continued_9
Wartime History of 44th Bomb Group, Tidal Wave Part 3_10
Wartime History of 44th Bomb Group, challenges and issues identified between July and August 1943 on missions_11
Source
The Will Lundy Collection maintained by Wings Remembered, Inc.
Citation
“Wartime History of 44th Bomb Group,” 44th Bomb Group Archive, accessed April 28, 2024, https://44thbombgroup.omeka.net/items/show/4000.
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