Consolidated B-24 "Liberators" Of The 2Nd Bomb Division, 8Th Air Force, Enroute To Bomb Enemy Installations Somewhere In Europe. 24 November 1943. 392 Bomb Group. - Page 3
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Consolidated B-24 "Liberators" Of The 2Nd Bomb Division, 8Th Air Force, Enroute To Bomb Enemy Installations Somewhere In Europe. 24 November 1944. - Page 1
Consolidated B-24 "Liberators" Of The 2Nd Bomb Division, 8Th Air Force, Enroute To Bomb Enemy Installations Somewhere In Europe. 24 November 1944. - Page 2
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Consolidated B-24'S Of The 8Th Air Force In Flight Over English Countryside. - Page 5
Consolidated B-24'S Of The 8Th Air Force Wing Across The North Sea. - Page 1
Added by: PrincessbarbiUS AAC Portrait of B-24 Aerial Gunner/Radio Operator S/Sgt Mike Chiodo (KIA '44)
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Added by: treebz65Repaired copy of one of Fold3.com's faded color slides of 8th Air Force B-24 bombers.
Added by: treebz65Repaired copy of one of Fold3.com's faded color slides of 8th Air Force B-24 bombers.
Added by: treebz65Repaired copy of one of Fold3.com's faded color slides of 8th Air Force B-24 bombers.
ENGLAND-"Flying Crusader" has been lucky in having just one injured crewman, who had a piece of flak in the shoulder. "Pop" Donovan, puts a place of chewing gum in flak hole near waist window, a pet superstition. - Page 1
ENGLAND-"Flying Crusader" has been lucky in having just one injured crewman, who had a piece of flak in the shoulder. "Pop" Donovan, puts a place of chewing gum in flak hole near waist window, a pet superstition. - Page 2
ENGLAND-M/Sgt John Coltran has been ground crew chief all the time that bombs were being painted on "Flying Crusader's" fuselage, each bomb meaning a successful bombing raid. Seven Swastikas painted on mean seven German fighters shot down. - Page 1
ENGLAND-T/Sgt Charles E. Edwards, 24, Cordele, Ga., flight engineer on "Flying Crusader" checks perofrmance of plane ofllowing mission with M/Sgt John Coltran. The two have a conference every time the plane lands, and usually Edwards gives good - Page 1
Capt. Goage And Crew Of The 392Nd Bomb Group Are Interrogated After Returning From A Mission Over Enemy Territory On 21 May 1944. England. - Page 1
U.S. Military Cemetary Near Cambridge, England. - Page 25
8th AF Liberator Station, England-Col. Irvine A. Rendle, of Rawlins, Wyo., Liberator Group Commander, and Capt. Harold F. Weiland, of Elyria, Ohio, Group bombardier, give the Liberator bombardiers a time "hack" for synchronization of their watches - Page 1
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France - An Overdoes Of These Fire Bombs On 15 April 1945 Hasten The End Of Nazi Resistance At Royan (B-24S Dropping Fire Bombs). - Page 1
A Formation Of Consolidated B-24 "Liberators" Of The 2Nd Bomb Division, 8Th Air Force, Enroute To Bomb Enemy Installations Somewhere In Europe, 24 November 1944 [Replaced With 1943]. 392 Bomb Group. - Page 7
Trails From Smoke Markers Fill The Sky As Consolidated B-24S Of The 8Th Af Reach Their Target During A Raid On Enemy Installations Somewhere In Germany. 392 Bomb Group. 576 Bomb Sqd = (Ci) - Page 1
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A Formation Of Consolidated B-24 Liberators Of The 2Nd Bomb Division, Wing Their Way Over The English Channel En Route To The Target Area Somewhere In Europe. 24 November 1944. - Page 3
A Formation Of Consolidated B-24 Liberators Of The 392Nd Bomb Group Wing Their Way Over A Blanket Of Clouds En Route To Bomb Enemy Installations In Bielefeld, Germany. 10 March 1945. - Page 1
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Consolidated B-24S Of The 392Nd Bomb Group Over Salsbergen, Germany. 16 Feb. 1945. - Page 2
Consolidated B-24 Liberators of the 392nd Bomb Group on a raid over Bremen, Germany, are plagued by a heavy flak barrage, 16 December 1943. - Page 1
Flying High above the scattering clouds, and leaving unmolested a small village in the center foreground this lone Consolidated B-24 Liberator, one of a formation, is on its way to bomb the Nazi submarine docks at Bremen. 392nd Bomb Group. - Page 1
Pfc Emma Utter, Sagola, Mich., puts the finishing touches of a 16 hour painting job on the flak scarred hull of "Pallas Athene, the G.I. Jane," first bomber in the ETO to be named in honor of the WAC. - Page 1
Crew Of The 'Pallas Athene, The G.I. Jane' Battle Scarred Consolidated B-24 Liberator Bomber, Named In Honor Of Wacs Assigned To Air Force Stations In The European Theatre Of Operations. Left To Right, First Row: S/Sgt. Ray S. Teater, Ellengrove, Wv; T/S - Page 1
After "dishing it out" in a hectic mission ovre occupied Europe, this Consolidated B-24 "Liberator" Bomber of the US Army 8th AF proved it could "take it" as well by safely returning to its base in Britain in spite of the serious damage to the tail - Page 1
Crash Landing Of Consolidated B-24D 'Rose Of Juarez' At Station 505, England. November 1943. (A/C No. 42-7469). - Page 3
Capt. James A. Burrsi, Chaplain, Leads Ground And Flight Crews Of The Consolidated B-24 'The Lonesome Polecat' In Prayer, Before They Take Off On A Mission Over Europe, At An Airbase In Hardwick, England. 31 January 1944. - Page 1
The 77 bombs painted on the fuselage of the 9th Air force Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber "Flying Crusader", based in England, are the proud boast of a 5 man ground crew, who have weaned and nursed their precious plane since it started - Page 1
A flak wound Consolidated B-24 Liberator top turret gunner is removed from the plane by fellow crewmen and medical corpsmen after the plane had crash landed uponn returning from a mission to Magdeburg. - Page 1
TOMORROW'S HEADLINES--Bombs away and another German-held French target is plastered by this 8th AAF Liberator (Consolidated B-24) which was one of many Liberators and Forts that attacked two ball bearing plants in Paris and airfields in Southern - Page 1
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Its job well done, this U.S. Army 8th Air Force Liberator bomber turns for home, leaving the Nazi airfield near St. Dizier on the Marne burning. This twin-engine fighter base in occupied France had been used by the Nazis as a defensive airdrome, from - Page 1
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Col. Jack Wood, C.O. 20th Combat Bomb Wing;
Brig. Gen. Leon W. Johnson, C.G. 14th Combat Bomb Wing;
Brig. Gen Walter R. Peck, C.G. 96th Combat Bomb Wing;
Maj. Gen. William E. Kepner, C.G. 2nd Bomb Division;
Brig. GEn. Edward J. Timberlake;
Brig. Gen Jesse Auton, C.G .65th Fighter Wing;
Col. Milton W. Arnold, C.O. 2nd Combat Bomb Wing;
Wing and Group Commanders meeting of the 2nd Bomb Division, 8th Air Force, England, 19 Sept 1944. Standing 1st row, left to right;
Col. Lorin L. Johnson, C.O. 392nd Bomb Group;
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As Soon As This Consolidated B-24 Liberator Of The 392Nd Bomb Group Returned To Its English Base The Crew Members Boarded A Truck For A Trip To Interrogation And Maintenance Crew - Right On The Beam - Were There To Refuel The Plane For Another Mission.9 S - Page 1
In A Field Near Watton, Norfolk, England, Where It Was Forced Down On The Return Trip From A Mission Over Enemy Territory, This Consoldiated B-24 Liberator Waits For The Return Trip To Its Home Base. 14 December 1943. 392Bg - D - Page 1
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The Consolidated B-24 Liberator 'Umbriago' Of The 11Th Bomb Group, Guam, Marianas Islands, 4 May 1945. - Page 51
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Map showing Norwich England where Wendling AFB is located.
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536 - VIII Air Force Service Command History - 1942-44 - Page 1
File Name: United Kingdom Base History, May 1944-May 1945; These records cover operations of the European Theater during World War II, as collected, maintained, and organized by the Army's historical division staff.
A Heavy Concentration Of Bombs, Dropped By Consolidated B-24 Liberators Of The 392Nd Bomb Group Explode On The Braunkahle Synthetic Oil Works At Magdeburg, Germany During A Raid On 3 March 1945. - Page 2
A Heavy Concentration Of Bombs, Dropped By Consolidated B-24 Liberators Of The 392Nd Bomb Group Explode On The Braunkahle Synthetic Oil Works At Magdeburg, Germany During A Raid On 3 March 1945. - Page 1
Consolidated B-24 Liberators of the 392nd Bomb Group on a raid over Bremen, Germany, are plagued by a heavy flak barrage, 16 December 1943. - Page 2
ENGLAND-T/Sgt Charles E. Edwards, 24, Cordele, Ga., flight engineer on "Flying Crusader" checks perofrmance of plane ofllowing mission with M/Sgt John Coltran. The two have a conference every time the plane lands, and usually Edwards gives good - Page 2
A Formation Of Consolidated B-24 Liberators Of The 392Nd Bomb Group Wing Their Way Over A Blanket Of Clouds En Route To Bomb Enemy Installations In Bielefeld, Germany. 10 March 1945. - Page 2
582f - Transportation Corps, Vol V Historical Report Part I (Oct-Dec 1944) - Page 247
582f - Transportation Corps, Vol V Historical Report Part I (Oct-Dec 1944) - Page 13
449 - Installations and Operating Personnel Booklets, ETOUSA, Jan 1944-Oct 1945 - Page 551
596k - Normandy Base Section Histories, Engineer Section, Aug 1944-May 1945 - Page 22
38 - Awards and Decorations - Page 94
587 - Brittany Base Section, Activation to D-Day - Page 32
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Brabag Synthetic Oil Plant At Zeitz, Germany. After Devastating Attacks By 8Th Af And Raf Bombers, Storage Tanks Are Twisted Wreckage, Despite Attempts To Repair Damage By Slave Labor. - Page 4
Brabag Synthetic Oil Plant At Zeitz, Germany. Huge Storage Tanks Are Masses Of Twisted Wreckage After Repeated 8Th Af And Raf Bombings. - Page 2
Braunkhole Benzin A. G. At Rothensee, Germany. Fritz Hense, A Foreman Of One Of The Gangs Used To Repair The Buildings After Raids, Looks At The Damaged Buildings Where Water Was Cleared In The Manufacture Of Synthetic Oil. - Page 2
Deurag-Nerag Natural Oil Refinery At Misburg, Germany. The Amputated Smoke Stack Of The Power House And Blasted Boiler House Show The Pin Point Accuracy Of Us 8Th Af Bombardiers. - Page 2
Deurag-Nerag Natural Oil Refinery At Misburg, Germany. Dr. Alfred Albrecht, Plant Engineer In Charge Of Rebuilding The Plant After Bombing Attacks Since The Beginning Of The War, Takes A Last Look At The Tank Storage Farm. The Storage Tank At The Right - Page 4