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Want to know more about 445th Bomb Group, USAAF? There are:0 items tagged 445th Bomb Group, USAAF available in our Library
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2nd Lt. Robert R Wilkins 701st BS 445th BG I am looking for any information available about my cousin, U.S. Army Air Corps 2nd Lt. Robert R. Wilkins, a B-24 pilot with the 701st Bomber Squadron, 445th Bomber Group (Heavy), who was shot down on Nov. 21, 1944. He was from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. According to the American Battle Monuments Commission, he is buried at the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, Netherlands.
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John Eugene Frasch 445the Bomb Group 702 Bomb Squadron I am looking for any information anyone may have concerning John Eugene Frasch, my step-uncle.
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T/Sgt. Earl B. Groves 703rd Bomb Squadron (d.7th Sep 1944 ) T/Sgt. Earl B. Groves was a radio operator on the crew of Hot Rock. Piloted by 1st Lt. William J. Mowat, flying a B24-J, Serial #42-51532. This plane crashed north of Honeback, Germany.
Earl, aged 24 is listed along with the 118 Americans killed that day on the 703rd Squadron plaque upon the memorial Monument in the Hess State Forrest near Bard Hersfersfeld. Earl was in the 445th Bomb Group with James Stewart.
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Nav. Raymond A. Parker 703 Squadron 445th Bomb Group I came to Tibenham with the original 445th Bomb Group. I was a navigator in the 703rd Squadron, and flew 11 missions over Germany and France. I was shot down on 18th March 1944, and remained a POW until the Russians liberated us.
While at Stalag Luft I, I was the publisher of our underground daily paper `Pow Wow'. I would appreciate hearing from anyone in the 445th.
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William T. Minor 703 Sqdn. 445th Bomb Group I flew a B-24, the `Gremlin's Roost'. I was shot down on 5 January 1944 and was a POW at Stalag Luft 1.
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William C. Craggs 700th Bomb Squadron My Father, William C Craggs was with the 445th Bomb Group, 700th squadron. His Pilot was Fritz Mueller, Dad was the co- Pilot. Any information such as the name of his plane,or any crew Photos, I would be greatly interested in. Thank you very much for your interest in these men and their lives.
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S/Sgt. John Michael Zanetis Airplane Crew Chief 750 702nd Bomb Sq My father was Airplane Crew Chief for 702nd Bomb Squadron. He was originally from Griffin, Indiana. He passed away in 1979 of a heart attack in Vincennes Indiana.
I'd love to hear from anyone who knew him or whose parentd might have known him.
Thank you all and God Bless.
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S/Sgt. George J. Smith 703rd Bomb Squadron My father, SSgt George J. Smith was in the 703rd and was shot down on 1 April 1944 over Ludwigshaven. Five of the crew perished. My dad survived, was captured and spent the rest of the war in Stalag 17. I noticed a SSgt Hugh D. Watt in the 703rd who died on 1 April 1944, I am wondering if anyone had any other information about SSgt Watt and whether he went down over Ludwigshaven?
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1st Lt. Augustine Anthony "Og" Mandino DFC. 701st Bomb Squadron Augustine Mandino was a member of Lt. Paul Swofford's crew. He completed 30 missions and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with five Oak Leaf Clusters. After serving in Word War II, he became a popular writer of some 19 books with 20 million copies sold.
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Lt. Ed Wanner 700 Bomb Sqd. Ed Wanner arrived in England as a replacement who would soon pilot B-24 Liberator Asbestos Alice, in the 700th Bomb Squadron, 445th Bomb Group, 2nd Bomb Division at Tibenham, Norfolk. He was somewhat bemused by the differences in England and noted that here they were in a "foreign land" where they drove on the "wrong" side of the road and where the great Normandy Invasion Landing was happening.
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