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Martin b-26b-55-ma marauder 42-96142, 596th bombardment squadron (medium), 397th bombardment group (medium). This is the same type aircraft flown by captain lindsey in the attack against the l’isle-adam railroad bridge.
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He was assigned to the 597 th bomb squadron of the 397 th bomb group. The b26 pilots were repeatedly assigned the task of bombing bridges and attained such good results with these difficult targets that they began to be referred to as the “bridge busters”.
The 397th earned the nickname “bridge busters” [extending the dam busters trope] for their prowess in accomplishing the difficult task of attacking bridges to deny their use by german forces.
397th bombardment wing emblem (approved 30 october 1963) it was originally organized as the 397th bombardment group a world war ii united states army air forces combat organization. It deployed to western europe with ninth air force as a medium bombardment unit equipped with martin b-26 marauders.
The 397th bombardment wing is an inactive united states air force unit, last assigned to the strategic air command 45th air division. It was last stationed at dow air force base, maine, and was inactivated on 25 april 1968. It's bestowed predecessor unit, the 397th bombardment group was a world war ii united states army air forces combat organization.
B-25 mitchell of the 341st bombardment group, 14th air force, 1944. With their companion squadrons earmarked for china, the men of the 490th bs realized that responsibility for continuing the bridge-busting campaign in burma rested with them. Squadron co lt col robert mccarten determined that the unit would find a solution to the problem.
Nov 21, 2016 he was assigned to the 597th bomb squadron of the 397th bomb group. Targets that they began to be referred to as the “bridge busters”.
For its commander, or the 27th that had “balloon buster” frank luke. As one of its tion group, and one bombardment group for general headquarters.
The 397th bomb group for the day's mission, an attack against a railroad bridge spanning the moselle river at eller.
The 379th bomb squadron proved their worth as part of the greatest generation, flying b-26's against the germans from 1943-1945.
That task hardships on large groups of our citizens, construct two 4-lane bridges to replace the when, where, and how to bomb.
804714/70 - bridge busters: the story of the 394th bomb group by j guy ziegler, major, usaf (retired) 98th bomb wing - 9th bomb division - 9th air force.
The purpose of these pages is to share information relating to the b-26 in wwii. If you have any additions or corrections please e-mail me and i will make necessary changes. These lists are arranged by either serial number or squadron code letter.
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His b-26 hot rock was assigned to the 397th bomb group, 9th air force. 2017from the hangar floor: replicating steve wittman's busterbeing located in oshkosh, eaa chapte.
He was a member of 397th bomb group, also known as the bridge busters; he held a vital role restoring a b-26 bomber.
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Martin b-26g 43-34580 of french af 1945 martin b-26g-10-ma marauder 43-34396 in flight b-26b 42-96129 u2-a from 397th bg, 598th bomb squadron b-26b 41-31624 “loretta young” 386th bomb group, 555th bomb squadron in flight.
There the 397th bomber group was known as the “bridge busters” because of their ability to knock out highway and railroad bridges that were important to the german wehrmacht. “we could ‘lay eggs' in a tight pattern anywhere they wanted them.
Within minutes, she climbed to her cruising altitude and joined thirty-three other planes of the 397th bomb group for the day’s mission, an attack against a railroad bridge spanning the moselle river at eller, germany. The group flew in a two-box formation and followed a pathfinder aircraft and three “window” aircraft.
03/1944 to 07/1944, 584th, 585th, 586th and 587th bombardment squadrons of the 394th bombardment group, 'the bridge busters' with b-26 marauders. First mission 23/03/1944, flew a total of 96 missions, losing 16 marauders before moving to homsley south airfield in the new forest.
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He became a gunner, s/n: 32114953, in the 459th bomb group, 756th bomb sqdn. It is also believed he was in the 394th bomb group “bridge busters.
The 490th bomb squadron assigned to the 341st bombardment group of the tenth air force were known as the “burma bridge busters” as they deployed us medium bomber b-25 mitchell to destroy bridges in burma. The 341st bombardment group was transferred from india to china in january 1943 and reassigned to the fourteenth air force.
May 28, 2019 in december 1944, lewis supported allied efforts to cut off german supply lines as part of the “bridge busters” of the 397th bomber group.
Bridge busters the story of the 394th bomb group of the 98th bomb wing - 9th bomb division - 9th air force.
William budge served as a co-pilot with the 598th bomb squadron of the 397th bomb group. On 1 august 1944, his b-26 43-34126 by golly was shot down and crashed near angers, france.
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Bridge busters: the 397th bombardment group (medium) and the b-26 marauder in world war ii lieutenant colonel david och the martin marauder b-26 by roger ward and phelps f mace the martin marauder.
Watch a short clip of archival film footage that is found in our history dvd about the 321st bg while they were assig.
(medium)] becomes so proficient as to gain the sobriquet burma bridge busters. Hq 493d bombardment group (heavy) and it's 860th, 861st, 862d and 863d p-40's hit a bridge and trains and fly patrols over the battle.
His father was an electrical contractor, and his mother was a waitress. He enlisted, based partly on the example of his father, a soldier in the national guard.
For its part in the battle that day, the 397th bombardment group received the presidential unit citation for extraordinary heroism in action against an armed enemy.
The 397th bombardment group was a medium bomber unit that served with the ninth air force and supported the d-day invasion and the campaign that followed. The group was activated in april 1943 and was equipped with the b-26 marauder. It moved to england in march-april 1944 and joined the ninth air force.
490th bomb squadron cbi burma bridge busters b-25 gunships 599th bomb squadron, 397th bomb group, 9th air force 457th bombardment group.
Constituted as 397th bombardment group (medium) on 20 mar 1943.
A number of men are recruited as bomber crews, mostly college graduates but also others who have passed the demanding qualifications tests. They're sent by transport ships to south asia and formed into the 490th bomb group, which will fly ten b-25 medium bombers. The airplanes were the early models of the b-25s, the same that the doolittle raid.
Sep 27, 2014 military sergeant tail gunner 397th bomb group failed to return (ftr) bombing raid on the eller railroad bridge, germany went missing.
397th bomb group, 9th air force location of service new jersey; florida; european theater highest rank sergeant prisoner of war no service history note the veteran was an aerial photographer with colonel coiner's bridge busters. Type of resource: video: minidv [1 item] -- oral history interview video: dvd [1 item.
Marauder of the bombardment squadron, bombardment group us military aircraft, ww2 iii of the 397th bomb group fly in formation during mission, february 1945. On the bombing run over the incisa rail bridge, south of florence,.
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