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390th Bomb Group / 569th Bomb Squadron |
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"Wittan's
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390th Bombardment Group came to Montana on June 6th of 1943 with
Col. Edgar M. Wittan as the Group Commander. The 569th Bomb Squadron
came to Cut Bank with Capt. Robert M. Tuttle as the Squadron Commander.The 390th left Montana on July 4th, 1943 and was based at Framlingham, UK. as part of the 8th Air Force. They flew 301 missions against the German forces dropping over 19,000 tons of bombs. The 390th was inactivated in August of 1945.
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