Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (TS-C, serial number 42-9768) of the 333rd Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group, takes off in front of another B-17 Flying Fortress (CC-Z) of the 569th Bomb Squadron, 390th Bomb Group.
Royal flush 42-30348 Nose Art
Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Staff Sergeant Roy N Ball of the 390th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel. The file contains copies of primary documents that discuss the return of personal effects, circumstances and causes of death, and memorialisation of the fallen airman.
A kiss on the page of a technical manual owned by Technical Sergeant Harold J Johnson of the 390th Bomb Group. The Kiss is presumably from his sweetheart Jeanie, who also wrote a love poem in the back cover of the manual.
A poem for Technical Sergeant Harold J Johnson of the 390th Bomb Group from his sweetheart Jeanie, written in the back of a technical manual. 21 June 1943. 'From your Jeanie, to My Huckie- I thought that you would like to know that someone's thoughts go where you go. That someone never can forget, the hours we spent since just we met. That life is richer, sweeter for such a sweetheart as you are. And now my constant prayer will be, that God will keep you safe for me. June 21 1943.'
Control Tower, Parham Airfield Museum
Parham Airfield Museum
Parham Airfield Museum
Top of the Control Tower, Parham Airfield Museum
Group
The 390th
Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from Framlingham, Suffolk,
between July 1943 and the end of the war in Europe. The Group was
engaged in strategic missions until the invasion of Europe when its role
became more of a tactical one. This...
| Station | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Based | Framlingham |
Military | Ground Echelon | 390th Bomb Group
Crew Number 3
Military | 390th Bomb Group
Crew Number 35
Military | 390th Bomb Group
Crew Number 26
Military | 390th Bomb Group
Crew Number 38
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Shot down by flak on a mission to Frankfurt on 4
Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-31292. A/c made a belly-landing near Krimpen,
Holland. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Ground Echelon | 390th Bomb Group
Crew Number 67
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Shot down 20 December 1943 in B-17 #4237883. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | 390th Bomb Group
Crew Number 21
Military | 390th Bomb Group
Crew Number 44
Military | Ground Echelon | 390th Bomb Group
Crew Number 42
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 12/3/44; Kearney 30/3/44; Dow
Fd 7/4/44; Assigned 569BS/390BG [CC-L] Framlingham 8/4/44; Missing in
Action Merseburg 29/7/44 with Harry Stewart, Co-pilot: Norman Quest,
Navigator: Marris Todd, Bombardier: Dan Clark, Flight engineer...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 20/4/44; Kearney 16/5/44;
Grenier 27/5/44; Assigned 92BG Podington 30/5/44; transferred
569BS/390BG [CC-P] Framlingham 1/6/44; detailed Brest, Fr. 26/8/44 with
Paul Bellamy, Co-pilot: Jim Graba, Bombardier: Joe Lee, Radio
Operator:...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Tulsa 14/3/44; Gr Island 29/3/44;
Grenier 4/4/44; Assigned 569BS/390BG [CC-F] Framlingham 8/4/44; Missing
in Action Friedrichshafen 24/4/44 with Ernie Newell, Co-pilot: Bill
Pflug, Navigator: Jim Eppenberger, tog-T/Sgt Jack Chapman, Flight...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 18/3/43; Walla Walla 28/3/43;
Selfridge 29/4/43; Presque Is 4/5/43; Assigned 339BS/96BG Andrews Fd
13/5/43; Snetterton 12/6/43 RUM BOOGIE II; transferred 326BS/92BG [JW-E]
Alconbury 26/7/43; mid air collision with 42-29725 (92BG)...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 9/5/43; Gore 10/5/43; Moses
Lake 22/5/43; Geiger 25/5/43; Smoky Hill 1/7/43; Dow Fd 11/7/43;
Assigned 551BS/385BG [HR-O] Gt Ashfield 12/7/43; transferred 569BS/390BG
[CC-Q] Framlingham 13/7/43; Missing in Action (11m) Bremen 8/10/43...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 13/5/43; Geiger 26/5/43; Gt
Falls 7/6/43; Smoky Hill 1/7/43; Dow Fd 11/7/43; Assigned 569BS/390BG
[CC-S] Framlingham 12/7/43; Missing in Action Regensbury 17/8/43 with
Steve Rapport, Co-pilot: Elmer Holloway, Navigator: Grover Boyd,...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 14/5/43; Gore 15/5/43; Cheyenne
20/5/43; Geiger 28/5/43; Gt Falls 7/6/43; Langley 25/6/43; Cutbank
27/6/43; Smoky Hill 1/7/43; Dow Fd 11/7/43; Assigned 569BS/390BG [CC-S]
Framlingham 11/7/43; badly damaged 11/12/43 over Emden with...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 18/5/43; Geiger 27/5/43; Gt
Falls 7/6/43; Smoky Hill 9/7/43; Dow Fd 14/7/43; Assigned 569BS/390BG
[CC-N] Framlingham 13/7/43; Missing in Action Bremen 16/12/43 with
Clarry Gill, Radio Operator: Grady Embree, Navigator: Edgar Cannon,...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 3/6/43; Kearney 14/6/43;
Dalhart 27/6/43; Gr Isle 26/7/43; Assigned 569BS/390BG [CC-R]
Framlingham 6/8/43; Missing in Action Knaben (Rjukan) 16/11/43 with Ray
Becker, Co-pilot: Bob Stuart, Navigator: Ben Myers, Bombardier: Tony
Moyto...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 8/7/43; Kearney 25/7/43; Topeka
13/8/43; Scott 14/8/43; Assigned 569BS/390BG [CC-V] Framlingham
25/8/43; Missing in Action Emden 11/12/43 with Francis Gerald, Co-pilot:
Ernie Amport, Navigator: Bill Baumgarner, Bombardier: Chas...
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 13 March 2015 16:29:24 | rossingtonj | Changes to type |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:42:50 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980) |
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