Four days later, 18 B-24s left Newfoundland and landed in Prestwick, Scotland, after flying through 8_ hours of thunderstorms, ice and strong winds. "The Flyin' Moose" was a B-24J assigned to the 409th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group, based at Hardwick, England. RAF Glatton is about 6 miles south of the town of Peterborough. oil industry at Ploesti, Rumania on August 1, 1943. His godson still lives in Curry Wood Gerald Brooks another well known and long-established Halstead family. Would you happen to know the name of the landholder where you found the pieces of the plane? The most comprehensive and authoritative history site on the Internet. 100th Bomb Group - Encyclopedia Information Home Search Translate From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Thanks for your replyI obtained all my pics and info from web site B24.net a very good site. attacking lines of communication and supply. / 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. Copyright20062023,Somerightsreserved. [MORE], Home
I do have seven pictures of the crash site which were obtained from the website called To Honor Our Fallen. The recollections of some of the farm workers who worked on the farm at the time of the crash were that the plane crashed on a Saturday lunchtime just as they were finishing work, 29/04/1944 was a Saturday. Corrected Barksdale location from Florida to Louisiana. I was pleased to see that you had photos of all the crew of Alfred 11. Commanding Officer 93rd , Air Executive, Deputy Wing Commander. It was active during World War II as a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Operational Training Unit, training newly organized units, then as a Replacement Training Unit for aircrews. I hope to visit the American Air Force part of Norwich library at the Forum this month in the hope that I may get further info on the crew of Shazam I have six crew photos and am still hopeful of obtaining the other four including the pilot 1st Lt Dale E Williams. Will have a look and drop you a line if I find anything. Restoration Australia for the drawings above. They are collating memories from us older residents (or in my case ex-resident) so that these may be recorded for posterity and provide a reminder to future generation of what life was like in the village. On 15 May 42. the Group moved to Ft. Myers, Florida, to continue advanced flight training and also to fly antisubmarine patrols over the Gulf of Mexico.