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351st Bombardment Group (H), triangle J
Assigned Eighth AF: April 1943
Wing & Command Assignments
VIII BC, 1BW 101 PCBW 05.43 VIII BC, 1BD 1 CBW 13.09.43 VIII BC, 1BD 92 CBW 01.11.43 VIII BC, 1BD 94 CBW 15.12.43 1 BD 94 CBW 08.01.44 1 AD 94 CBW 01.01.45
Bombardment Squadrons (H):
- 508th 'YB'
- 509th 'RQ'
- 510th 'TU'
- 511th 'DS'
Combat Aircraft: B-17F (Block 75-BO, 25-DL and VE)
B-17G
Stations:
- Polebrook, Nortamptonshire 15.04.43 - 23.06.45
Group COs:
- Col. William A. Hatcher Jr. 11.43 - 12.43, MIA
- Col. Eugene A. Roming 01.01.44 - 10.44
- Col. Robert W. Burns 10.44 - 30.03.45
- Col. Merlin I. Carter 30.04.45 - 06.45
Facts:
First Mission: 14.04.43
Last Mission: 25.04.45
Total Missions: 311
Bomb Tonnage: 20,357 tons
A/C MIA: 124
Other Losses: --
Major Awards: Two Distinguished Unit Citations
09.10.43 Anklam
11.01.44
100 or more missions:
Numbers of A/C Number Name Squadron missions 121 Missions 42-97349 Silver Dollar 508th 115 Missions 43-37512 Tradewinds 510th 113 Missions 42-38038 April Girl 510th 109 Missions 42-97169 My Gal Sal 509th 107 Missions 42-31384 Buckeye Babe 509th 105 Missions 43-37696 Transit Hell 509th
Details supplied by mr. Hans Höhler, Essen, Germany
