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The 390th Bomb Group of the 8th AF in the E.T.O.


390th Bombardment Group (H)
Assigned Eighth AF: July 1943

Wing & Command Assignments

VIII BC, 4BW, 402 PCBW;     07.1943
VIII BC, 3BD,  13 CBW;   13.09.1943
3rd BD, 13 CBW:          08.01.1944
3rd AD, 13 CBW:          01.01.1945


Bombardment Squadrons (H):
	568th      BI
	569th      CC
	570th      DI
	571st      FC

Combat Aircraft:
B-17 F (Block 45-DL, 35-VE, 95-BO)
B-17 G
Stations:

• Framlingham, Suffolk; 14.07.1943 to 04.08.1945

Group COs:

• Col. Edgar M. Wittan; 26.01.1943 to 15.05.1944
• Col. Frederick W. Ott; 15.05.1944 to 06.09.1944
• Col. Joseph A. Moller; 06.09.1944 to 21.05.1945
• Lt.Col. George W. von Arb; 23.05.1945 to 26.06.1945

Facts:

First Mission:    12.08.1943
Last Mission:     20.04.1945
Total Missions:   300
Bomb Tonnage:     19,059 tons
A/C MIA:          144
Other Losses:     32
Major Awards:     Two Distinguished Unit Citations:
                  17.08.1943 Regensburg,
                  14.10.1943 Schweinfurt.