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The 94th Bomb Group of the 8th AF in the E.T.O.


94th Bombardment Group (H)
Assigned Eighth AF: april 1943

Wing & Command Assignments

VIII BC, 4BW, 401 PCBW;  11.05.1943
VIII BC, 3BD,   4 CBW;   13.09.1943
3rd BD, 4 CBW:           08.01.1944
3rd AD, 4 CBW:           01.01.1945
4th BW operated with 92nd CBW in 4th BW from 
22.11.1944 to 16.02.1945


Bombardment Squadrons (H):
	331st      QE
	332nd      XM
	333rd      TS
	410th      GL

Combat Aircraft:
B-17 F (Block 60-BO, 20-DL, 30-VE)
B-17 G
Stations:

• Bassingbourn Middle; 04.1943 to 27.05.1943
• Earls Colne; 05.1943 to 13.06.1943
• Bury St. Edmunds; 13.06.1943 to 12.12.1945

Group COs:

• Col. John G. Moore; 15.06.1942 to 22.06.1943
• Col. Frederick W. Castle; 22.06.1943 to 16.04.1944
• Col. Charles B. Dougher; 17.04.1944 to 15.03.1945
• Col. Nicholas T. Perkins; 16.03.1945 to 03.06.1945
• Lt.Col. Ernest B. Maxwell; 03.06.1945 till end of 1945

Facts:

First Mission:    13.05.1943
Last Mission:     21.04.1945
Total Missions:   324
Bomb Tonnage:     18,924 tons
A/C MIA:          153
Other Losses:     27
Major Awards:     Two Distinguished Unit Citations:
                  17.08.1943 Regensburg,
                  11.01.1944 Braunschweig.