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The 95th Bomb Group of the 8th AF in the E.T.O.


95th Bombardment Group (H)
Assigned Eighth AF: april 1943

Wing & Command Assignments

VIII BC, 4BW, 401 PCBW;  12.05.1943
VIII BC, 4BW, 402 PCBW;  06.06.1943
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):
	334th      BG
	335th      OE
	336th      ET
	412th      QW

Combat Aircraft:
B-17 F (Block 20-DL, 30-VE, 65-BO)
B-17 G
Stations:

• Alconbury; 15.04.1943 to 12.05.1943
• Framlingham, Suffolk; 12.05.1943 to 15.06.1943
• Horham, Suffolk; 15.06.1943 to 03.08.1945

Group COs:

• Col. Alfred A. Kessler; 23.10.1942 to 22.06.1943
• Col. John K. Gerhart; 22.06.1943 to 28.04.1944
• Col. Chester P. Gilger; 29.04.1944 to 09.05.1944
• Col. Karl Truesdell Jr.; 10.05.1944 to 14.12.1944
• Col. Jack E. Shuck; 15.12.1944 to 27.04.1945
• Lt.Col. Robert H. Stuart; 28.04.1945 to 06.1945

Facts:

First Mission:    13.05.1943
Last Mission:     20.04.1945
Total Missions:   320
Bomb Tonnage:     19,769 tons
A/C MIA:          157
Other Losses:     39
Major Awards:     Three Distinguished Unit Citations:
                  17.08.1943 Regensburg,
                  10.10.1943 Münster,
                  04.03.1944 Berlin.