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Last Update  September 2, 2023

 

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12th AIR FORCE WWII

340th BOMB GROUP  Medium B-25 Bomber

487th SQUADRON INDEX

Dedicated to Capt. Charles M. Cook’s Service to the Army Air Corps

Mediterranean Theater  CORSICA; FRANCE; ITALY

 

487th SQUADRON CREW MISSION SHEETS

June 1943 to April 1945

 

340th BOMB GROUP HISTORY

 

340th BOMB GROUP MISSIONS INDEX

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12th AIR FORCE WWII

97thth BOMB GROUP Heavy B-17 Bomber

Under the 8th AF, 12th AF, and 15th AF in WWII

414th SQUADRON INDEX

Dedicated to Col. William L. Ross III  Service to the Army Air Corps

Mediterranean Theater  N. AFRICA; ALGERIA; TUNUSIA; ITALY; 26 years career Air Force service

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12 Air Force 1st Fighter Group 71st Fighter Squadron 

97th Bomb Group B-17 Bomber escort, Dive Bombing, Strafing

P-38 Pilot  Major Fredric Arnold

Dedicated to the Class of 42J

 

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1st Fighter Group

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8th AIR FORCE WWII

93rd Bomb Group (Heavy)  330th Bomb Squadron Index

 

Dedicated to B-24 Flight Engineer Staff Sergeant John D. Purvis

WWII  European Theater England 1945

 

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5th AIR FORCE WWII

345th BOMB GROUP  Medium B-25

500th SQUADRON

Dedicated to Orrin V. Cook’s Service to the Army Air Corps

Pacific Theater;  New Guinea; Port Moresby; Wewak

 

Orrin V. Cook’s Biography

 

USN Commander Evan Cook

 

USS Enterprise CV-6
The Most Decorated Ship of the Second World War

United States Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas WWII

Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN, Commander in Chief

 

USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6) AIR GROUP     BOMBING 6 INSIGNIA

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Dedicated to Capt. Tony F. Schneider’s Service to the US Navy

Doolittle Tokyo Raid support; Kwajalein and Maloelap; Battle of Midway;  Gudalcanal; 1943 to1945 USS Yorktown Squadron Commander under Adm. John McCain; Iwojima; Okinawa- sinking of Japan’s greatest warship Yamato;

Bombed mainland Japan off USS Lexington and Yorktown; Career Navy;

Douglas Dauntless SBD Dive Bomber Pilot

 

 

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