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Constituted as 98th Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 28 Jan 1942. Activated on 3 Feb 1942. Trained with B-24s. Moved to the Mediterranean theater, Jul-Aug 1942, and served in that area until the end of the war. Assigned to Ninth AF in Nov 1942, to Twelfth AF in Sep 1943, and to Fifteenth AF in Nov 1943. Entered combat in Aug 1942. Bombed shipping and harbor installations in Libya, Tunisia, Sicily, Italy, Crete, and Greece to cut enemy supply lines to Africa. Also hit airdromes and rail facilities in Sicily and Italy. Received a DUC for action against the enemy in the Middle East, North Africa, and Sicily from Aug 1942 to Aug 1943. Awarded another DUC for participation in the low-level assault on oil refineries at Ploesti on 1 Aug 1943: although its target had already been attacked by another group, the 98th proceeded through dense smoke and intense flak to bomb its assigned objective.
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343d: 1942-1945
344th: 1942-1945
345th: 1942-1945
415th: 1942-1945
MacDill Field, Fla, 3 Feb 1942
Barksdale Field, La, Feb 1942
Ft Myers, Fla, 30 Mar 1942
Drane Field, Fla, c. 15 May-c. Jul 1942
Ramat David, Palestine, 25 Jul 1942
Fayid, Egypt, c. 11 Nov 1942
Benina, Libya, c. 9 Feb 1943
Hergla, Tunisia, c. 21 Sep 1943
Brindisi, Italy, c. 18 Nov 1943
Manduria, Italy, 19 Dec 1943
Lecce, Italy, 17 Jan 1944-19 Apr 1945
Fairmont AAFld, Neb, c. 6 May 1945
Lt Col Frank H Robinson, c. Feb 1942
Col Hugo P Rush, 1942
Col John R Kane, c. 29 Dec 1942
Lt Col Julian M Bleyer, 1 Nov 1943
Col William E Karnes, 18 Nov 1943
Lt Col Marshall R Gray, 13 Jan 1944
Col Salvatore E Manzo, c. Jul 1944-unkn
Col John G Eriksen, 25 Jun-c. Sep 1945
Air Combat, EAME Theater
Egypt-Libya
Air Offensive, Europe
Tunisia
Sicily
Naples-Foggia
Anzio
Rome-Arno
Normandy
Northern France
Southern France
North Apennines
Rhineland
Central Europe
Po Valley
Distinguished Unit Citations:
North Africa and Sicily, Aug 1942-17 Aug 1943
Ploesti, Rumania, 1 Aug 1943
Insigne. Shield: Azure, a bend indented between a dexter mailed hand couped at the wrist, in bend, grasping a drop bomb and an olive wreath, all or. Motto: Force For Freedom. (Approved 29 Jul 1942.)
Missing Air Crew Reports also known as MACRs are reports of US aircraft that went down, via enemy action or mechanical issues, behind enemy lines. These reports detailed the aircraft and crew along with their disposition; there were statements and eyewitness reports if available describing what they saw. The majority of these reports were completed in the years following the conclusion of World War II. This was so that the survivors who had become prisoners of war could provide statements of the events of that day. These reports differ from accident reports in that those documented aircraft that crashed on take off or landing; these events happened on allied lines.
|
Group/Squadron |
Date |
MACR |
Aircraft |
Aircraft Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
98BG / 415 BS |
08/21/1942 |
15698 |
B-24 |
|
|
98BG / 343 BS |
02/22/1943 |
02727 |
42-64483 |
B-24H |
|
98BG / 415 BS |
03/01/1943 |
15673 |
B-24 |
|
|
98BG / 415 BS |
03/18/1943 |
15677 |
B-24 |
|
|
98BG / 434 BS |
05/01/1943 |
15083 |
B-24D |
|
|
98BG / 415 BS |
05/11/1943 |
15074 |
B-24D |
|
|
98BG / 345 BS |
06/13/1943 |
15649 |
41-23785 |
B-24D |
|
98BG / 343 BS |
06/24/1943 |
00024 |
42-40256 |
B-24D |
|
98BG / 415 BS |
07/02/1943 |
00012 |
42-40205 |
B-24D |
|
98BG / 415 BS |
07/02/1943 |
00023 |
41-24231 |
B-24D |
|
98BG / 345 BS |
08/01/1943 |
00224 |
42-40663 |
B-24D |
|
98BG / 345 BS |
08/01/1943 |
00226 |
42-40991 |
B-24D |
|
98BG / 343 BS |
08/01/1943 |
00170 |
42-41007 |
B-24D |
|
98BG / 344 BS |
08/01/1943 |
00169 |
41-11819 |
B-24D |
|
98BG / 343 BS |
08/01/1943 |
00171 |
41-11776 |
B-24D |
|
98BG / 343 BS |
08/01/1943 |
00173 |
41-11840 |
B-24D |
|
98BG / 345 BS |
08/01/1943 |
00222 |
41-11886 |
B-24D |
|
98BG / 415 BS |
08/01/1943 |
00177 |
41-23782 |
B-24D |
|
98BG / 344 BS |
08/01/1943 |
00168 |
41-24197 |
B-24D |
|
98BG / 344 BS |
08/01/1943 |
00166 |
41-24198 |
B-24D |
|
98BG / 345 BS |
08/01/1943 |
00225 |
41-24246 |
B-24D |
|
98BG / 344 BS |
08/01/1943 |
00167 |
41-24311 |
B-24D |
|
98BG / 345 BS |
08/01/1943 |
00223 |
42-40102 |
B-24D |
|
98BG / 345 BS |
08/01/1943 |
00227 |
42-40312 |
B-24D |
|
98BG / 343 BS |
08/01/1943 |
00172 |
42-40313 |
B-24D |
|
98BG / 415 BS |
08/01/1943 |
00178 |
42-40322 |
B-24D |
|
98BG / 343 BS |
08/01/1943 |
00165 |
42-40364 |
B-24D |
|
98BG / 415 BS |
08/01/1943 |
00176 |
42-40520 |
B-24D |
|
98BG / 343 BS |
08/01/1943 |
00174 |
42-40655 |
B-24D |
|
98BG / 415 BS |
08/19/1943 |
00325 |
41-24023 |
B-24D |
|
98BG / 344 BS |
08/21/1943 |
00377 |
41-24026 |
B-24D |
|
98BG / 344 BS |
09/03/1943 |
00544 |
42-40208 |
B-24D |
|
98BG / 344 BS |
09/03/1943 |
00543 |
42-40742 |
B-24D |
|
98BG / 344 BS |
09/03/1943 |
00542 |
42-41026 |
B-24D |
|
98BG / 345 BS |
09/03/1943 |
00464 |
41-11774 |
B-24D |
|
98BG / 343 BS |
09/03/1943 |
00463 |
41-11896 |
B-24D |
|
98BG / 344 BS |
09/03/1943 |
16510 |
42-41026 |
B-24D |
|
98BG / 415 BS |
09/15/1943 |
00650 |
42-63758 |
B-24D |
|
98BG / 343 BS |
10/24/1943 |
01061 |
41-11767 |
B-24D |
|
98BG / 344 BS |
11/02/1943 |
01143 |
42-72891 |
B-24D |
|
98BG / 415 BS |
11/02/1943 |
01138 |
42-41183 |
B-24D |
|
98BG / 415 BS |
11/02/1943 |
01139 |
42-41255 |
B-24D |
|
98BG / 344 BS |
11/11/1943 |
01197 |
42-40105 |
B-24D |
|
98BG / 343 BS |
12/19/1943 |
01841 |
42-73418 |
B-24J |
|
98BG / 343 BS |
12/19/1943 |
01840 |
42-73421 |
B-24J |
|
98BG / 345 BS |
12/19/1943 |
01641 |
42-40402 |
B-24D |
|
98BG / 343 BS |
02/22/1944 |
02726 |
42-73138 |
B-24J |
|
98BG / 415 BS |
02/22/1944 |
02588 |
42-40662 |
B-24D |
|
98BG / 345 BS |
02/25/1944 |
02699 |
42-100266 |
B-24J |
|
98BG |
03/29/1944 |
03640 |
42-73424* |
B-24J |
|
98BG / 415 BS |
04/02/1944 |
03880 |
42-73077 |
B-24J |
|
98BG / 345 BS |
04/02/1944 |
03579 |
42-73423 |
B-24J |
|
98BG / 415 BS |
04/02/1944 |
03578 |
42-109848 |
B-24J |
|
98BG / 415 BS |
05/02/1944 |
04725 |
42-41240 |
B-24D |
|
98BG / 415 BS |
05/07/1944 |
04788 |
42-73434 |
B-24J |
|
98BG / 345 BS |
05/24/1944 |
05414 |
42-41011 |
B-24G |
|
98BG / 344 BS |
05/29/1944 |
05443 |
42-73416 |
B-24J |
|
98BG / 415 BS |
05/29/1944 |
05460 |
41-28825 |
B-24H |
|
98BG / 343 BS |
06/05/1944 |
06318 |
41-28928 |
B-24H |
|
98BG / 345 BS |
06/06/1944 |
06101 |
44-40494 |
B-24J |
|
98BG / 415 BS |
06/06/1944 |
05892 |
B-24 |
|
|
98BG / 344 BS |
06/09/1944 |
06034 |
42-94917 |
B-24H |
|
98BG / 344 BS |
06/11/1944 |
06418 |
42-73439 |
B-24J |
|
98BG / 344 BS |
06/13/1944 |
06417 |
42-109801 |
B-24J |
|
98BG / 343 BS |
06/24/1944 |
06437 |
42-100259 |
B-24J |
|
98BG / 344 BS |
06/24/1944 |
11265 |
42-73136 |
B-24J |
|
98BG / 343 BS |
06/26/1944 |
06446 |
42-99762 |
B-24J |
|
98BG / 343 BS |
06/26/1944 |
06332 |
41-28777* |
B-24H |
|
98BG / 415 BS |
07/09/1944 |
06865 |
42-78348 |
B-24G |
|
98BG / 343 BS |
07/09/1944 |
06860 |
42-78346 |
B-24G |
|
98BG / 344 BS |
07/13/1944 |
15144 |
B-24 |
|
|
98BG / 345 BS |
07/15/1944 |
07309 |
42-95463 |
B-24H |
|
98BG / 343 BS |
07/22/1944 |
07054 |
42-78343 |
B-24G |
|
98BG / 415 BS |
07/22/1944 |
07053 |
42-64344 |
B-24J |
|
98BG / 344 BS |
07/22/1944 |
07152 |
44-10546 |
B-24J |
|
98BG / 415 BS |
08/10/1944 |
07674 |
44-41047 |
B-24J |
|
98BG / 344 BS |
08/15/1944 |
15195 |
B-24 |
|
|
98BG / 344 BS |
08/18/1944 |
07952 |
44-41185 |
B-24J |
|
98BG / 343 BS |
08/18/1944 |
09719 |
42-78398 |
B-24G |
|
98BG / 343 BS |
08/19/1944 |
15306 |
42-99858 |
B-24J |
|
98BG / 390 BS |
08/19/1944 |
16518 |
B-25* |
|
|
98BG / 415 BS |
08/19/1944 |
16454 |
B-24 |
|
|
98BG / 344 BS |
08/22/1944 |
10643 |
44-41160 |
B-24J |
|
98BG / 345 BS |
09/05/1944 |
08370 |
42-51168 |
B-24H |
|
98BG / 344 BS |
09/10/1944 |
08268 |
42-95356 |
B-24H |
|
98BG / 345 BS |
09/12/1944 |
08748 |
44-40324 |
B-24J |
|
98BG / 345 BS |
09/12/1944 |
08445 |
42-50417 |
B-24H |
|
98BG / 343 BS |
10/14/1944 |
09593 |
42-51994 |
B-24J |
|
98BG / 344 BS |
10/16/1944 |
09445 |
42-95352 |
B-24H |
|
98BG / 344 BS |
11/11/1944 |
09880 |
42-109813 |
B-24J |
|
98BG / 344 BS |
11/12/1944 |
09857 |
44-48782 |
B-24J |
|
98BG / 344 BS |
11/12/1944 |
09899 |
44-49041 |
B-24L |
|
98BG / 415 BS |
11/22/1944 |
10009 |
44-40631* |
B-24J |
|
98BG / 345 BS |
12/11/1944 |
11803 |
44-48784 |
B-24J |
|
98BG / 343 BS |
12/11/1944 |
10609 |
42-51146 |
B-24H |
|
98BG / 343 BS |
12/21/1944 |
15276 |
B-24 |
|
|
98BG / 415 BS |
12/29/1944 |
11089 |
42-99860 |
B-24J |
|
98BG / 415 BS |
02/07/1945 |
12104 |
42-52058 |
B-24J |
|
98BG / 345 BS |
02/21/1945 |
12698 |
42-51910 |
B-24J |
|
98BG / 345 BS |
03/01/1945 |
12819 |
44-50449 |
B-24M |
|
98BG / 344 BS |
03/08/1945 |
12825 |
44-10559 |
B-24J |
|
98BG / 415 BS |
03/15/1945 |
12998 |
44-50225 |
B-24L |
|
98BG / 343 BS |
03/19/1945 |
13068 |
42-94998 |
B-24H |
|
98BG / 415 BS |
03/31/1945 |
13487 |
42-52039 |
B-24J |
|
98BG / 345 BS |
04/08/1945 |
13708 |
44-50654 |
B-24M |
|
98BG |
04/08/1945 |
14860 |
42-78600 |
B-24J |
|
98BG / 343 BS |
04/08/1945 |
13707 |
42-51989 |
B-24J |
|
98BG / 345 BS |
05/01/1946 |
16002 |
B-24D |
Those still classified as missing in action (MIA).
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