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B-24 "Liberators"

HeavyBombers.com a perfectly done website full of information
B-24 Best Web  everything B-24 can be found here!
B-24 Descriptions from the Archives of rec.aviation.military scroll down to the B-24 listings
Lives of a Liberator from Dispatch Magazine
Collings Foundation
B-24's On Virtual Display on the World Wide Web
B-24 Down  the Hicks crew and plane lost
In Memory of Don Alden Lake a wonderful site made by a son in memory of his father, a B-24 gunner
Zeno's Warbird Video Drive-In
 
B-17 "Flying Fortresses"

HeavyBombers.coma perfectly done website full of information
Historic Wings: B-17 Flying Fortress
B-17 Flying Fortress
Fortress Flight "Dedicated to Getting One More Fortress Flying"
The Memphis Belle
Zeno's Warbird Video Drive-In

To receive the B-17 Combat Crewmen and Wingmen Newsletter, contact:
Mr. Arvin McCauley
12626 N Grand Oaks
Altadena, CA, 91001
Phone: 818.803.9406

Pacific Tramps - The Story Of The B-17s That Arrived Over Hawaii During The Japanese Attack Written by Steven Birdsall, Illustrated by Jack Fellows, Published in Aviation History magazine, May 2016. Please see HistoryNet.com to learn more or to consider a subscription, 800-435-0715

 
Non-historical USAF Links

Air Force Link - Official Web Site of the United States
United States Air Force Museum in Dayton, home of the B-24 "Strawberry Bitch"
AIR FORCE Magazine the monthly journal of the Air Force Association
Yahoo: Home : Government : U.S. Government : Military : USAF
 
Specific Bomb Groups


If your BG isn't listed below, try looking at the Heavy Bombers Website and the Light and Medium Bombers Website. If you're looking for Fighter Groups/Wings/Squadrons, try the Fighter Town Association website. To search for either, try the U. S. Army's Website and use their Alumni Search Form.

 

BG

AF

Nickname

3rd

5th

22nd

5th

"The Red Raiders"

34th

8th

"The Granddaddy of the 8th"

38th

5th

"The Sunsetters"

39th

20th

41st

7th

43rd

5th

(where you are now) "Ken's Men"

44th

8th

90th

5th

"The Jolly Rogers"

91st

8th

"The Ragged Irregulars "

93rd

8th

"The Travelling Circus"

94th

8th

95th

8th

96th

8th

97th

15th

98th

14th

"The Pyramiders"

100th

8th

303rd

8th

"Hell's Angels"

308th

14th

315th

319th

"The Big Tail Birds"

325th

15th

"The Checkertail Clan"

341st

10th "Flying Falcons" ('42-'43)
"China Glippers" ('44-'45)

345th

5th

"The Air Apaches"

345th

5th

"The Air Apaches"

376th

15th

"The Liberandos"

379th

8th

379th

8th

380th

5th

"The Flying Circus"

381st

8th

385th

8th

"Van's Valiants"

389th

8th

390th

8th

392nd

8th

392nd

8th

446th

8th

"The Bungay Buckaroos"

448th

8th

449th

15th

450th

15th

"The Cottontails"

452nd

8th

453rd

8th

456th

15th

457th

8th

 "The Deliverators"

458th

8th

461st

15th

"The Liberaiders"

463rd

15th

464th

15th

467th

8th

467th

8th

484th

15th

491st

8th

492nd

8th

"The Carpetbaggers"

 

Word War II - General

Road to Pearl Harbor outline of events leading to the date which will live in infamy
Online School: Pearl Harbor Remembered
Text of Roosevelt's Pearl Harbor "date which will live in infamy" Speech
World War II Commemoration stories, bio's, combat films, pictures, WWII history test, links
Documentatiegroep '40-'45, the Dutch society of World War II collectors Nederlandse/English
National World War II Memorial
 
World War II - Aviation

Military Aircraft Database
Pacific Wreck Database
WASPs on the Web read about the Women Airforce Service Pilots
The Cactus Airforce Marine, Navy and Air Air Corps who served in Guadacanal in 1942
Stalag 13 Aviation Links TONS of links here
WWII Allied Aircraft Crashes Netherlands & North Sea
Zeno's Warbird Video Drive-In
 
WWII - Pacific Arena

United States Strategic Bombing Survey Summary Report (Pacific War)
Skip Bombing Pioneer an article about the 43rd's Captain Ken McCullar (from "Air Force Magazine" above)
Stealth, 1942 article about another skip-bombing pioneer, the 43rd's Jim Murphy (from "Air Force Magazine" above)
FRANKEL-Y SPEAKING - Contents writings of a Pacific Infantryman
Yorkie Doodle Dandy -- the 5th Air Force's canine hero!
Map of Pearl Harbor found by a student in Miss Mowry's History class

Info for Veterans and their Families

Department of Veteran Affairs
Veterans News & Information Service for military veterans who want to be kept up to date on current events or who are searching for information
WWII US Veterans Website
Military Reunions Website
Moore's Marauders Volunteer Professional WWII MIA Location Specialists
WWRM: WWII Families for the Return of the Missing
America's largest online mili-vet Personnel Registry
Military Personnel Records - NPRC(MPR)
Vet Search
Golden Arrow Research a company that offers to research your loved one's military career




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