Major Lucky, thank you for enlightening me. There is so much to read and so many details, so I am somewhat confused about all of this. I would like to correct...
30 December 1942 06:22 hours RE: Awards Gentlemen, “The Officer’s Guide” 8th Edition May, 1942 by The Military Service Publishing Company in Harrisburg,...
30 December 1942 13:57 hours RE: Major Harvey Stovall Ladies and Gentlemen, A personnel search has been instituted for an individual (male or female) that...
Hi all, I found a web page that states that the POW & Bronze Star medals were awarded to members of the 8th AAF. Here is the numbers for medals awarded to the...
Note: forwarded message attached. 30 December 1942 13:57 hours RE: Major Harvey Stovall Ladies and Gentlemen, A personnel search has been instituted for an...
Got it. Just saw Mullis unloading his bag over at 1269th. I knew a Mullins when I was with the 91st at Bassingbourn....he was a navigator with the 305th at...
31 December 1942 18:57:28 hours local Major Magnus Kimura, Air Corps (ren.) Operations Officer 918th Bomb Group (H) Archbury, England Major Kimura, The Awards...
... I did some googling and came across this http://www.moapress.com/medalsBooks.htm a bit of review here http://www.omsa.org/forums/showthread.php?t=608 - ...
Hello, I have done some searching RE the Bronze Star, V for Valor, the Legion of Merit and the USAAF. What I wanted to find out was why 2.000 + USAAF airmen...
Distinguised Service Cross: Master Sergeant David H. Holaday Distinguished Flying Cross: Major Shannon Lucky Air Medal: Staff Sergeant Kent Fieger First...
OK Gang, To start with, I am re-listing the one (not confirmed) list I found for medals awarded to 8 th AAF personal for reference: Airmen of the Eighth Air...
Something we need to consider: This is a reenacting group, albeit online, but a reenacting group none the less. We shouldn't turn what we do into a war game,...
Howdy, I'd like to reply to the posts by Major Lucky and Captain Brodsky: Major Lucky, I agree with you. Let's getback to the reenacting side on as many...
31 December 1942 21:35 hours RE: Awards Ladies and gentlemen, Review the following information. Forward any comments and amendments to this headquarters. Medal...
Colonel, In the Navy/Marine Corps section of the Air Medal (Air Medal, reference 2), where it mentions "strike/flight" numbers, that would not apply to us....
After Action Report 918th Bomb Group (H) Archbury, England Lorient, France 30 December 1942 Crew: Davenport, Keith, Col. Plane Name: B-17F ‘Bum Steer’,...
31 December 1942 23:45 hours local Ladies and gentlemen, Our war has come to pivotal point in actual World War Two history. The scene in the motion picture...
Excellent! Colonel Higginbottem Bruce Wilson <wilsonbrucea@...> wrote: This link was posted on one of the railway groups I subscribe to. I thought that...
2 January 1943 1815 hours local Colonel Keith Davenport’s Office 918th Bomb Group (H) Archbury, England Three days after the Lorient Mission on 30 December...
2 January 1943 2136 hours local The office of Brigadier General Frank Savage, Assistant Chief of Air Staff A-3 located at VIII Bomber Command Headquarters,...
Base Hospital, Archbury, England 3 Jan 1943 To: Colonel Keith Davenport, CO From: Major Shannon Lucky, Air Executive Officer Re: After Action Report, "Eagle's...
3 Jan 1942 Return to Duty Status: 2 LT HULL, Daniel T., 1269th BS(H) Assigned to Major LUCKY'S crew. For the Commander, MSgt. David Gottschalk 1st Sergeant,...
4 Jan 1942 Assigned to crew of B-17F-75-DL 42-3524 "Hellzadroppin'!" Sgt. Colin Redman, Radio Operator/gunner Sgt. Harry Goldman, Right waist gunner Report to...
3 January 1943 0700 hours Bright sunshine and a brisk cold breeze blew into the nose of the B-17F ‘Bum Steer’ as the crew waited for the green green flares...