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  2. 305th Operations Group - Wikipedia

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    During World War II, the group's predecessor unit, the 305th Bombardment Group was one of the first VIII Bomber Command Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress units in England, and, was one of the most-decorated USAAF heavy-bombardment groups in the European Theater. 1st Lt William R. Lawley, Jr. and 1st Lt Edward S. Michael, pilots in the 364th Bomb ...

  3. Curtis LeMay - Wikipedia

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    When the U.S. entered World War II in December 1941 after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, LeMay was a major in the United States Army Air Forces (he had been a first lieutenant as recently as 1940), and the commander of a newly created B-17 Flying Fortress unit, the 305th Bomb Group.

  4. RAF Chelveston - Wikipedia

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    The next group to use Chelveston was the 305th Bombardment Group (Heavy), moving in from RAF Grafton Underwood in December 1942. The 305th Bomb Group was one of the most decorated USAAF bomb groups in the European Theater. The 305th BG was assigned to the 40th Combat Wing at RAF Thurleigh. The group tail code was a "Triangle G".

  5. The 305th Bomb Group, made up of three squadrons of B-17s, would take off in just three hours for the Second Raid ... 80 years later, a North Dakota POW's story reflects the horror of one of WWII ...

  6. Tri-State Warbird Museum - Wikipedia

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    The museum's B-25 took part in an event in Kansas City, Missouri on 14 June 2014. [20] [21] The museum's P-40 won the World War II Grand Champion award at the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh airshow in 2016. [22] The museum's P-51 performed a flyover at Wright Memorial Hill for the 113th anniversary of the Wright Brothers first flight on 16 December ...

  7. Liberty Belle (aircraft) - Wikipedia

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    Miss Liberty Belle (sn. 44–83690), a B-17G, was modified postwar to serve with the United States Air Force as a drone director DB-17P, before being retired in 1958. It was on display at the Grissom Air Museum from 1961 to 2015, just outside the former Grissom Field in central Indiana where it was displayed as sn. 42–31255, Miss Liberty Belle of the 305th Bombardment Group stationed at RAF ...

  8. 'Live everyday as if it may be your last:' WWII Eighth Air ...

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    Sunday afternoon they hosted a Q&A panel with four WWII veterans: Kenneth Beckman, a navigator with the 305th Bomb Group; Robert Buckler, a tail gunner with the 388th Bomb Group; Bruce Cook, a ...

  9. William R. Lawley Jr. - Wikipedia

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    305th BG B-17. By February 20, 1944, Lawley was a first lieutenant serving as a pilot in the 364th Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group.On that day, during a bombing mission over Nazi-controlled Europe, his B-17 Flying Fortress came under attack by enemy fighter aircraft.