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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. 422d Bombardment Squadron - Wikipedia

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    305th Bombardment Group, 1 March 1942 – 25 December 1946; 4430th Air Base Wing, 1 January 1953; Tactical Air Command, 1 May 1953 (attached to 405th Fighter-Bomber Wing) Third Air Force, 20 December 1953 (attached to 47th Bombardment Wing) 47th Bombardment Group, 8 February – 23 March 1954 (attached to 47th Bombardment Wing)

  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. Egon Mayer - Wikipedia

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    Egon Mayer (19 August 1917 – 2 March 1944) was a Luftwaffe wing commander and fighter ace of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was credited with 102 enemy aircraft shot down in over 353 combat missions. His victories were all claimed over the Western Front and included 26 four-engine bombers, 51 Supermarine Spitfires and 12 P-47 ...

  6. 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.

  7. 305th Air Mobility Wing - Wikipedia

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    The 305th Bombardment Wing was established on 20 December 1950 and activated on 2 January 1951 at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. [1] The wing took charge of the 305th Bombardment Group's former flying squadrons when the Air Force reorganized its wings into the tri-deputate system.

  8. Edward S. Michael - Wikipedia

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    By April 1944 he was a first lieutenant piloting B-17 Flying Fortresses with the 364th Bomb Squadron, 305th Bombardment Group. He named his aircraft after his first wife, Bertie Lee. On 11 April, while flying a mission over Germany, his aircraft was singled out by enemy fighters and severely damaged by their cannon fire. As flames burned in the ...

  9. 364th Bombardment Squadron - Wikipedia

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    The 364th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 305th Bombardment Wing at Bunker Hill Air Force Base, Indiana, where it was inactivated on 1 January 1970.