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Castles in the Air: The Story of the B-17 Flying Fortress Crews of the U.S. 8th Air Force
by Martin W. Bowman
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... The 401st Squadron of the 91st Bomb Group lost all six aircraft flying as the low squadron in the 1st Combat Wing formation. The trailing groups did not suffer loss although most aircraft had received some degree of fighter or flak damage. ... "
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Bomb Squadron, Third Division, First Division, North Sea, Thorpe Abbotts, Abe Dolim, bomb group, bomb division, high squadron, combat wing, low squadron, air echelon
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An Eighth Air Force Combat Diary: Combat Missions Flown with the 100th Bomb Group, England 1944-1945
by S. K. Gangwere
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Excerpt - on Page 29: "
... The 100"' Bomb Group was one of three B-17 Groups that made up the 13"' Combat Wing. The other two, located within ten miles of Thorpe Abbotts, were the 95''' and the 390"' Bomb Groups. ... "
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B-17s over Berlin: Personal Stories from the 95th Bomb Group
by Ian L. Hawkins
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... 24 B-17S OVER BERLIN groups in the Fourth Combat Wing at that time, the 94th based at Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, and the 96th at Snetterton Heath, Norfolk, had sustained ... "
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Half a Wing, Three Engines and a Prayer
by Brian D. O'Neill
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Excerpt - on Page 32: "
... 20 planes from our group take up their positions and to see the other two groups that completed our 60-ship combat wing join the formation. It was an added thrill as the tight formation climbed to altitude and headed out across the ... "
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