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United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Group (H), 460th

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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

460th Heavy Bombardment Group Society papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 01.0046
Scope and Contents The collection of the 460th Heavy Bombardment Group Society contains a unit history of this B-24 U.S. Army Air Corps Group, 55th Wing, 760th, 761st, 762nd, 763rd Squadrons and Group Headquarters, which served in the Italian Campaign. This collection primarily focuses on the memory of the war and those who served in the 460th. Included is a listing of the airmen who were held as prisoners of war, including their squadrons, positions on the plane (e.g. pilot, gunner), the date, mission, and what country or stalag in which they were held. Also included is a booklet, "Remembering the 460th Bomb Group (H)," which contains photographs, personnel lists, and maps, and was prepared as a...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1943-2015; Other: Date acquired: 02/07/2015

Charles Diedling transcript

 Collection — Single Folder Collections - 2004 Box 2 (04.0046-04.0075), Folder: 04.0053 - Folder 1
Identifier: 04.0053
Scope and Contents

This collection contains an oral history transcript of Staff Sergeant Charles Diedling, a flight engineer on a B-24 with the 460th Bomb Group at Spinazola, Italy. Charles Diedling discusses his training as a flight engineer and waist gunner for the B-24 at Keesler AFB, Mississippi and Loredo AFB, Texas.  In June of 1944, he was assigned to the 460th Bomb Group of the 15th Air Force in Spinazola, Italy. Diedling was shot down over Germany becoming a prisoner of war.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1942-1945; Other: Majority of material found in 1944; Other: Date acquired: 02/02/2004

George Logue transcript

 Collection — Single Folder Collections - 2002 Box 15 (02.0400-02.0424), Folder: 02.0412 - Folder 1
Identifier: 02.0412
Scope and Contents

This oral history interview transcript relates to George Logue,  an aerial gunner armament specialist on a B-24 assigned to the 15th Air Force.  Logue discusses his bombing missions over Europe, being shot down, life as a prisoner of war, and his brief service with the British 5th Army.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1943-1945; Other: Majority of material found in 1944; Other: Date acquired: 10/07/2002

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Bombardment--Germany 2
Germany--History--1933-1945 2
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American--Personal narratives 2
World War, 1939-1945--Germany 2
World War, 1939-1945--Great Britain 2