The airmen belonged to 642nd Bombardment Squadron, 409th Bombardment Group, Ninth Air Force, United States Army Air Force. The two airplanes flew in formation during that fatal mission when Second Lt.
Edward S. Kovaleski, a native of Southbridge, Massachusetts, was an engineer and ball turret gunner assigned to the 760th Bombardment Squadron, 460th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 15th Air Force ...
The U.S. Air Force unit and its deadly missions in World War II are also the subject of a new Apple TV+ documentary.
The 95th Wing has replaced the 595th Command and Control Group at Offutt Air Force Base, bringing a storied history and plans ...
De Jarnette was killed on April 8, 1944, while serving as the pilot of a B-24 Liberator bomber with the 732nd Bombardment Squadron. His aircraft was shot down during a bombing mission over ...