LAST BOMB GROUP ASSIGNED AS A UNIT TO THE 8th.
FIRST COMBAT MISSION MAY 23, 1944.
LAST COMBAT MISSION APRIL 20, 1945.
FLEW SIX FOOD DROPS TO HOLLAND MAY 1-7,1945
AND NUMEROUS POW RELIEF FLIGHTS.
FLEW 133 MISSIONS BEFORE BEING ATTACKED BY
GERMAN FIGHTERS.
LOST 34 A/C TO ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE OVER EUROPE.
FLEW 170 MISSIONS AND NEVER LOST AN AIRCRAFT TO GERMAN FIGHTERS OVER EUROPE.
| THE COMMANDERS OF THE 34th WERE:
MAJ.- JOHN W. MONAHAN--------------------JAN.15,1941 LT COL.- HAROLD D. SMITH-----------------MARCH 1,1941 MAJ.- FORD J. LAUER---------------------------JAN. 9, 1942 COL. -RALPH E. KOON-------------------------FEB. 12,1942 MAJ.- IRVINE A RENDEL----------------------JULY21,1942 MAJ.- JOHN A. ROUSE-------------------------FEB. 24,1943 COL.- JOHN E. CARMACK--------------------SEPT. 15,1943 LT COL -E. F. WACKWITZ, JR.--------------JAN,5, 1944 COL -WILLIAM E. CREER--------------------SEPT. 1,1944 LT COL -EUGENE LeBAILEY----------------MAY 5,1945 34th BOMB GROUP[H] ASSOCIATION -153 North Hill Dr., CARRIERE, MISS. 39426. HAROLD PROVINCE TREAS-MEMBERSHIP SEC. --601-798-2059 ------E-MAIL---provih@Datastar.Net REUNION-- Dayton Ohio Marriott Sept 8-12,
2004.
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