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Logbooks Do you have a WW2 Flying Log Book in your possession? If so it would be a huge help if you could add logbook entries to our new database. Thank you. View Logbook entries Those known to have served with 96th Bomb Group, USAAF during the Second World War 1939-1945. . Amana Joseph. T/Sgt. (d.7th May 1944) Brinley William Francis. Sgt. Brinley William Francis. Sgt. Clark Robert. Radioman (d.22nd June 194-) Clark Robert. Radioman (d.22nd June 194-) Cote Ernest George. Sgt. Croul John. Dasso Eugene. 2nd/Lt. (d.28th Jan 1945) DeMars Raoul Albert. 2Lt. Fahl Earl Cornell. SSgt. Ferrell Samuel Clinton. T/Sgt Frey Louis Rinehard. 1st Lt. Ganem George A.. T/Sgt. Grayson Raymond Henry. Capt. Harrington George F.. TSgt. (d.21st May 1943) Hentges James Nicklos. 2nd Lt. Hentges James Nicholas. F/O. Hurwitz Mayer Isaiah. Lt. (d.30th Jul 1943) Jacques Francisco Xavier. Cpl. Kelso Edward J. Kelso Edward J. Lybrook Clyde E.. Lynch Joseph Charles. S/Sgt. (d.17th Oct 1942) McMurran Allen R.. T/Sgt. Michelson Arthur S.. T/Sgt. Milioti Charles T.. Capt. Nelson Garnett Otis. 2nd Lt. (d.12th May 1944) Newton Warren. S/Sgt. Reichel Joe. Sgt. Russell Harold C. Pilot Russell Harold C. Pilot Scott John J.. 2nd Lt. Smith John Davis. (d.7th January 1945) Wendle Edgar Charles. Sgt. Wilcox Norman Ray. S/Sgt. Youngs George William. S/Sgt. The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List Records of 96th Bomb Group, USAAF from other sources. The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. Announcements The Wartime Memories Project has been running for 24 years. 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If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the War? Our Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. We are now on Facebook. Like this page to receive our updates. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to WW2. We would like to obtain digital copies of any documents or photographs relating to WW2 you may have at home. If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted. World War 1 One ww1 wwII second 1939 1945 battalion Did you know? We also have a section on The Great War. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations. Want to know more about 96th Bomb Group, USAAF ? There are:52 items tagged 96th Bomb Group, USAAF available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Second World War. Radioman Robert Clark 96 Group 337 Squadron (d.22nd June 194-) On June 22nd on a mission to Huls, Germany, aircraft 42-5877 was shot down. The Pilot was Harold C Russell and Radioman Robert Clark is listed as KIA. Nick Schultz Add to this record. Pilot Harold C Russell 96 Group 337 Squadron I found my uncle Edward Kelso's photo on file as a POW at Stalag 17b about 18 months ago. Through his daughter I began the search for his discharge papers. I just got a copy of these and gave them to friend who has researched lost fliers. He found him last night with the 337th Squadron. As chance would have it he also had the 96th's Group Book. We learned that he went down on June 22nd on a mission to Huls, Germany. The aircraft was 42-5877. The Pilot was Harold C Russell and Radioman Robert Clark is listed as KIA. On behalf of my first cousin Pamela Kelso Winkler, we would like to inquire if anyone has any information about the crew and who may still be living and where the plane crashed after being shot down. Nick Schultz Add to this record. Edward J Kelso 96 Group 337 Squadron I found my uncle Edward Kelso's photo on file as a POW at Stalag 17b about 18 months ago. Through his daughter I began the search for his discharge papers. I just got a copy of these and gave them to friend who has researched lost fliers. He found him last night with the 337th Squadron. As chance would have it he also had the 96th's Group Book. We learned that he went down on June 22nd on a mission to Huls, Germany. The aircraft was 42-5877. The Pilot was Harold C Russell and Radioman Robert Clark is listed as KIA. On behalf of my first cousin Pamela Kelso Winkler, we would like to inquire if anyone has any information about the crew and who may still be living and where the plane crashed after being shot down. Nick Schultz Add to this record. Radioman Robert Clark 96 Group 337 Squadron (d.22nd June 194-) On June 22nd on a mission to Huls, Germany, aircraft 42-5877 was shot down. The Pilot was Harold C Russell and Radioman Robert Clark is listed as KIA. Nick Schultz Add to this record. Pilot Harold C Russell 96 Group 337 Squadron I found my uncle Edward Kelso's photo on file as a POW at Stalag 17b about 18 months ago. Through his daughter I began the search for his discharge papers. I just got a copy of these and gave them to friend who has researched lost fliers. He found him last night with the 337th Squadron. As chance would have it he also had the 96th's Group Book. We learned that he went down on June 22nd on a mission to Huls, Germany. The aircraft was 42-5877. The Pilot was Harold C Russell and Radioman Robert Clark is listed as KIA. On behalf of my first cousin Pamela Kelso Winkler, we would like to inquire if anyone has any information about the crew and who may still be living and where the plane crashed after being shot down. Nick Schultz Add to this record. Edward J Kelso 96 Group 337 Squadron I found my uncle Edward Kelso's photo on file as a POW at Stalag 17b about 18 months ago. Through his daughter I began the search for his discharge papers. I just got a copy of these and gave them to friend who has researched lost fliers. He found him last night with the 337th Squadron. As chance would have it he also had the 96th's Group Book. We learned that he went down on June 22nd on a mission to Huls, Germany. The aircraft was 42-5877. The Pilot was Harold C Russell and Radioman Robert Clark is listed as KIA. On behalf of my first cousin Pamela Kelso Winkler, we would like to inquire if anyone has any information about the crew and who may still be living and where the plane crashed after being shot down. Nick Schultz Add to this record. I don't have much information for you about my Grandfather's brother. He was Second Lieutenant Ralph J. Diederich, O-755052 from Illinois he served with the U.S. Army Air Forces, 563rd Bomber Squadron, 388th Bomber Group, Heavy and was killed on Wednesday, March 08, 1944 and buried at Lorraine American Cemetery, St. Avold (Moselle), France. He was awarded the Purple Heart Brian Diederich Add to this record. John Croul 96th BG 338 BS I am helping the navigator Lt Croul find his crewmates and am seeking contact with crewman of the B-17G "Skyraider" of the 338th BS 96th BG. The son of a gunner posted here earlier this year but left no email address. Jack Cook Add to this record. Sgt. Edgar Charles "Peanut" Wendle 337th Bomb Squadron 96th Bomb Group My dad, Edgar Wendle was a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber mechanic. He met my mom in England while in London on a day pass. After the war, he had my mom come over on the Queen Mary. He surprised her by meeting her in New York at the harbor when the ship arrived. They ended up in Jerseyville, Illinois buying a farm and a clothing store (Sessel's). My mom and dad ran the store, with my dad also working the farm as needed over the next several years. My mom and dad sold the store in 1976. My dad continued farming until he sold it in 1988. He died in April 2007. My mom passed away in March 2010. Mark Wendle Add to this record. S/Sgt. Joseph Charles Lynch 338th Bomb Squadron (d.17th Oct 1942) I never knew my Uncle Joe Lynch as I was three and a half years old when he died. He was my mother’s youngest brother, and I know his death affected her greatly, especially since her husband Merwyn had died in an accident just a few short months before. I don't remember his funeral or burial but I remember being told the story that upon hearing of his death my Uncle Bill McIntosh on his way back from buying a gallon of beer, dropped the beer on the sidewalk. A local newspaper, the Altoona Mirror, reported the following about his death in October 1942: “Staff Sgt. Joseph Charles Lynch, 23, of Cresson, Pennsylvania was among 11 aviators who lost their lives in the crash of a four-engined bomber in New Mexico. The plane had departed from its base in Rapid City, South Dakota and was on a routine flight. Born in Amsbry, Pennsylvania on 9 August 1919, S/Sgt. Lynch was a graduate of Cresson High School (class of 1938) and later enrolled in the Civilian Conservation Camp at Hiner, Clearfield County. Later, he was employed in Altoona, Pennsylvania by the Hoffman Ice Cream Co. He was inducted into the Army in October, 1941. Five days after reporting to the New Cumberland Induction Center, he was granted a release that allowed him to enlist in the Army Air Corps. He subsequently graduated from a training course at Kessler Field, Mississippi, and on 31st of June 1942, he graduated as a flexible gunner from Tyndall Field, Florida. He was transferred to the air base at Rapid City just three weeks before the crash. He had been assigned to the 338th Bomb Squadron as a crew member of the "Nippon Miss", a B-17E Flying Fortress bomber. The crash occurred in the early morning hours. It was reportedly very windy and foggy that morning, and the plane was off course. They unknowingly flew into the side of a mountain.” Gary C. Shank Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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