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B-25 Mitchells from the 42nd Bombardment Group over Bougainville, 1944. Balikpapan was a center for oil refining on Borneo, which was held by the Japanese. (courtesy photo from Wikipedia.org)


B-25 Mitchells over Bougainville, 1944

B-25 Mitchells from the 42nd Bombardment Group over Bougainville, 1944. Balikpapan was a center for oil refining on Borneo, which was held by the Japanese. (courtesy photo from Wikipedia.org)

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Elements of the 97th Bomb Group, Eighth Air Force, arrived at Royal Air Force High Wycombe, England on May 12, 1942. On August 17, 1942, three months later, 12 B-17s from the 97 BG, led by then Major Paul Tibbets, carried out the first high altitude AAF heavy bomber raid over Europe against the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen-Sotteville, France.
Elements of the 97th Bomb Group, Eighth Air Force, arrived at Royal Air Force High Wycombe, England on May 12, 1942. On August 17, 1942, three months later, 12 B-17s from the 97 BG, led by then Major Paul Tibbets, carried out the first high altitude AAF heavy bomber raid over Europe against the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen-Sotteville, France.
Elements of the 97th Bomb Group, Eighth Air Force, arrived at Royal Air Force High Wycombe, England on May 12, 1942. On August 17, 1942, three months later, 12 B-17s from the 97 BG, led by then Major Paul Tibbets, carried out the first high altitude AAF heavy bomber raid over Europe against the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen-Sotteville, France.
Elements of the 97th Bomb Group, Eighth Air Force, arrived at Royal Air Force High Wycombe, England on May 12, 1942. On August 17, 1942, three months later, 12 B-17s from the 97 BG, led by then Major Paul Tibbets, carried out the first high altitude AAF heavy bomber raid over Europe against the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen-Sotteville, France.
Elements of the 97th Bomb Group, Eighth Air Force, arrived at Royal Air Force High Wycombe, England on May 12, 1942. On August 17, 1942, three months later, 12 B-17s from the 97 BG, led by then Major Paul Tibbets, carried out the first high altitude AAF heavy bomber raid over Europe against the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen-Sotteville, France.
Christelle Magnee, French Air Force 2nd Lt. Bernad Scheidhauer’s great niece, and Caroline Kennard, Royal Air Force Squadron leader Roger Bushell’s niece, unveil a memorial to their relatives on July 1, 2017 outside Ramstein, German. Bushell and Scheidhauer were among the 76 Allied prisoners of war who had escaped from Luft Stalag III at Sagan, Germany (now Poland) on March 24, 1944, in what became known as “The Great Escape.” (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Timothy Moore)
Maj. Gen. Timothy Fay, vice commander U.S. Air Forces in Europe, Dr. Silvano Wueschner, Air University historian, Brig. Gen. Richard G. Moore, commander 86 Airlift Wing and Chief Master Sgt. Aaron D. Bennett, 86 Airlift Wing command, pose for a photo before the dedication of memorial for Royal Air Force Squadron leader Roger Bushell and French Air Force 2nd Lt. Bernad Scheidhauer, July 1, 2017, outside Ramstein, Germany. Both men were part of the “Great Escapees,” who were executed by the Gestapo on March 29, 1944 near present-day Ramstein Air Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Timothy Moore)