08 May

It is mind boggling to imagine how the 8th Air Force was able to communicate to each base the complex plans for the combat missions ...

27 Apr

I have reached a point in my research where I need to study and delve more extensively. On Friday I spent an incredible day at the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum in Savannah, GA. ...

20 Mar

Favorite (1949) A classic film, based on true events, about 8th Air Force flight crews. Gregory Peck as General Frank Savage commands the “918th” bomber squadron....

13 Feb

The 8th Army Air Force was activated as part of the U.S. Army Air Forces January 28, 1942, at Hunter Field in Savannah, Georgia. Pearl Harbor had just been bombed about a month and a half earlier. ...

27 Jan

I saw Herman's flight jacket this weekend. The back of the jacket has a picture of an airplane and the name "Liberty Lady." ...

21 Jan

I want to go ahead and post the names of the Liberty Lady crew who flew with Herman on March 6, 1944. These airmen flew out of Thurleigh Air Field, 306th Bomber Group, 368th Bomber Squadron....

20 Jan

The B-17's were built by the Boeing Aircraft Company, beginning in 1934. There were several models built until the final and largest model which was the B-17G....