General Websites
- Eighth Air Force Archives, Penn State: https://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/digital/eightairforce/8afmission.html
- Eighth Air Force Historical Society: http://www.8thafhs.org/new/
- Eighth Air Force Veterans Database: http://mightyeighth.org/research-center/veterans-database/
- Mighty Eighth Air Force Message Board: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mighty-Eighth-Air-Force-Public-Message-Board/186787361359524
- Mighty 8th Cross-Reference: http://mighty8thaf.preller.us/.
- National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Pooler, Georgia: http://mightyeighth.org
- Oakland, CA, Aviation Museum: http://www.oaklandaviationmuseum.org/8th_air_force_51.html
- “Sacrifice Remembered, Symbol Restored,” National Museum of the 8th Air Force (news story in the Wall Street Journal, Feb 4, 2015): http://www.wsj.com/articles/sacrifice-remembered-symbol-restored-on-the-national-museum-of-the-mighty-eighth-air-force-1423092507
8th Air Force Bomb Groups
For a brief history of each Bomb Group, see the Eighth Air Force Historical Society, WWII 8th AAF Bomber Groups page at: http://www.8thafhs.org/bombgrps.htm
Websites for individual bomb groups, where available, are:
- 34th Bomb Group: http://valortovictory.tripod.com/index.html
- 44th Bomb Group: http://www.8thairforce.com/44thbg/
- 91st Bomb Group: http://www.91stbombgroup.com/
- 92nd Bomb Group: http://www.92ndma.org/
- 93rd Bomb Group: http://www.93rdbombardmentgroup.com/
- 94th Bomb Group: http://www.94thbombgroup.com/
- 95th Bomb Group: http://95thbg.org/95th_joomla/
- 96th Bomb Group: http://96bg.org/. See also http://www.wingsofmemory.be/Engels/B17Galmaarden.html
- 97th Bomb Group: http://www.8thafhs.org/bomber/97bg.htm
- 100th Bomb Group: http://www.100thbg.com/ . See their Helper Biographies at https://100thbg.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=100:e-e-history-page-2&catid=24:escape-evasion&Itemid=207
- 301st Bomb Group: http://www.301bg.com/
- 303rd Bomb Group: http://www.303rdbg.com/
- 305th Bomb Group: https://www.8thafhs.org/bomber/305bg.htm
- 306th Bomb Group: http://www.306bg.us/
- 322nd Bomb Group: http://www.b26.com/page/322nd_bombardment_group.htm
- 323rd Bomb Group: http://www.323bg.org/
- 351st Bomb Group: http://351st.org/. See also Art Stqrratt’s World War II Experiences: http://www.awspow.net/2nd.html
- 379th Bomb Group: http://www.379thbga.org/
- 381st Bomb Group: http://www.381st.org/. See also http://www.381stbg.org/index.php
- 384th Bomb Group: http://www.384thbombgroup.com/
- 385th Bomb Group: http://www.385thbga.com/
- 386th Bomb Group: http://www.b26.com/historian/chester_klier.htm
- 387th Bomb Group: http://www.8thafhs.org/bomber/387bg.htm
- 388th Bomb Group: http://www.388thbg.org/default.htm
- 389th Bomb Group: https://8thafhs.org/bomber/389bg.htm , http://www.americanairmuseum.com/unit/333
- 390th Bomb Group: http://www.390th.org/
- 391st Bomb Group: http://www.391stbombgroup.com/391stbga_001.htm
- 392nd Bomb Group: http://www.b24.net/. See also http://www.wingsofmemory.be/Engels/Lib.html.
- 398th Bomb Group: http://www.398th.org/
- 401st Bomb Group: http://www.401bg.com/
- 445th Bomb Group: http://www.445bg.org/ and http://www.kasselmission.com/
- 446th Bomb Group: http://www.446bg.com/
- 447th Bomb Group: http://www.447bg.com/
- 448th Bomb Group: http://mighty8thaf.preller.us/php/1Unit.php?Unitkey=448
- 452nd Bomb Group: http://452ndbombgroupassociation-deophamgreen.org/
- 453rd Bomb Group: http://www.453rd.com/
- 457th Bomb Group: http://www.457thbombgroup.org/. See their Missions and Loading Lists at: http://www.457thbombgroup.org/Narratives/ll_index.html
- 458th Bomb Group: http://www.458bg.com/
- 466th Bomb Group: http://www.8thafhs.org/bomber/466bg.htm
- 467th Bomb Group: http://www.467bg.com/
- 482nd Bomb Group: http://www.482nd.org/
- 486th Bomb Group: http://www.486th.org/
- 487th Bomb Group: http://www.487thbg.org/
- 489th Bomb Group: http://www.489th-bomb-group-museum.org/
- 490th Bomb Group: https://8thafhs.org/bomber/490bg.htm; http://www.490th.co.uk/
- 491st Bomb Group: http://www.491st.org/
- 492nd Bomb Group: http://www.492ndbombgroup.com/cgi-bin/pagepilot.cgi?page=492stories
- 493rd Bomb Group: http://www.493bgdebach.co.uk/
8th Air Force Fighter Groups
- 1st Fighter Group – https://8thafhs.org/fighter/1fg.htm
- 4th Fighter Group – http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/
- 14th Fighter Group – https://8thafhs.org/fighter/14fg.htm
- 20th Fighter Group – http://www.reocities.com/pentagon/quarters/6940/20thfg.html
- 31st Fighter Group – http://www.wwiiaircraftperformance.org/31st/31st.html
- 52nd Fighter Group – https://8thafhs.org/fighter/52fg.htm
- 55th Fighter Group – http://www.55th.org/
- 56th Fighter Group – http://www.56thfightergroup.co.uk/
- 78th Fighter Group – http://www.ulongbeach.com/78th_MCAR_Homepage.html
- 82nd Fighter Group – https://8thafhs.org/fighter/82fg.htm
- 339th Fighter Group – http://www.339thfg.com/
- 350th Fighter Group – http://www.cieldegloire.com/fg_350.php
- 352nd Fighter Group – http://www.352ndfightergroup.com/assoc/main.html
- 353rd Fighter Group – https://8thafhs.org/fighter/353fg.htm
- 355th Fighter Group – http://www.cieldegloire.com/fg_355.php
- 356th Fighter Group – https://8thafhs.org/fighter/356fg.htm
- 357th Fighter Group – http://www.cebudanderson.com/357fg.htm
- 358th Fighter Group – https://8thafhs.org/fighter/358fg.htm
- 359th Fighter Group – http://www.cieldegloire.com/fg_359.php
- 361st Fighter Group – http://361fg.com/index.htm
- 364th Fighter Group – http://www.cieldegloire.com/fg_364.php
- 479th Fighter Group – http://www.cieldegloire.com/fg_479.php
I would like to get in contact with JOHN TURNER JR,who’s dad was 2ns Lt John R Turner, Pilot of B-24 Bomber, The email listed is no longer available. I was a crew member of Lt Turners Crew, Lost on Feb 3 1944, Please contact me
i would like to know anything i can about the death of staff sgt. eugene gilligan killed in england in may of 1944 when his plane crashed. he was with the 44th bomb group. i have a number of items dealing with this young man, including photos, and letters.
I’m missing information on the 7PRG (Sq. 13,14, 22 and 27) as they al;so have been a part of the 8th. They have been opertaing the Mount Farm (UK) from end 1943 until 1945.
They flew P-38 -F5’s (unarmed and only equiped with camera’s) or Spitfres.
Would like to see this added to this website aswell.
It is very difficult to find any of the many thousands of pictures they have made over their period of operation. Any one who knows where they are stored?