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Eighth Air Forces total heavy bomber strength was consolidated within the three combat bomb wings of the 2nd Air Division, the Consolidated B 2. Liberator division. Those three combat wings grew out of the 9. Bombardment Groupthe first B 2. U. S. Army Air Forces heavy bomber group to see combat in the European Theater of Operations. The 9. 3rd Bomb Group was activated on March 1, 1. Colonel Edward J. Timberlake at Barksdale Army Air Field in Louisiana. The initial cadre of personnel had been transferred from the 4. Bomb Group. Like the 4. B 2. 4 Liberator heavy bomber. Built by Consolidated Aircraft, the B 2. Davis wing, a new airfoil designed to reduce drag and increase lift, thus allowing heavier payloads, faster speeds and generally better performance than the older Boeing B 1. Although B 2. 4 crews were often ribbed about the planes appearance by their peers flying B 1. Liberator was actually the more versatile airplane. Even though the slim wings made the airplane less stable than the B 1. B 2. 4 was a good 2. After initial training in the Liberator, the new 9. Fort Meyers, Fla., for advanced training prior to deployment overseas. While in Florida, group aircrews gained their first combat experience flying anti submarine patrols over the Gulf of Mexico. The group was credited with destroying three U boats, including one sunk by the crew commanded by Lieutenant John The Jerk Jerstad, one of the groups most popular pilots. On September 5, 1. Liberators left for England from Grenier Field, N. H., but got only as far as Newfoundland, where they were forced to land because of bad weather. Four days later, 1. B 2. 4s left Newfoundland and landed in Prestwick, Scotland, after flying through 8 hours of thunderstorms, ice and strong winds. This flight by the 9. North Atlantic by American bombers. The trip was marred by the loss of one aircraft and crew at sea. On October 8, one month after arriving in England, the 9. Lille France Steelworks on the Franco Belgian border. Colonel Timberlake and Major Addison Baker led in Teggie Ann, which was also the groups lead ship on subsequent raids. Opposition en route and over the target was heavy one B 2. England. Lieutenant John Stewarts Boomerang came home with more than 2. Master Sgt. Charles A. Chambers, to explode, Lieutenant What the hell have you done to my ship The severely damaged Liberator was earmarked for salvage, but Chambers and Stewart managed to save it. Boomerang went on to become the most famous Liberator in the Eighth Air Force. In late October, the 3. Squadron was temporarily detached from the group for anti submarine patrol duties over the Bay of Biscay with the Royal Air Force Coastal Command. Although no submarines were attacked during the 3. Major Ramsay Potts crew was jumped by five German Junkers Ju 8. The Liberators gunners managed to shoot down two of the enemy fighter bombers and damage a thirdthe other two broke off their attack. On November 1. 4, the 9. King George VIhis first visit to an American bomber base. By that time, the group had flown nine missions, including attacks on submarine pens at Saint Nazaire and two missions to Lorient. In early December, General Ira Eaker, commander of the Eighth Air Force, ordered Colonel Timberlake to take the group to North Africa for a 1. On December 5, the 3. England for the hot desert sands of North Africa, while the 3. The 1. 0 day mission turned out to be a 9. Tafaroui, then moving to Gambut. While the living conditions in Libya were atrocious, at least the crews encountered less fighter opposition there than over occupied Europe. On the other hand, the flak over the targets was intense. Missions were flown in support of Allied troops in North Africa. Then, after the Afrika Korps was pushed out of Africa, the B 2. Italian targetsNaples, Palermo and Messina. After a final mission against Cretone on February 2. England, this time to Hardwick, where the ground crew had moved while the aircrews were operating in North Africa. All Type Hindi Font Free Download here. The groups operations officer, K. K. Compton, now a lieutenant colonel, remained in Africa to take command of a new B 2. Bomb Group. Many other 9. B 2. 4 groups in the European Theater of Operations. The 3. 29th squadron had remained in England, working with an experimental program. When that assignment ended, the squadron flew missions with the newly arrived 4. Bomb Group. Although the 4. The 9. 3rd had thus far escaped severe damage from the enemy, but the 4. The newly arrived Liberator group attained a reputation as a hard luck outfit, and took to calling themselves the Flying Eight Balls. While the 9. Africa, the group public relations officer, Corporal Carroll Stewart, began issuing news releases describing the outfits exploits, dubbing the 9. Traveling Circus. A newspaperman in civilian life, Stewart published The Liberator, the first overseas troop newspaper of the war. Sap Download Sapcar.Exe more. News releases mailed directly to U. S. newspapers made the group famous and caused great consternation among the B 1. Stewart was told by a two star general, From now on youll work for the whole Eighth Air Force, or else. Stewart, along with another Eighth Air Force public relations man, James Dugan, would later write the definitive account of the most famous B 2. Rumanian oil fields at Ploesti. From Hardwick, the 9. Europe. Several were diversions, missions flown against less important targets to draw fighters away from B 1. On March 1. 8, 1. Vegesack, Germany. Over the target, the German fighters bypassed the accompanying B 1. B 2. 4s. One 9. 3rd airplane was lost, but the 4. It became a joke in B 1. B 2. 4s on a mission because they knew the fighters would go after the Liberators and leave the Flying Fortresses alone. Since there were more B 1. B 2. 4 groups in England, tactics in the Eighth Air Force were built around the Flying Fortress. Because the B 2. Liberator pilots were forced to fly at reduced airspeeds and do a lot of jockeying to maintain the precise formations called for by Eighth Air Force policy. Consequently, the B 2. Europe. The 9. 3rd became part of the 2nd Combat Bomb Wing in early 1. After a short stand down to train for night operations, the 9. Missions were flown to Rotterdam, Antwerp, Brest and Bordeaux in the spring of 1. B 1. 7 groups. The Traveling Circus crews worked with crews from newly arrived B 2. In early June, the group was taken off combat operations and ordered to begin practicing low level flying. The prospect of a low altitude mission was frightening to the men of the Traveling Circus. They had good reason to be fearful. The 9. 3rd was to be part of the mission code named Tidal Wave, the disastrous attack on the oil fields in Ploesti, Rumania. On June 2. 5, 1. 94. England, the 9. 3rd departed for Benghazi, Libya, along with the 4. The three groups made up the 2. Provisional Combat Wing, commanded by Timberlake. Command of the Traveling Circus itself had passed to Addison Baker, now a lieutenant colonel. From Libya, the three Eighth Air Force Liberator groups began flying missions against targets in Italy, where Allied ground forces were making their way toward Rome. Paradise Heights Game. News of ground successes in Italy made the B 2.