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| Air Forced Assigned To: | 12th (Aug '43) | |
| Stations Flown From: | Hethel, England (Sept '42 Dec '42) | |
| La Senia, Algeria (Dec '42 - Jan '43) | ||
| Tafaraoui, Algeria (Jan '43 - April '43) | ||
| Montesquieu, Algeria (April '43 June '43) | ||
| Massicault, Tunisia (June '43 - July '43) | ||
| El Bathan, Tunisia (July '43 - Nov '43) | ||
| Sardinia (Nov '43 - Sept '44) | ||
| Corsica (Sept '44 - Nov '44) | ||
| Dijon/Longvic, France (Nov '44 - April '45) | ||
| Dole/Tavaux, France (April '45 to end WWII) | ||
| Campaigns Flown in: | Air Combat, EAME Theater | |
| Tunisia | ||
| Sicily | ||
| Naples-Foggia | ||
| Anzio | ||
| Rome-Arno | ||
| Southern France | ||
| North Apennines | ||
| Rhineland | ||
| Central Europe | ||
| Awards Won: | Distinguished Unit Citation: Italy, 12 May '44 | |
| Distinguished Unit Citation: ETO, 15 March '45 | ||
| French Croix de Guerre with Palm; April, May, June '44 | ||
| Combat Facts for the 320th BG | ||
| Number Missions flown: | 583 | |
| Number of Plane Sorties flown: | 13,314 | |
| Total Bomb Tonnage dropped: | 18,891 | |
| Aircraft Lost in Combat | ||
| to Flak: | 39 | |
| to Fighters: | 17 | |
| other: | 24 | |
| Claims against aircraft destroyed | ||
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On Ground |
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267 | |
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| Sicily, supporting Seventh Army | ||
| Salerno, Italy supporting Fifth Army | ||
| Anzio, Italy supporting Fifth Army | ||
| Southern France supporting Seventh Army | ||
| Germany supporting Sixth Army Group | ||
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| Planes Flown: | B26 |
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Do you have any info, data or material on this group you would like to see added to this page? Please email me and I would be happy to add it for you.
Mr. Waddell was kind enough to supply the photos from his collection, and is interested in hearing from other 320th BG members- his address is:
Keith Waddell
119 Fleetwood DR,
Franklinton, La. 70438
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