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416th Bombardment Group (L) Website Update Summary
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| September, 2024 | Added Individual Deceased Personnel File (Courtesy of Geoff Gentilini, Golden Arrow Research, LLC) to S/Sgt. Hollis Alfred Foster Memorial Page. |
| August, 2024 | Added Individual Deceased Personnel File (Courtesy of Geoff Gentilini, Golden Arrow Research, LLC) to S/Sgt. Royden Edward Conopask Memorial Page. |
| July, 2024 | Added Individual Deceased Personnel File (Courtesy of Geoff Gentilini, Golden Arrow Research, LLC) to Pfc. Charles W. Coleman Memorial Page. |
| June, 2024 | Added Friends of the 416th Bomb Group - 2024 Reunion Announcement. |
| April, 2024 | Added Post-War Obituary page for Alberie J. Nadeau. Alberie, at the age of 100, was the last of the 416th BG Veterans known to us and he will sincerely be missed. Updated POW pages to correct NARA WWII POW links. Added Individual Deceased Personnel File (Courtesy of Geoff Gentilini, Golden Arrow Research, LLC) to Capt William Battersby Memorial Page. |
| March, 2024 | Added Individual Deceased Personnel File (Courtesy of Geoff Gentilini, Golden Arrow Research, LLC) to Sgt. Joseph E. Feistl Memorial Page. |
| September, 2023 | Added Individual Deceased Personnel File (Courtesy of Geoff Gentilini, Golden Arrow Research, LLC) to Pfc. Byron Kidd Allen Memorial Page. |
| April, 2023 | Updated Overseas Stations pages Cambrai/Niergnies, France (Station A-74), Cormeilles-en-Vexin, France (Station A-59), Laon/Athies, France (Station A-69) and Melun/Villaroche, France (Station A-55) with additional maps and information. |
| March, 2023 | Added new Cambrai/Niergnies, France (Station A-74) Airfield page. |
| February, 2023 | Updated NOBALL Targets page. Removed "Support The 416th Bomb Group Archive " (Amazon Smile) hyperlinks - Discontinued by Amazon.com. Added 2023 Friends of the 416th Bomb Group Reunion Announcement page and 2023 Reunion Planning Survey. |
| January, 2023 | Updated Wethersfield Stations AAF-170 page. Synchronized names between Loading List, MACR/AAR reports and 416th BG Archive Personnel Database. |
| December, 2022 | Updated Theodore Aylesworth Post-War Obituary and 416th Veteran Photo and Document Collections pages to include links to the "A Review of the Protection of England Against V-Weapons in World War II" (PDF) paper written by Col Aylesworth. Added 2022 Friends of the 416th Bomb Group Reunion page. Added Post-War Obituary page for Roland Eugene Dullnig. |
| November, 2022 | Added Q4 2022 Friends of the 416th Bomb Group "Mail Call" Quarterly Newsletter Revised Website Table of Contents page to reduce complexity and organize many of the hyperlinks into appropriate groupings. Added The Last Letter Home - The Life And Death Of Robert L. Miller, S/Sgt (PDF file), written by Gary Graves, to the 416th Veteran Photo and Document Collections page. |
| September, 2022 | Added Q3 2022 Friends of the 416th Bomb Group "Mail Call" Quarterly Newsletter |
| July, 2022 | Added Q2 2022 Friends of the 416th Bomb Group "Mail Call" Quarterly Newsletter |
| June, 2022 | Added 3 additional Individual Deceased Personnel Files (IDPF) via Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) requests graciously fulfilled by Archival Reference Technician George Fuller, NARA, St. Louis, MO. Registration NOW OPEN for the 2022 Friends of the 416th Bomb Group Reunion (Tucson, AZ, October 26-30, 2022) |
| May, 2022 | Added three new web pages with information on Honors received by Individual Soldiers in the 416th BG (Individual Awards, Honors and Commendations, Individual Medals Details and Campaign Medals: American, European-African-Middle Eastern, and Asiatic-Pacific); updated Group and Squadron Awards, Honors and Commendations page. |
| April, 2022 | Updated Wethersfield page with "Memorials at RAF Wethersfield, Essex" video link, Added "RAF Wethersfield" section with 4 videos to 416th Videos page, Added Short article written in 1996 by Ed Renth about D-Day PDF file link to Mission #67 page. Through Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) requests graciously fulfilled by Government Information Specialist Bryan K. Jolly of the Freedom of Information and Privacy Office, U.S. Army Human Resources Command, Fort Knox, KY, we recently acquired complete Individual Deceased Personnel Files (IDPF) for 40 of the 416th BG Fatalities. We already had 11 IDPFs acquired through various sources. A new "IDPF File" column was added to the "WWII Military Service Fatalities 1943 - 1945" index web page to indicate if an IDPF is on-line for a given Soldier Dead. To view the actual IDPF file in PDF format, click the Individual Memorial web page hyperlink, scroll down and then click the IDPF hyperlink. Also added is a new WWII Individual Deceased Personnel Files summary information web page. Added Q1 2022 Friends of the 416th Bomb Group "Mail Call" Quarterly Newsletter |
| February, 2022 | Updates to: S/Sgt. Robert Lee Miller Memorial, S/Sgt. Vern Edward Molver POW Memorial, MACR 4634, Missions #46 and #241, Cachat Photo Collection - Plane Crashes and Plane Stills and Crews, WWII US Air Force Photos, POW Camps, Wethersfield, Melun-Villaroche, Laon/Athies and Cormeilles-en-Vexin. Added Case History of A-26 Airplane web page including PDF files extracted from re-scanned original paper page files graciously provided by Ms. Tammy Horton at the AFHRA. |
| January, 2022 | Added Individual Deceased Personnel File (graciously provided by Nigel Staniforth) to S/Sgt. Joseph John Shields Memorial Page. Updated 2022 Friends of the 416th Bomb Group Reunion Announcement page. Kathe and Gary Rensner published the 2021 Friends of the 416th Bomb Group Newsletter (PDF). Researched 416th BG NOBALL Targets (V1 Flying Bomb Launch Sites) and added webpage NOBALL Targets summary; added "NOBALL / V1 Flying Bomb" photos saved from Fold3.com at bottom of WWII US Air Force Photos page, updated Combat Mission pages 13, 17, 22 and 23 with additional information discovered in V1 research. Updated 2021 Friends of the 416th Bomb Group Reunion page with Reunion Summary, Added 2021 Reunion Photos and 2022 Friends of the 416th Bomb Group Reunion Announcement (Tucson, AZ, October 26-30, 2022) pages. |
| December, 2021 | Added photos from Roland Dullnig's 100th Birthday Celebration to his Photo and Document Collection page. Added new page on WWII Maps. Researched and added GSGS Military Topographic Map information to 156 416th BG Combat Missions which identified Targets using "Modified British System" (MBS) Grid coordinates. Missions having GSGS maps include: 69, 70, 75, 78, 83, 87-89, 93, 94, 100, 105, 106, 108, 119, 125, 126, 128, 137-139, 140-150, 154, 155, 157, 159, 161, 163-166, 168-177, 179-189, 191-285. |
| September, 2021 | Updated 416th Videos page to add new "Witness To War" Video links for Dave Andrews and Frank Harris. Updated 2021 Friends of the 416th Bomb Group Reunion Announcement (Windsor Locks, CT, October 13-16, 2021). |
| August, 2021 | Updated 2021 Friends of the 416th Bomb Group Reunion Announcement (Windsor Locks, CT, October 13-16, 2021). |
| July, 2021 | Updated 2021 Friends of the 416th Bomb Group Reunion Announcement (Windsor Locks, CT, October 13-16, 2021). Added 416th Bomb Group Support Units page with brief information on each Unit and Monthly Histories where available. Also updated the Group History page. |
| June, 2021 | Announcing 2021 Friends of the 416th Bomb Group Reunion Announcement (Windsor Locks, CT, October 13-16, 2021). Added Capt Zean R. Moore Photo and Document Collection page and Short synopsis of Capt. Zean R. Moore's flying career PDF file to 416th Photo and Document Collections page. |
| May, 2021 | Researched available information for the 59 Soldiers who where Prisoners Of War (POW) or were shot down and Evaded Capture (Evader) during their WWII Military Service with the 416th Bomb Group. See WWII Military Service Prisoners Of War/Evaders 1944 - 1945 list which includes links to Memorial pages of each POW/Evader, and supporting web pages POW Camps, Escape & Evasion (E&E) Reports, POW/E&E Terms and Acronyms and POW/E&E Sources, References, Resources. Addded two James Siracuse video interviews to 416th Videos and Reece Robertson and James Siracuse Interviews to 416th Photo and Document Collections pages. |
| April, 2021 | The Friends of the 416th Bomb Group Tour to WWII England has been postponed until May 25 - June 1, 2022 and revised Tour details and Frequently Asked Questions/Answers are available. |
| March, 2021 | Added short YouTube video showing 2 different aircraft (A/C) from 3 different camera view angle clips to 416th Videos, Mission #68 and MACR 6046 / 9832 pages. The initial portion of the video (Time Start through 0:03 seconds) shows the severely damaged and burning left wing of a four-engine A/C since there are two engines visible on this one wing. The last portion (Time 0:04 seconds to End), shows twin-engine 669th Bomb Squadron (fuselage code "2A"), 416th Bomb Group (vertical white stripe at the back of the tail) Douglas A-20G-35-DO Havoc A/C Serial Number 43-10148 which was shot down and crash-landed under pilot control on 416th BG Mission #68 on D-Day, June 6, 1944 (MACR 6046 / 9832). All 3 crew members - 2Lt Charles Church (Pilot), S/Sgts Peter P. Maciulewicz (Airplane Mechanic-Gunner) and Herbert E. Shatzer (Airplane Armorer-Gunner) - were taken POW and were liberated after V-E Day. Video discovered by Roger Robbins, Wethersfield Airfield Museum; Published on YouTube Sep 6, 2014 by by Zoran Petek. |
| February, 2021 | Wayne Sayles extracted video clips from U.S. National Archives movie films photographed by 4th Combat Camera Unit (4th CCU) cameramen assigned to the 416th BG. Video clips are from 416th Missions #31, #77 and #78 and are included on these individual Mission pages as well as the 416th Videos page. Updated Combat Missions Loading List Transcriptions and corresponding Combat Mission pages. |
| December, 2020 | Kathe and Gary Rensner published the 2020 Friends of the 416th Bomb Group Newsletter (PDF). Added page for Jen Martz book "MIA, an untold story". Added Walter N. Burnette Jr. and John J. Neuer to USMA (West Point) Graduates page. |
| November, 2020 | Added Post-War Obituary and Photo and Document Collection pages for S/Sgt Roy Burnett Surles, Sr. Added Individual Deceased Personnel Files (graciously provided by Nigel Staniforth) and hyperlinks to S/Sgt. Leroy NMI Barnard and 2Lt. Arthur Allen ("Allen") McDonald Memorial Pages. Added French Legion Of Honor Award page for 1st Lt. Robert J. Basnett. Updated 1st Lt. Gentry L. "Bud" Milhorn Photo and Document Collection. |
| September, 2020 | Added French Legion Of Honor Award and Photo and Document Collection pages for Cpl. Alberie J. "Frenchie" Nadeau. Updated Summary Statistics and added new Awards, Honors and Commendations and associated pages. Updated A-26 Invader USAAF S/N - MSN - DFN Cross Reference pages Douglas Long Beach (DL) Production, First 500 A/C (41-39100 to 41-39599) and Douglas Tulsa (DT) Production, First 500 A/C (43-22252 to 43-22751) to identify those A-26 aircraft known to have been used in the 416th Bomb Group and added hyperlinks to the first Individual Aircraft Record Card images for 416th BG and other selected planes. |
| August, 2020 | Added Reference Books page. Added Special Orders No. 278 Dated 31-Oct-1943, 416th BG Transfer from Lake Charles, LA to Laurel, MS Transcription and Meredith Joy Huff original images PDF file. |
| July, 2020 | Expanded Meredith Joy Huff Veteran Photo and Documents pages to include the extensive collection of over 550 WWII-Era and Post-War Photographs and Documents which was organized, digitally preserved and graciously provided to the 416th BG Archive by Meredith and Hilaria's daughter and son-in-law, Arlene and Roy Hohn. |
| June, 2020 | Added Post-War Obituary page for Robert J. and Lanola "Puz" Basnett. |
| April, 2020 | Updated the 416th BG Archive page to include news articles featuring the Archive. |
| March, 2020 | Added David Andrews, French Legion Of Honor Medal Award video. Added Information page on the Friends of the 416th Bomb Group Tour to WWII England, May 26 - June 2, 2021. Added French Legion Of Honor page and pages for French Legion Of Honor Awards to Dave Andrews and Roland Dullnig. |
| February, 2020 | Updated Aircraft Identifiers - Douglas Fuselage Number page and added A-26 Invader USAAF S/N - MSN - DFN Cross References for Douglas Long Beach (DL) Production, First 500 A/C (41-39100 to 41-39599) and Douglas Tulsa (DT) Production, First 500 A/C (43-22252 to 43-22751) pages. |
| January, 2020 | Added Post-War Obituary page for Dan Moroni Eastman. Added summary description of the 2019 Reunion - New Orleans, LA by Kathe Rensner and Stephanie Andrews, 2019 416th Bomb Group Newsletter by Kathe Rensner, 2019 Reunion Photos pages and 2020 Reunion Announcement page. The 2020 416th Bomb Group Reunion will be held October 14-17, 2019 in Windsor Locks, CT. Added Aircraft Accident Report PDF files to MACR/AAR report pages AAR 43-5-24-44, AAR 43-6-11-10, AAR 44-7-6-59, AAR 44-9-12-36, AAR 44-9-19-38, AAR 44-10-23-71, AAR 44-10-27-31, AAR 44-11-19-74, AAR 44-11-26-34, AAR 44-11-26-34, AAR 44-12-21-13, AAR 44-2-15-525, AAR 44-2-18-513, AAR 44-6-1-509, AAR 44-6-30-524 / MACR 15923, AAR 45-8-13-516, AAR 45-12-4-526, AAR 45-12-18-521, AAR 45-1-19-528, AAR 45-1-25-516, AAR 45-3-21-518, AAR 45-5-16-522, AAR 45-5-17-528, AAR 45-5-26-508, AAR 45-6-8-514, AAR 45-6-15-513, AAR 45-6-16-512, AAR 45-6-23-510, AAR 45-6-23-510, AAR 45-6-24-515, AAR 46-7-12-515, AAR 46-7-18-510. |
| December, 2019 | Added several web pages detailing information regarding the Douglas A-26 Invader European Theater of Operations (ETO) Combat Evaluation, including early State-side training and subsequent training with the 416th Bomb Group; also expanded information on the 416th Conversion from A-20 to A-26 type aircraft page. Added St. Paul's Cathedral American Roll of Honor page, written by Steve Roy. |
| October, 2019 | Added Friends of the 416th Bomb Group page. Added page for Debby Fricke Smith book "My Sister's Father: Reclaiming Andre". |
| September, 2019 | Donna Cox Hill's ww2buddies.com website includes a section titled "Some of the Boys' Memories" for 1781st and 1782nd Ordnance Units and 394th and 416th Bomb Groups. Links to the web pages of the 416th Bomb Group members, along with saved PDF versions, are available on the 416th Veteran Photo and Document Collections page. Added The Flight Home, Ferrying A-26 Aircraft from the ETO to the USA page researched and written by Rich Milhorn, son of Bud Milhorn, and Capt. John A. "Jack" Buskirk Veteran Photo and Documents Collection. |
| August, 2019 | Added scanned original Mission documents to all 285 Combat Mission individual Mission web pages. These Public Domain, Declassified Mission documents were graciously provided to the 416th BG Archive by the dedicated staff of the Air Force Historical Research Agency (AFHRA). Added Aircraft Accident Report PDF files to MACR/AAR report pages AAR 45-12-29-527, AAR 45-1-23-525 and AAR 45-3-13-524. Added "Pillars In The Sky, by Jim Phillips and Capt. James Potter "Jim" Phillips Veteran Photo and Documents Collection. Added Post-War Obituary pages for William Leroy Kinney, Charles "Charlie" Church, Dr. Garland Doty Murphy Jr., William Aiken "Bill" Peck, Theron Steventon "Ted" Merritt and Floyd W. Henderson. Also added Floyd Henderson Biography, "Floyd Henderson, Pilot A-20/A-26 671st BG" Article and Major Garland Doty Murphy Jr. Veteran Photo and Documents Collection. |
| July, 2019 | Added Post-War Obituary pages for Harold David "Dave" Andrews, Jr., Robert James "Bob" Kehres and Hilary P. Cole, added Veteran Photo and Documents Collection and Post-War Obituary pages for 1st Lt. Gentry L. "Bud" Milhorn. |
| June, 2019 | Added extracts from 671st Bomb Squadron (L) Unit History (PDF) to all the individual Combat Mission pages. Added 2018 Reunion Photos and Memories compilation from Tom Rickels (PDF) to the 2018 Reunion - Abilene, Texas page. |
| May, 2019 | Updated Douglas A-20 "Havoc" and Douglas A-26 "Invader" pages with information/photos of the models of these Aircraft used by the 416th BG and information from Will Lindsay on the storage and salvage of many of the A-20s. |
| April, 2019 | Added Aircraft Accident Report PDF files to MACR/AAR report pages AAR 44-11-1-44, AAR 45-8-24-522 and AAR 45-2-9-525. Updated and added additional photos to WWII US Air Force Photos page. Added Post-War Obituary page for Joseph Francis "Joe" Meagher. Updated Combat Missions index and individual mission pages for the 85 416th Bomb Group Combat Missions which included PFF aircraft from the 1st Pathfinder Squadron (Provisional). |
| March, 2019 | Added Mission Information page. Added Dave Andrews 2013 England Visit video slideshow Produced by by Ross Stewart to the Videos and Dave Andrews Photo and Document Collection pages. Added several YouTube.com video links to the Videos page. Added Post-War Obituary page for Benjamin G. Fandre. Added 416th Bomb Group related WWII US Air Force Photos, downloaded from Fold3.com. |
| February, 2019 | Added and consolidated Veteran Diaries, Journals and Memoirs for Robert S. Bower Transcription and scanned images PDF file, George W. Cowgill, Gordon E. Doule, Kenneth T. Roney and Frederick L. Stemler. Added or updated Post-War Obituary pages for Robert S. Bower, Vincent Ferraro "Vinnie" Fair, Frederick L. Stemler and Obituary for Francis Cachat's wife, Margaret "Peg" Cachat on Francis' Post-War Obituary page. Added or updated Photo and Document Collection pages for Robert S. Bower, George W. Cowgill and Frederick L. Stemler. |
| January, 2019 | Added 416th Bomb Group Newsletter 2018 published by Wayne and Doris Sayles. |
| December, 2018 | Added Lt. George W. Cowgill Photo and Document Collection page and Diary. Added Aircraft Accident Report PDF files to MACR/AAR report pages AAR 44-3-4-522, AAR 45-12-23-510 and AAR 45-7-31-523. Added 2019 Reunion Announcement And Registration page. The 2019 416th Bomb Group Reunion will be held October 8-12, 2019 in New Orleans, Louisiana. |
| November, 2018 | Added summary description of the 2018 Reunion - Abilene, Texas and 2018 Reunion Photos from Jean Sittarich pages. |
| October, 2018 | Added 6 new video files and updated Videos page; added "Donate" link to Index and Table of Contents pages. |
| September, 2018 | Added hyperlinks for Library of Congress 12th Army Group World War II Military Situation Maps to all 219 Combat Mission pages from D-Day (Mission 67) to the Last 416th BG Mission (Mission 285). These maps show Western Allies and Axis troop position details in Western Europe as of appoximately 1200 hours every day. Added Ralph Conte memorial video and Carl Sgamboti memorial video slide show, produced for the October 5-8, 2016 416th BG Reunion by Wayne Sayles. |
| August, 2018 | Added 416th BG Bronze Memorial Plaques and Franklin Pierce "Frank" Basford Post-War Obituary pages. Added Post-War Obituary page for Wayne Edward Downing. |
| June, 2018 | Added 2018 Reunion Registration page. This year's 416th Bomb Group Reunion will be held October 3-7, 2018 in Abilene, Texas. Please Register and make your Travel plans soon. Added Aircraft Accident Report PDF files to MACR/AAR report pages AAR 45-1-23-523, AAR 45-2-22-524 and AAR 45-3-12-525. |
| May, 2018 | Added New England Air Museum (NEAM) Douglas A-26C Invader "Reida Rae" restoration web pages originally developed by Carl Sgamboti, with permission from Carl's family. Added Aircraft Accident Report PDF files to MACR/AAR report pages AAR 45-10-28-530 and AAR 45-10-19-528; Updated captions on numerous Cachat Photos. |
| April, 2018 | Added Post-War Obituary page for Francis Joseph Cachat. Added Aircraft Identifiers - Douglas Fuselage Number page. Added Aircraft Accident Report PDF files to MACR/AAR report pages AAR 44-4-21-508 and AAR 45-12-23-535. |
| March, 2018 | Added Individual Deceased Personnel File hyperlinks to S/Sgt. Charles R. Henshaw and S/Sgt. Jack NMI Steward Memorial Pages. Added "Missing Air Crew Reports, Aircraft Accident Reports, and other incidents" information and links to the following 81 individual Mission pages: 2, 6, 8, 10, 13, 26, 33, 40, 43, 46, 47, 49, 50, 58, 61, 65, 66, 68, 83, 87, 90, 92, 94, 100, 101, 102, 110, 111, 114, 115, 116, 117, 122, 123, 125, 131, 139, 145, 148, 149, 153, 154, 155, 156, 163, 164, 167, 173, 175, 176, 177, 179, 180, 181, 184, 185, 187, 188, 191, 192, 197, 200, 201, 204, 206, 209, 210, 214, 221, 233, 239, 246, 247, 249, 253, 256, 260, 273, 279, 280, 285. |
| January, 2018 | Added 416th Bomb Group Newsletter 2017 published by Wayne and Doris Sayles. Added 2018 Reunion Announcement page. This year's 416th Bomb Group Reunion will be held October 3-7, 2018 in Abilene, Texas. |
| December, 2017 | Added Roland E. Dullnig Honor Flight, May 19-20, 2017 page. Updated Links and Credits, Abbreviations, Codes and Descriptions and 2911th Bombardment Squadron (L) Provisional Photo and Document Collection pages. Added Aircraft Accident Report PDF files to MACR/AAR report pages AAR 43-6-11-7, AAR 43-6-28-53, Combined AAR 44-11-5-7 and 44-12-5-46 |
| November, 2017 | Added Aircraft Identifiers page. |
| October, 2017 | Added Charles Church Photo and Document Collection page. Added 2017 Reunion Photos page and Post-War Obituary pages for Vern Edward Molver and LeRoy Richard "Roy" Shaw. |
| September, 2017 | Added a summary description of the 2017 Reunion -- Rosslyn, Virginia page. |
| August, 2017 | Primary Target Latitude/Longitude coordinates have been identified for all 285 Combat Missions flown by the 416th Bomb Group and are included on the individual Mission web pages in both Decimal Degrees and Degrees, Minutes, Seconds format with a hyperlink to a Google Map display centered at the Latitude/Longitude. See Combat Missions Latitude/Longitude Coordinates and Target Identifiers for more information. |
| May, 2017 | Added "Under Fire, The 416th Bomb Group in World War II, 1943-1945" Video. Researched and expanded the available information for all Individual Memorial pages of the 127 Soldiers who died during their WWII Military Service with the 416th Bomb Group. See the 416th Bomb Group WWII Military Service Fatalities index. Added Aircraft Accident Report PDF files to MACR/AAR report pages AAR 43-4-15-6, AAR 44-7-4-9, AAR 44-9-4-8 (Burke), AAR 44-9-4-8 (Morton), AAR 44-10-1-3, AAR 44-10-18-21, AAR 44-10-18-19, AAR 45-7-11-521, AAR 45-8-25-535, AAR 45-8-30-523 (Miller) and AAR 45-8-30-523 (Smith). |
| April, 2017 | Added 2017 Reunion Announcement page. This year's 416th Bomb Group Reunion will be held September 13-17, 2017 in Rosslyn, Virginia. |
| March, 2017 | Added Mickie Weinert and the Southern Arizona Woman's Chorus Organization Normandy and D-Day commemoration ceremonies trip review PDF created by Chris Adams and link on the 2016 Reunion page. |
| February, 2017 | Added MACR 5033 photo scanned and published on-line by Michael G. Moskow, "The Missing Photos: Photographic Images in Missing Aircrew Reports" to Mission 58, MACR 5033, MACR 5032. |
| January, 2017 | Added 2016 Reunion Newsletter. Added "Precious Letters" web page with an article on war-time letters between Dave and Jackie Andrews, written by Wayne G. Sayles. |
| December, 2016 | Added hyperlinks for Monthly and Individual PDF Exhibits to 1943, 1944 and 1945 416th BG Monthly History pages. Added lists of past Reunions and some Newsletters to the 416th BG Group and Squadrons Reunions and Newsletters page; added 2014 and 2015 Newsletters. Added a new Pfc Anthony R. Conlon Memorial page; and updated the 2911th BS page. |
| November, 2016 | Updated Roger M. Roy Photo and Document Collection page. Added video Interview with Wayne Downing describing "A-20s of the 2911th Bomb Squadron", with links from the Videos and 2911th Bombardment Squadron (L) Provisional History pages. Updated 2911th Bombardment Squadron (L) Provisional History page with new information from James Adams and Wayne Downing and to include information on the 2911th BS Combat Missions. Also added a new 2911th Bombardment Squadron (L) Provisional Photo and Document Collection page. Tom Rickels put together a wonderful collection of Photos and Memories he captured during the Reunion which has been added to the 2016 Reunion -- Gainesville, Missouri page, along with a link to the Ozark County Times Newspaper article on Doris and Wayne's George Bledsoe Award. |
| October, 2016 | Added Sgt. Louis C. Mazza Memorial Page along with other corrections. Added a summary description of the 2016 Reunion -- Gainesville, Missouri page. |
| September, 2016 | Added transcribed Overseas Transfer Orders. Added Individual Deceased Personnel File hyperlinks to Capt. Charles J. Andersen and 2Lt. Leo J. Roman Memorial Pages and AAR 4-20-45 / MACR 15911; Corrected spelling of Capt. Charles J. Andersen last name (sometimes miss-spelled as "Anderson"). |
| August, 2016 | Added new photos to 2Lt. Joseph Thomas Schouten Memorial Page and Mission 26. |
| June, 2016 | Added transcribed list of Personnel to Activation Orders. |
| May, 2016 | Added pages for Group and Squadron personnel who were listed as Missing/Prisoner Of War and/or who received Non-fatal Injuries during their WWII Military Service. Missing/POW pages are: 416th Bomb Group and 668th, 669th, 670th, 671st Squadrons. Non-fatal Injury pages are: 416th Bomb Group and 668th, 669th, 670th, 671st Squadrons. Updated numerous Missing Air Crew & A/C Accident Reports; added 416th Bomb Group WWII Military Service Fatalities index and Individual Memorial pages for each fatality; updated 416th BG HQ and 668th, 669th, 670th, and 671st Memoriam pages; and added new Contact the 416th BG Archive page. |
| April, 2016 | Added Post-War Obituary and Photo and Document Collection pages for Meredith Joy Huff. Added Post-War Obituary page for Ralph Conte. |
| March, 2016 | Added 2016 Reunion page and Memorial page for 416th Bombardment Group (L) Honorary Veteran Carmen T. (Carl) Sgamboti. |
| February, 2016 | Expanded Missing Air Crew & A/C Accident Reports index and pages to include additional accidents, incidents and casualties. Updated some captions on Cachat photo collections: "People", "Plane Nose Art" and "Plane Stills and Crews"; Added link to 416th BG Archive Store to Table of Contents, 416th Bomb Group Archive and Index pages; Added links to PDF version of Transcription and Original pages for 416th BG Histories 1943, 1944 and 1945; Added PDF file of Purple Heart Awards. |
| December, 2015 | Added photos and updated captions on Dave Andrews Photo and Document Collection page, added link to On-line article "70e anniversaire de la liberation de Domfront" (70th Anniversary Liberation of Domfront), August 14, 2014, by Lionel Letendre to both Dave Andrews Photo page and Mission 78 page. Added Video slideshow of past 416th BG Reunion photos in honor of Bob Kehres 100th Birthday. Added Paul Parker Photo and Document Collection page. |
| November, 2015 | Added 416th Bomb Group Videos page, Post War Obituary and Photo and Document Collection pages for James D. Adams, Photo and Document Collection page for Jack Sittarich, and updated or added Video links to multiple pages. Added page with information on Konrad Soppa's book Luftangriffe auf Lage im Fruhjahr 1945 (Air Raids on Lage in the Spring of 1945) and PDF file with a number of Reunion photos by David Andrews and Tom Rickels captured during the 2015 416th Bomb Group Reunion. |
| October, 2015 | Added 416th Bomb Group Memorial Exhibit 2015 Project & Financial Report and link to the 416th Bomb Group Memorial Exhibit page. Added 2015 Reunion -- Albuquerque, NM page; updated Summary Statistics, Group Reunions, Table of Contents and Combat Missions Loading Lists pages. Added Memorial and Photo and Document Collection pages for Roger M. Roy. |
| August, 2015 | Updated 416th Bomb Group Memorial Exhibit page. Added Aircraft Accident Report PDF files to MACR/AAR report pages AAR 44-2-14-501, AAR 44-4-24-513 and AAR 44-5-19-525. Added PDF file "USAAF 9th Air Force Attack Against Worms, Germany" by Carl Sgamboti linked from the Mission 239 page. Updated pages: Table of Contents, Combat Missions, Loading List Transcriptions, and Missing Air Crew Reports and Aircraft Accident Reports. |
| July, 2015 | Completed Combat Missions Loading List Transcriptions page and included these Loading List Transcriptions on individual Mission pages for ALL 285 Combat Missions. |
| April, 2015 | Ross Stewart, RAF Wethersfield Historian and Curator, has written the Digital PDF ebook A Brief History of RAF Wethersfield. |
| February, 2015 | Added New Combat Missions Loading List Transcriptions page and included these Loading List Transcriptions on individual Mission pages for Missions 1 thru 70. |
| January, 2015 | Updated 416th Bomb Group Archive page and added new 416th Bomb Group Archive Photos page. |
| December, 2014 | Added new 416th Veteran Photo and Document Collections page with a beginning set of collections. Additional Veteran's collections will continue to be added. Updated pages 669th Bomb Squadron Personnel, Wethersfield RAF Station, England and Links and Credits. Added summary for Robert K. Johnson's 21-Feb-1945 crash-landing and Memorial pages for PFC Byron K. Allen and PFC Charles W. Coleman. |
| November, 2014 | Revised 670th Bombardment Squadron (L) History 5 February 1943 to 11 October 1945 based on AFHRA documents; Included 670th BS History extracts in all individual Mission pages. |
| September, 2014 | Added Carl Weinert memorial page and updated William Earl "Billy" Brewer, Sr. memorial page, including links to video memorials produced by Wayne Sayles. Updated Aircraft Accident Reports AAR 44-10-10-2 (Holzscheiter) and AAR 44-10-10-2 (Kempernolte) with a first hand description video interview of Corporal Wesley E. (Bud) Hinck by Wayne Sayles. |
| August, 2014 | Added links to "France-Crashes 39-45" to MACR/AAR pages: MACR 4095, MACR 4634, MACR 4971, MACR 5033, MACR 6046 and 9832, MACR 6047, MACR 7657, MACR 7794, AAR 45-12-4-526 Additionally added Escape and Evasion Report or Memorial/Excavation links to MACR/AAR pages: MACR 4972, MACR 5035, MACR 6049, MACR 6045, MACR 6192, MACR 7850, MACR 7872, MACR 7799, MACR 5032, AAR 45-11-10-523, AAR , MACR 13154. Updated missions 10, 47, 83, 115, 116 and 245. |
| May, 2014 | Added Francis W. DeMand memorial page; updated missions 78, 164, 209, 241; and updated Links and Credits page. |
| March, 2014 | Added William Earl "Billy" Brewer, Sr. memorial page. |
| February, 2014 | Updated several Missing Air Crew Reports (MACR) and Aircraft Accident Reports (AAR) pages with photos from the Captain Francis J. Cachat 416th Photo Collection. Added additional captions where possible to the Captain Francis J. Cachat's "People" 416th Photo Collection Group. Also minor updates to other Captain Francis J. Cachat's 416th Photo Collection Groups. |
| January, 2014 | Added Francis Cachat Photo Group Operations recollections to the Photographic Services Group page. Added additional captions where possible to most of the Captain Francis J. Cachat's 416th Photo Collection Groups. Minor updates to Links and Credits page, added Bomb Run Photos to Missions 36 and 178. |
| December, 2013 | Modified all web pages with a standardized header and updated content in many pages. Added Obituary pages for Leland Carmon "Lee" Ferguson, James Potter "Jim" Phillips and John J. "Jack" Sittarich. |
| November, 2013 | Completed 669th Bombardment Squadron (L) History transcription page and included 669th BS History mission description extracts in corresponding Mission pages. Added Website Search option to Website Table of Contents page. |
| October, 2013 | Added image overlays onto current Google Earth display for Missions 2, 4, 10, 19, 26, 29, 46, 52, 78, 101, 176 and 194. Added captions to Cachat's 416th Photo Collection Plane Nose Art. |
| September, 2013 | Added or Updated Loading Lists and some Route Maps for Missions 226 to 285. Added 11 new Aircraft Accident Reports. Added new link to Ryan Conroy's Lt. Blair H. Bradford - Mission 50 memorial blog to the 416th.com Links and Credits and Blair H. Bradford memorial pages. Added captions to Cachat's 416th Photo Collection Bomb Run Target Photos and Plane Crashes groups. |
| June, 2013 | Added Missing Air Crew Reports (MACR) and Aircraft Accident Reports (AAR) pages and preliminary Abbreviations / Codes / Descriptions page. |
| May, 2013 | Added new pages of over 900 photos from Francis J. Cachat collection: Photographic Services Group, 416th Photo Collection and 9th Bomb. Division Strikes. Added 416th BG Archive E-mail Newsletter sign-up link to Index, Website Table of Contents and 416th Bomb Group Archive pages. |
| April, 2013 | Added or Updated Loading Lists and some Route Maps for Missions 203 to 225, 230 and 254. |
| March, 2013 | Added Loading Lists to Missions 166 to 202. |
| February, 2013 | Added Loading Lists to Missions 31 to 165. Updated all Mission pages - Added new "Summary of Operations" section to every page, added 668th Bomb Squadron history extracts to "Group and Unit Histories" sections where available. Revised Website Table of Contents and added new Website Update Summary page. |
| January, 2013 | Added Loading Lists to Missions 14 thru 30. Updated or added Loading Lists to Missions 1 thru 9 and 11-13. Updated all Squadron pages to include links between History, Memorial, Operations and Personnel; added "Activation" paragraphs and "Fuselage Code" to Squadron History pages and fixed invalid links in 669th and 671st history pages. Updated 2911th Bomb Squadron and Index pages. Updated all Squadron pages to include links between History, Operations and Personnel. |
| December, 2012 | Updated 416th Bomb Group (L) Combat Missions page to include additional information from Operational Reports, along with listing the 20 un-numbered missions Recalled prior to reaching enemy territory. Updated 416th Bomb Group Archive page with address correction, new photo and to include information on Memory wall. |
| November, 2012 | Moved website to new host, but URL remains http://www.416th.com/, November 5, 2012. |
| October, 2012 | Added new 416th Bomb Group Informal Insignia and Motto page. Corrected hyperlinks on 9th AF USAAF page. |
| September, 2012 | Added new 416th Bombardment Group (L) Activation Orders page, completed transcription of 668th Bombardment Squadron (L) History 15 February 1943 to 30 June 1945 page, minor updates to other pages. |
| July, 2012 | Added Lester G. Alsleben memorial page. |
| December, 2011 | Revised 669th Bombardment Squadron (L) History February 1943 to April 1945; minor updates to 669th Bomb Squadron (L) HISTORY, 416th Bombardment Group (L) Group History 1944 and 671st Bombardment Squadron (L) History February 1943 to June 1945, Missions 115 and 116 pages. |
| November, 2011 | Added 416th Bomb Group Archive page. Added new 671st Bombardment Squadron (L) History February 1943 to June 1945 page, minor updates to 668th Bomb Squadron (L) HISTORY and 671st Bomb Squadron (L) HISTORY pages. |
| October, 2011 | Added extracts from Ralph Conte's book Attack Bombers We Need You! A History of the 416th Bomb Group to all 285 Mission pages. Created 416th Bomb Group Archive Facebook page on October 28, 2011. Added Loading Lists to most Mission pages for missions 200 thru 285. |
| September, 2011 | Added initial 668th Bombardment Squadron (L) History transcription, updated 7 Mission pages. Added 416th Bombardment Group (L) - Group History USAF Archives transcription extracts to each Mission page. |
| June, 2011 | Added 2011 Reunion -- Windsor Locks, CT page. Added memorial page for Lt. Thomas W. McManus and corrected the page for Sgt. John H. LaPointe. Added history pages Battle Participation Awards (Campaigns), Unit Citation for Extraordinary Heroism, Letters of Commendation and Example Orders (1943, 1944 and 1945). Updated Aircraft Marking (aka Squadron Logo) Description pages for 668th, 669th and 670th BS, added 671st Aircraft Marking page. |
| May, 2011 | Added Laon and Cormeilles-en-Vexin AFHRA maps to Laon/Athies Aerodrome, France Station A-69 and Cormeilles-en-Vexin Aerodrome, France Station A-59 pages; added A-20 and A-26 Bombing Records images to Summary Statistics page. Updated The 416th Bombardment Group (Light) History main page; Added transcribed official monthly summaries (Group History 1943, 1944 and 1945), Conversion from A-20 to A-26 type aircraft and Summary Statistics pages. |
| April, 2011 | Updated Wethersfield RAF Station, England page. |
| March, 2011 | Updated Logistics page. Added Frederick L. Stemler Memoirs page. |
| February, 2011 | Added page with information on Ralph Conte's book Attack Bombers We Need You! A History of the 416th Bomb Group, updated all Mission pages. Updated Operations page. |
| January, 2011 | Standardized hyperlink colors on all pages, changed background to blank for Aircraft Marking (aka Squadron Logo) Description pages for 668th, 669th and 670th BS; Added new memorial page for John Olson. |
| December, 2010 | Added 416th Bomb Group (L) Combat Missions page listing all 285 missions as well as initial pages for each Mission. |
| November, 2010 | Added Memorial page for Ssgt Joseph J. Rzepka. |
| September, 2010 | Added 2010 Reunion -- Branson, Missouri page; Memorial pages for Richard A. Rawling and Francis Sanford "Sandy" Brewster; also Wethersfield Base Transfer page. |
| August, 2010 | Added James E. Kerns Memorial page. |
| July, 2010 | Memorial pages added for Frederick L. Stemler and Walter W. Farmer. |
| April, 2010 | Added 2010 Reunion -- Branson, Missouri Information. |
| February, 2010 | Added Memorial page for Rev. Robert S. Bower. |
| December, 2009 | Added Memorial page for Frank Peppiatt. |
| November, 2009 | Added Louis Moskowitz Obituary; Memorial page for James S. Abbott III. |
| October, 2009 | Added Jack Sittarich video clip detailing the events of Mission 239 to Worms, Germany on March 18, 1945. Added Memorial page for Leonard McBride. Updated 669th Personnel page with 669th Personnel - Melun, France 1944 photo courtesy of Roy Burns. |
| September, 2009 | Added 2009 Reunion -- Branson, Missouri page. |
| August, 2009 | Created 670th Bomb Sq. Personnel and Robert E. Lee, Jr. pages. |
| July, 2009 | Created 669th Bomb Sq. Personnel page; Willard H. Land Memorial page and Wethersfield RAF Station, England. |
| June, 2009 | Added pages for 9th Air Force History and Logistics. |
| May, 2009 | Pages added: William J. Meng, William J. Meng, Contents, Honor Flight, Group Honors, Feedback, Links, Personnel, Letter to an American by Antoine de Saint Exupery, Ninth Air Force Association 2009 Reunion and Reunions. |
| March, 2009 | Created following pages - George M. Cook and Noel Eugene Clark, Jr. Memorials, 671st Bomb Sq. Personnel, Battle Honors, Operations, 2009 Reunion -- Branson, Missouri, 2009 Reunion Information . |
| February, 2009 | Added Wesley D. Chitty Memorial page, information on 2009 Reunion Branson Towers information and 2010 Reunion -- Branson, Missouri. |
| December, 2008 | Created 668th Bomb Sq. Personnel page and Claude J. Brown Memorial page. |
| November, 2008 | Added Memoriam pages for each Bomb Squadron: 668th Bomb Sq. In Memoriam, 669th Bomb Sq. In Memoriam, 670th Bomb Sq. In Memoriam and 671st Bomb Sq. In Memoriam; Memorial page for Blair H. Bradford. |
| October, 2008 | Added Operations pages 670th Bomb Sq. Operations and 671st Bomb Sq. Operations, Memorial page for Edward J. Renth. |
| August, 2008 | Created Melun-Villaroche Aerodrome, France page. |
| June, 2008 | Added page for 669th Bomb Sq. History. |
| May, 2008 | Added Memorial pages for Bruce Baxter, Daniel Miller Brown, F.E. Cherry, Raymond K. Cruze, Reed L. Enstrom, James Patrick Kenny, Michael Edward Kleopfel, Richard V. Miracle, Scott B. Richie Jr., Glenn J. Bender, Tonnis Boukamp, Ashton E. Carter, Roland E. Enman, James J. Farley, Arthur A. McDonald, Jack O. Nielsen, Arthur A. Raines, Jr., John Cook, John L. Johnson, John H. LaPointe, Robert L. Miller, Robert J. Rooney, Alwin C. Burns, Jr., Hollis A. Foster, Joseph T. Schouten and Theodore R. Aylesworth; also pages A-20 Havoc, Laon/Athies Aerodrome, France and West Point 416th Bomb Group graduates. |
| April, 2008 | Created 416th Bomb Group History, Orders and A-26 Invader and Memorial page for Paul E. Parker. |
| March, 2008 | Created 2008 Reunion -- Topsail Island, NC and 9th Air Force History pages, Memorial pages for Raymond J. Jones and Richard Vincent Wheeler. |
| February, 2008 | Added Lumir "Lou" Joseph Prucha Momorial page, and also 668th Bomb Sq. R&R and 2911th Bomb Squadron pages. |
| December, 2007 | Created Memorial page for Robert R. Williamson, History pages 668th Bomb Sq. History and 668th Bomb Sq. History Transcript. |
| November, 2007 | Added Memorial pages: James Kellam Colquitt, John F. Geyer, Ralph J. Lackner, Jr., Carl S. Stanley, Thomas R. Ford, Stanley Sheley, William Battersby and Emile C. "Dutch" Martin. |
| October, 2007 | Created 668th Bomb Sq. Operations and Kenneth E. Hornbeck, Jr. Memorial pages. |
| September, 2007 | Added pages 2007 Reunion -- Oshkosh, Wisconsin, 2006 Reunion -- Louisville, Kentucky and 669th Bomb Sq. Operations. |
| July, 2007 | Created Memorial page for Leroy G. Barnard and Cormeilles-en-Vexin Aerodrome, France 670th Bomb Sq. History Transcription. |
| June, 2007 | Memorial pages Robert E. Stockwell and Joseph J. Shields. |
| March, 2007 | Created 670th Bomb Sq. History page. |
| January, 2007 | Created Memorial page for William Edward Cramsie. |
| December, 2006 | Created Logo pages 668th Bomb Sq. Aircraft Marking, 669th Bomb Sq. Aircraft Marking and 670th Bomb Sq. Aircraft Marking. |
| November, 2006 | Created 671st Bomb Sq. History and 671st Bomb Sq. History Transcription. |
| October, 2006 | Added New England Air Museum 416th Bomb Group Memorial Exhibit page. |
| October 5, 2006 | Initiated 416th.com Website on October 5, 2006. |