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Army Air Forces.com 416th Bomb Group Discussion Forum
A-20 Havoc (From Joe Baugher's
Encyclopedia of American Military Aircraft)
A-26 Invader
(From Joe
Baugher's Encyclopedia of American Military Aircraft)
New
England Air Museum A-26 Restoration Project
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Bois des Huit Rues Noball
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First to Fall
by Wayne G. Sayles
Many photographs posted on this site are from the public domain. We are thankful to those who preserved these visual memories both then and in the intervening years. Our thanks also to the following for their contributions:
* Ralph Conte: Attack Bombers We Need You! A history of the 416th Bomb Group, ISBN: 0-9712387-0-7
* Wayne Downing: personnel photos and details,
operational
records.
* Bob Kehres: personal photos and details.
* Jane and Doug Enman: Unit histories from official archives, personnel photos and veteran contact information.
* Ed Klacik: Air Heritage Inc. Beaver Falls, PA
* Jim Kerns: 671st BS history.
* Rick Prucha, Bart Singletary, Phil Stanley and Greg Hiatt: Photos and documents from family archives.
* Bob Basnett; Dick Wheeler; Scotty Street; Dave Andrews, Ray Jones, Eldon Kreh, Jack Sittarich, Peter Royalty, Bob Kehres, Don Sorrels, Carl Weinert, Al Damico, Billy Brewer, Robert E. Lee and other surviving veterans: personal memories.
* Northwestern University WWII Poster Collection , http://www.library.northwestern.edu/govpub/collections/wwii-posters/index.html
* Donna Cox Hill and WW2 Buddies for information about the 1781st Ordnance Gp. , http://www.ww2buddies.com/
* "TAPS" courtesy of the U.S. Army Field Band
* "Goin' Home" and "To The Colors" courtesy of the U.S. Air Force Band
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