If you possess items of memorabilia, records, letters, journals, diaries, photos, or artifacts
from the 2nd Bomb Group during WW2 and you are looking for a home for these historic items
where they can be appreciated and preserved for the benefit of future generations,
please contact:
Amy Russell - Museum Director
88 Shreveport Road, Building 5088
Barksdale AFB, LA 71110
(318) 456-5553
amy.russell.1@us.af.mil
Crew Photos
and other 2nd BG photos of interest
If you have photos that you wish to post copies of on the "Crew Photos" webpage on this website,
please click on the MS Word icon below to Save (not Open) the attached MS Word template to your computer for input
and then submit them in digital form.
The completed MS Word template and digital photos can be emailed to sidunderwood@prodigy.net
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The following are photos provided by Robert Hofmann - robertdhofmann@yahoo.com These are various photos of Capt Jerry Hofmann, Pilot, 429th Bomb Squadron, Amendola, Italy. |
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Capt John Gerald "Jerry" Hofmann 1916 - 1945
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.jpg) Jerry Hofmann/JGH Graduation
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Earl McClish, Bill Schilling, Don May, Jerry Hamilton, Isadore Berman, Mel Moser. Jerry Hofmann, Chuck Crafton, Roy Cooper. (Florida, April 1944)
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WWII 429th Bomb Sq, 2nd Bomb Group, 300th Mission for the Group. Jerry Hofmann, Jim Merritt in front row (Amendola Airfield, Foggia Italy 1944)
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WWII 2nd Bomb Group 300th Mission Lead Plane, Jerry Hofmann, Bombardier Col Randall Bedgood, Pilot Jim Merritt, Navigator Amendola Foggia Italy
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Brooklyn NY Congressman John J Rooney at 2nd Bomb Group base in Amendola Italy late 1944 or early 1945 with Capt Robert Canavan of 82nd St Bat Ridge Sgt O'Rourke and Capt Jerry Hofmann | |||
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Betty's Chow Hounds at Amedola |
Joe Lewis referees boxing match at Amendola |
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The following are photos provided by Jim Farrell - jamespfarrell54@gmail.com These are various photos of Lt Michael J Farrell, Navigator, 96th Bomb Squadron, Amendola, Italy.
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Foggia Staff (l-r) Col. Thomas, Joseph R Rehmet, A.L.MacAdams,Jr., Dan McCullough, Marshall E (Moon) Hanson, Michael Farrell |
Allied
Commanders and staff of Italian campaign before private audience
with Pope Pius XII after the liberation of Rome. Army film
reels show the broader audience with some 4000 American and
British troops addressed by the beaming Pope. June 9, 1944
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| Lt Michael Farrell charting air missions from 5th Wing HQ, 15th Army Air Force, in Foggia. Spring 1944 |
Stables at Amendola Field |
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