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Military Personnel Records (Note - you must click "Open this content in a new window")

 

Army Air Forces Historical Association

 

Air Force Historical Research Agency

 

Air Force Historical Foundation

 

Air Force History Office

 

Army Air Forces Search Forum (Note - you must click "Open this content in a new window")

 

Army Air Forces Research Help Guide (Note - you must click "Open this content in a new window")

 

Air Force History Index

 

National Archives and Records Administration (Note - you must click "Open this content in a new window")

 

Decoding WWII Serial Numbers

 

American Air Museum (Note - you must click "Open this content in a new window")

 

Golden Arrow Military Research Services

 

Military Medals

 

Military Cinema

 

America Battle Monuments Commission (Note - you must click "Open this content in a new window")

 

Honor Flight Network

 

The National WWII Memorial in Washington DC

 

Soaring Valor (Note - you must click "Open this content in a new window")

 

The National WWII Museum in New Orleans, LA

 

The National Air Force Museum in Dayton, OH

http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/visit/

http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/full/tour-std.html

 

Search Ancestry.com - WWII Military Records

 

Letters of a WWII Airman - 49th Sqdn Navigator Lt Frank Ebner Gartz

 

S/Sgt John H Bryner - WWII Prisoners of War - Stalag Luft 1

 

The Veteran's History Project of the Library of Congress

 

Timeless Voices of Aviation

Timeless Voices Video Interviews

Timeless Voices Project Kit

 

Gray Eagles

 

WW2 People's War - The BBC's Archive of WW2 Memories

 

MyWarHistory.com

 

Air Force Association

 

The Global Power Museum at Barksdale AFB

 

2nd Bomb Group Insignias & Markings

 

Libertatem Defendimus - Description of the 2nd Bomb Wing Emblem

 

WW2 Fifth Bomb Wing (15th AF, 5th Bomb Wing, 2nd Bomb Group)

 

Heavy Bomber Groups of the 15th Air Force - WW2 Italy

 

"Defenders of Liberty - 2nd Bombardment Group/Wing 1918-1993"

 

"The Second Was First" by Charles Richards

 

"B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the MTO" by William Hess (Note - you must click "Open this content in a new window")

 

"The B-17 Flying Fortress Story" by Roger Freeman & David Osborne (Note - you must click "Open this content in a new window")

 

"Forgotten Fifteenth" by Barrett Tillman (Note - you must click "Open this content in a new window")

 

"Fifteenth Air Force Against the Axis" by Kevin A. Mahoney (Note - you must click "Open this content in a new window")

 

"Fifteenth Air Force Story" by Kenn Rust (Note - you must click "Open this content in a new window")

"Fifteenth Air Force Combat Markings" by E.A. Munday (Note - you must click "Open this content in a new window")

 

"Battle Colors Vol IV (15th Air Force Insignias & Aircraft Markings in WW2)" by Robert A. Watkins (Note - you must click "Open this content in a new window")

 

Chronological WW2 Operations in the MTO by the 15th Air Force and 12th Air Force

 

Cut Bank, Montana - 429th Sqdn WW2 Training Base

http://www.cutbankairport.org/airmens-museum/photos-emblems/

http://www.cutbankairport.org/assets/PDF/APBrochure.pdf

 

Glasgow, Montana - 96th Sqdn WW2 Training Base

 

Great Falls, Montana - 20th Sqdn WW2 Training Base

 

Lewiston, Montana - 49th Sqdn WW2 Training Base

 

http://www.afahouston.org/documents/KempMartin.pdf

 

USAAF Recource Center / Warbirds Resource Group

 

B-17 History, Photos, and Facts

 

Surviving B-17 Flying Fortresses

 

B-17 Index

 

B-17 Database - Look up B-17s by Serial Number

 

B-17 Locator - Where to find B-17s

 

B-17 Specs

 

B-17 News

 

B-17 Training Films

 

B-17s in the MTO

 

B-17s of the 5th Bomb Wing of the 15th AF

 

Named B-17s of the 5th Bomb Wing

 

B-17 Flying Fortress / Aluminum Overcast

 

B-17 Flying Fortress / Liberty Belle (was destroyed by fire June 13, 2011)

 

B-17 Flying Fortress / Memphis Belle

 

B-17 Flying Fortress / Sentimental Journey

 

B-17 Flying Fortress / Texas Raiders

 

B-17 Flying Fortress / Thunder Bird

 

B-17 Flying Fortress / Yankee Lady

 

Champaign Aviation Museum - Champaign Lady B-17 Restoration

 

Warbird Alley (a listing of museums and WW2 planes that offer rides)

 

AcePilots.com (WW2 & Aviation History)

 

WW2 Military Aircraft

 

The Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) Museum

 

97th Bomb Group (B-17) - Triangle Y - Amendola Airfield, Italy

 

99th Bomb Group (B-17) - Diamond Y - Tortorella Airfield, Italy

 

301st Bomb Group (B-17) - Square Box Y - Lucera Airfield, Italy

 

463rd Bomb Group (B-17) - Pie Slice Y- Celone Airfield, Italy

 

483rd Bomb Group (B-17) - Star Under Y - Sterparone Airfield, Italy

 

1st Fighter Group (P-38) - Lessina Airfield, Italy

 

14th Fighter Group (P-38) - Triolo Airfield, Italy

 

31st Fighter Group (P-51) - Red Stripped Tails - San Severo Airfield, Italy

 

52nd Fighter Group (P-51) - Yellow Tails - Madna Airfield, Italy

 

82nd Fighter Group (P-38) - Vincenzo Airfield, Italy

 

325th Fighter Group (P-51) - Checkered Tails - Lesina Airfield, Italy

 

332nd Fighter Group (P-51) - Red Tails (Tuskegee Airmen) - Ramitelli Airfield, Italy

http://www.redtail.org/

http://www.tuskegeeairmen.org/

 

Barksdale AFB, Louisiana - Current Home of 2nd Bomb Wing of the USAF

 

Amendola AFB, Foggia, Italy - Current Home of Stormo 32 of the Italian Air Force

 

B-17 Museum, Utzenstorf, Switzerland

 

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