APPENDIX III

Third Air Division

(UNITS, STATIONS, FUSELAGE, AND TAIL CODES)

The Flying Fortress known as 5 Grand was the five thousandth B-17 built at Boeing’s Seattle factory since Pearl Harbor. The bomber was delivered to the 338th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group, Third Air Division (Square C) at Snetterton, England, on July 14, 1944. The aircraft was assigned the fuselage code “BX” (for the 338th Bomb Squadron) and the letter “H” for its aircraft in squadron number. USAAF

THIRD AIR DIVISION TAIL SYMBOL: SQUARE

(Fuselage codes shown in parentheses)

4th Combat Wing

94th Bomb Group—Square A

Bury St. Edmunds

331st (QE), 332nd (XM), 333rd (TS), 410th (GL) Squadrons

447th Bomb Group—Square K

Rattlesden

708th (CQ), 709th (IE), 710th (IJ), 711th (IR) Squadrons

486th Bomb Group—Square W

Sudbury

832nd (3R), 833rd (4N), 834th (2S) 835th (H8) Squadrons

487th Bomb Group—Square P

Lavenham

836th (2G), 837th (4F), 838th (2C), 839th (R5) Squadrons

13th Combat Wing

95th Bomb Group—Square B

Horham

334th (BG), 335th (OE), 336th (ET), 412th (QW) Squadrons

100th Bomb Group—Square D

Thorpe Abbotts

349th (XR), 350th (LN), 351st (EP), 418th (LD) Squadrons

390th Bomb Group—Square J

Framlingham

568th (BI), 569th (CC), 570th (DI), 571st (FC) Squadrons

45th Combat Wing

96th Bomb Group—Square C

Snetterton Heath

337th (AW), 338th (BX), 339th (QJ), 413th (MZ) Squadrons

388th Bomb Group—Square H

Knettishall

561st, 562nd, 563rd, 564th (no squadron codes) Squadrons

452nd Bomb Group—Square L

Deopham Green

728th (9Z), 729th (M3), 730th (6K), 731st (7D) Squadrons

93rd Combat Wing

34th Bomb Group—Square S

Mendlesham

4th (Q6), 7th (R2), 18th (8I), 391st (3L) Squadrons

385th Bomb Group—Square G

Great Ashfield

548th (GX), 549th (XA), 550th (SG), 551st (HR) Squadrons

490th Bomb Group—Square T

Eye

848th (7W), 849th (W8), 850th (7Q), 851st (S3) Squadrons

493rd Bomb Group—Square X

Debach

860th (NG), 861st (Q4), 862nd (8M), 863rd (G6) Squadrons

66th Fighter Wing

55th Fighter Group

Nuthampstead (to April 16, 1944), Wormingford

38th (CG), 338th (CL), 343rd (CY) Fighter Squadrons

78th Fighter Group

Goxhill (to April 3, 1943), Duxford

82nd (MX), 83rd (HL), 84th (WZ) Fighter Squadrons

339th Fighter Group

Fowlmere

503rd (D7), 504th (5Q), 505th (6N) Fighter Squadrons

353rd Fighter Group

Metfield (August 1943–April 1944), Raydon (April 1944–October 1945)

350th (LH), 351st (YJ), 352nd (SX) Fighter Squadrons

357th Fighter Group

Raydon (November 1943–Jan. 31, 1944), Leiston (Feb. 1, 1944–July 8, 1944), Leiston (July 9, 1944–July 8, 1945)

362nd (G4), 363rd (B6), 364th (C5) Fighter Squadrons