234 WW2 US Air Forces Snap Shots Chanute Field ILL 313th 320th Bombardment Squad For Sale

234 WW2 US Air Forces Snap Shots Chanute Field, ILL 313th Bombardment Squadron 21st Bombardment Group and 320th Bombardment Squadron Italy/France/GermanyI have posted all pages on a popular image site that I am not allowed to say here but if you do a search on the title of this listing you should find them on this site. There are a lot of interesting pictures so you should check them out if you are interested.Most pictures are of soldiers in various activities, and appear to go through his entire career. Some of the pictures appear to be of their significant others, and are grouped with the soldier most of the time. There are various interesting ones, including an old-time selfie, one guy on the \"loon\", several vehicles and planes/bombers, and even a ship or two. Also many pictures of what is most certainly Mac Dill and also quite a few in Paris/France. I am unable to find the exact name of the soldier who owned the book Here are the dates of the soldier as he has written on the \"My Service Record\" page.8/5/42 Allentown, PA. Went there for physical examination. Passed.8/14/42 New Cumberland, Pa. Went there to get clothing.8/16/42 Atlantic City, N.J. Shipped here for Basic Training.9/8/42 Syracuse, N.Y. Shipped here for M.P. Training1/5/43 Chanute Fld. Ill. Shipped here to go to Sheet Metal Schooling.5/4/43 Chanute Fld. Ill. Left for MacDill Fld., Tampa, Fla.5/6/43 Mac dill, Fd. Tampa Fla. Arrived, and put in Casual Camp Hut #565/21/43 Mac Dill Fld. Tampa Fla. Left Casual Camp. And assigned to 313 Bomb Sq. 21 Bomb Group Barracks? T-1288/2/43 \" \" \" \" Checked out on air and ground as A.E.8/20/43 \" \" \" \" Promoted to rank of CorporalThere is another listing showing \"Autographs from my friends\" as follows (these are their actual signatures and handwriting):Richard McClune 250 Elm Street, Lancaster Pennsylvania
Willard Berger 71 Homer Ave Buffalo N.Y.
Gerald Oficca? 104 Saugatuck Ave Westport, Conn.
Clarence J. Madden Box 242 Chappaqua, New York
Henry J. Ritch 57 Sinaway Rd. Cos Cob, Conn. c/o Hogan
Clifford Mc-Celland Baton Rouge, Louisiana
John Boos 310 Cleveland Ave. St. Paul Minnesota
James Morressy 25 Ruggles Place Dorchester Mass.
Michal Breslin 104 E. 97th St. N.Y.C., N.Y.
Donald M. Dieben 56th & So. Linden Ave Westmont, Illinois
William H Britt P.O. Box 23 Deerfield Beach Florida
Samuel H. Greenspon 4823 N. Albany Ave. Chicago, IllinoisMost of the pictures appear to be numbered. On a particular set that is detached, there are two pictures that have partial names with full addresses as follows:Name?? 112 E. Main St., Marlboro, MassCharles J.? ??? Sackinaw, Mich Route #3Text on other pictures as follows:US Air Corps Syracuse Air BaseWar Department Theatre No. 1???ELD Bar Music Entertainment Steaks Food(on a track vehicle) 1A-125C 2(in a circle) KG18 USA40151713s (2nd Army, 1st Army Air Force, 125th Corps???)avenue des Champs-Élysées (street sign in Paris)(on a utility vehicle) 9(star)304SVG320 USA 61717 (Likely 320th Bombardment Group, they were out of MacDill)Verboten (same picture as above on back wall)(which means forofferden in German)On a jeep? U.S.A. ??346372-SThe pictures appear to go from at least Syracuse all the way through to France and maybe even Germany by the pictures shown near the end. I would assume given the chronology of above that he joined the 320th some time after the deactivation of the 313th in October 1943.About the 313th:
\"The 313th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 21st Bombardment Group, based at MacDill Field, Florida. It was inactivated on 10 October 1943. Established in January 1942 as B-25 Mitchell medium bomber Operational Training Unit for Third Air Force. Also flew antisubmarine patrols over the Gulf of Mexico. Became a B-26 Marauder OTU in June 1942, and 16 July-10 October 1943; replacement training unit, 15 May-15 July 1943.Disbanded in October 1943 when B-26 training ended.Lineage Constituted 313th Bombardment Squadron (Medium) on 13 January 1942 Activated on 1 February 1942
Disbanded on 10 October 1943Assignments 21st Bombardment Group, February 1942-10 October 1943.Stations Bowman Field, Kentucky, 1 February 1942
Jackson AAB, Mississippi, 8 February 1942
Columbia AAB, South Carolina, 24 April 1942
Key Field, Mississippi, 26 May 1942
Hattiesburg AAF, Mississippi, 8 June 1942
Key Field, Mississippi, 12 June 1942
MacDill Field, Florida, 26 June 1942 – 10 October 1943.Aircraft A-20 Havoc, 1942
B-18 Bolo, 1942
B-25 Mitchell, 1942
B-26 Marauder, 1942-1943.\"
About the 320th:\"Originally activated during World War II and served with Twelfth Air Force as the 320th Bombardment Group, the highly decorated unit was equipped with the Martin B-26 Marauder aircraft. The group was later merged with the 320th Bombardment Wing, a component organization of Strategic Air Command\'s deterrent force during the Cold War, as a strategic bombardment wing. Constituted as 320th Bombardment Group (Medium) on 19 June 1942 and activated on 23 June at MacDill Field (now MacDill Air Force Base), Florida. The operational squadrons of the group were the 441st, 442d, 443d and 444th Bomb Squadrons. The 320th was equipped with the Martin B-26 Marauder aircraft.The group was subsequently relocated to nearby Drane Field (now Lakeland Linder International Airport), Florida. Most of the group moved to North Africa via England, August–December 1942; crews then flew their planes over the South Atlantic route and arrived in North Africa, December 1942 – January 1943.They began combat with Twelfth Air Force in April 1943 and operated from bases in Algeria, Tunisia, Sardinia, and Corsica until November 1944. During the period April–July 1943, flew missions against enemy shipping in the approaches to Tunisia, attacked installations in Sardinia, participated in the reduction of Pantelleria, and supported the Allied invasion of Sicily. It then bombed marshalling yards, bridges, airdromes, road junctions, viaducts, harbors, fuel dumps, defense positions, and other targets in Italy. The group supported forces at Salerno and knocked out targets to aid the seizure of Naples and the crossing of the Volturno River. Missions were flown to Anzio and Cassino and the group engaged in interdictory operations in central Italy in preparation for the advance toward Rome.In a disastrous error on 28 January 1944, the group destroyed a train loaded with Allied POWs on a bridge at Orvieto North, Italy. The death toll has been reported at 450.The 320th Bombardment Group received the French Croix de Guerre with Palm for action in preparation for and in support of Allied offensive operations in central Italy, April–June 1944. It was the first such citation to be awarded to an American unit by the provisional French government in World War II. The unit also received a Distinguished Unit Citation (DUC) for a mission on 12 May 1944 when, in the face of an intense antiaircraft barrage, the group bombed enemy troop concentrations near Fondi in support of the U.S. Fifth Army\'s advance toward Rome. From June to November 1944 operations included interdictory missions in the Po Valley, support for the invasion of Southern France and attacks on enemy communications in northern Italy.The 320th was then moved to France in November 1944 and bombed bridges, rail lines, gun positions, barracks, supply points, ammunition dumps, and other targets in France and Germany until V-E Day. The group received a second DUC for operations on 15 March 1945 when the group bombed pillboxes, trenches, weapon pits, and roads within the Siegfried Line to enable a breakthrough by the Seventh United States Army.With the end of hostilities in Europe, the group moved to Germany in June 1945 and participated in the disarmament program. It returned to the United States, November–December 1945, and was inactivated on 4 December 1945.\"

Box: J120A

Weight: 1 pd 6 oz.

Size: 11 x 8