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344th Bomb Group & Milk Run On-line

This website by Carl Carrozza is meant to provide information for those interested in the history of our WWII flying men and the B-26 Marauder. This site is the official website of the 344th Bomb Group.

If you or a relative or friend was a member of the 344th Bomb Group (which includes the 494th, 495th, 496th, and 497th Bomb Squadrons) and you need information, please contact me at damonbok@hotmail.com

If you have information, photos, diary, letters, mission log of a 344th veteran and would like it published here please contact me at damonbok@hotmail.com

If you would like to contribute to the 344th BG (Suggested $10 annual membership) please send a check to;

Mr. Chris HORN –
344th Bomb Group
46 BALFOUR ROAD EAST
PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL 33418

Also visit out Facebook Page!

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Data Archives

 

 

• MACRs 344th BG (Missing Air Craft Report)

• Milk Run Newsletter Archive  (344th BG newsletter)

• Accident Reports on Loss of Planes and Personnel

• 344th Mission List and Interactive Map

• MACRs Missing Air Crew Reports and Summarys

• List of 344th BG Aircraft with Links to Images  update (2/18/15)

• Accident Reports on Loss of Planes and Personnel

• 495th Roster During Frank Carrozza’s Tour (beginning 6/44)

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Headlines

 

 

 

• Final Flight: Lt. Ed Horn 344th BG 497th BS

• The Latest Milk Run Newsletter: June 2019!

• Friends Journal Spring 2018 Includes Article About Ed Horn

• 2017 Reunion Dayton, OH – pictures and article

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NEW-Recently Added Information and Links

• Final Flight: Lt. Ed Horn 344th BG 497th BS

• Final Flight: Sgt. Joe Crossan, Eng/Gun 494th BS

• S/Sgt Wayne L. Martin 494th BS

• S/Sgt Roger W. Danner 495th BS

• Major John H. Adams 496th BS

• Cpl. Julian (Jay) Hotard 497th BS

• 1st Lt. Milton A. Courtright 495th BS

• Milk Run August 2019

• T/Sgt. August B. Marineeli, Radio/Gunner 495th BS

• 2nd Lt. Willie Cone, Bomb/Nav 494th BS

• Lt. Casey Hasey’s First Bomb Mission

• Lt. Casey Hasey Remembers D-Day

• S/Sgt. Charles Franklin Brooker

• Letter From Don Korkoski

• Captain Gerald Corrigan

• T/Sgt. Ed A. McGarrahan

• Lt. Joseph W. Scott, Pilot 497th BS Let-Hal Lady (updated 11/25/19)

• T/Sgt. James G. Ovens

• Korkowski’s Controversial Picture

• 497 BS Bomber Jacket

• Final Flight: Otto “Kirk” Kirkpatrick

• The Wall of the Missing: 344th BG

• “Hidden Warbirds” Million Dollar Valley Marauders

• Ed Horn has been honored by the Friends Journal

• Accident Reports on Loss of Planes and Personnel

• 2017 Reunion Dayton, OH – pictures and article

• The Latest Milkrun Newsletter: June 2017 Reunion Info!

• Account of Crash of Coral Princess by Bomb/Nav Joseph R. Chiozza:

• Medals and Awards

• March 28, 1945 Collision Over A-59

• The Latest Milkrun Newsletter: June 2017 Reunion Info!

• Milk Run Archive 1988-present

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News and Information

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• 497 BS Bomber Jacket

• Korkowski’s Controversial Picture

• Milk Run: Official Newsletter 344th Bomb Group ( more issues to be added)

• Friends Journal Spring 2018 Includes Article About Ed Horn

• 344th Reunion-2013/(new 10/10/13)

• 2014 New Orleans Reunion 344th BG 495th BS

• Thank You to 344th BG Reunion Attendees (10/7/15)

• 2016 344th Bomb Group Reunion (9/22/16)

• 344th Bomb Group Missions on an interactive map (11/24/15)

• Shopworn Angel and Other B-26 Paper Models You Can Make (8/28/16)

• Shopworn Angel Artwork: Support Honor Flights  (4/9/16)

• “Gunnery Sense”  Training Publication (4/20/15)

• 1st Pathfinder Squadron (1/1/16)

• Battle For Arnhem Bridge Oct 7, 1944 (12/21/15)

• WWII Leather Squadron/Group Patches (8/23/15)

• 344th BG KIA MIA (Courtesy of Milk Run 344th BG) (8/15/15)

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Profiles of the Marauder Men

 

 

• The Wall of the Missing: 344th BG

• Original Occupants of Hut #10 Stansted (1/19/17)

• Major John H. Adams 496th BS

• Lt. Harold V. Aiken (Carrozza’s 1st Co-Pilot) Memoirs/Missions & More 495th BS (3/1/13)

• Final Flight: Lt. Harold V. Aiken

• Lt. William S. Andrews 495th & 494th

• J.R. Ashberry, Pilot 344th BG 494th BS (12/27/15)

• My Life in the service: John J Beddingfield Jr. Engineer/Gunner 496th BS(5/30/14)

• Update John J. Beddingfield (links and after war info)

• 2nd Lt. Edward Borresen

• 2nd Lt. Mark Pritchard Bratton

• 1st Lt. Whitey Bressler a Biography

• Roland ‘Whitey” Bressler – Final Flight 8/12/ 2018

• S/Sgt. William H. Brockdorf, Sr.

• S/Sgt. Charles Franklin Brooker

• 1st Lt. Rodney T. Brubaker

• Update on Carrozza crewmate Lt. Carlson, Bomb/Nav  495th BS(1/15/14)

• Pictures and Documents on crewmate Lt. Carlson (1/28/14)

• Lt. Clyde Donald Chaney

• Account of Crash of Coral Princess by Radio/Gunner Joseph R. Chiozza:

• T/Sgt. Michael Christopher Radio/Gun 344th BG 496th BS

• S/Sgt. Vincent Cirincione

• Captain Lucius D. Clay, Jr., Pilot Group Commander (3/27/15)

• 2nd Lt. Irwin Phillip Cohen

• 2nd Lt. Willie Cone, Bomb/Nav 494th BS

• 1st Lt. Robert D. Conrad, Pilot 344th BG 494th BS (11/3/15)

• Captain Gerald Corrigan

• 1st Lt. Milton A. Courtright 495th BS

• George W. Crittenden, Bombardier 495th (4/16/15)

• Read an exclusive first hand description of experimental night bombing missions from bombardier George Crittenden.

• Sgt. Joe Crossan, Eng/Gun 494th BS (6/18/16)

• 1st Lt. Joseph W. Curley

• William E. Davis, Eng/Gun 495th BS Pictures of  bomber jacket (6/23/14)

• S/Sgt Roger W. Danner 495th BS

• S/Sgt. Charles D’Atrio

• Sgt. Edward W. Dollahan, Engineer/Gunner 495th BS (4/4/16)

• James K. Dumas, Tail Gunner 495th (5/22/14)

• Sgt. Frank M. Dymnicki (1/4/17)

• 1st Lt. George W. Eldridge, Bombardier 344th BG 494th BS (3/20/16)

• War War II Memoirs of Santo Endrizzi (5/21/14)

•  Santo Endrizzi: An Old Friend Ground Crew 495th (new 4/28/13)

• Santo Endrizzi: Receives Legion of Honor Medal

• Lt. Richard Farnsworth, Pilot 344th BG Silver Star Winner (8/6/15)

• Major Neil Fitzgerald(10/11/17)

• 1st Lt. Robert S. FitzSimmonds, Pilot 495th (6/15/15)

• James Gatlin, Pilot 391th BG Shot Down on Same Mission as Shopworn Angel (4/29/15)

• S/Sgt Samuel M. Gold

• Captain John C. Graves 494th BS

• Carl E. Griffith, Bomb/Nav 495th BS 1st Crew of Shopworn Angel

• Susie Griffith Barbaer Locates Shopworn Angel Pictures!

• 2nd Lt. Robert L. Haag

• Lt. Casey Hasey’s First Bomb Mission

• Lt. Casey Hasey: A letter home (updated 8/01/13)

• Lt. Casey Hasey, Bombardier 495th BS: Book and Interview (3/30/13)

• Hasey Casey’s Book on Amazon.com! (10/12)

• Casey Hasey – Final Flight August 21, 2018

• Lt. Casey Hasey Remembers D-Day 4/22/20

• Info: Edwin L. Hickey, Tailgunner 495th from Shopworn Angel first crew (new 9/24/13)

• Cpl. George C. Hoagland

• Lt. Edward Horn, Co-Pilot 344th BG 497th BS (1/27/16)

• Ed Horn has been honored by the Friends Journal

• Stansted Airport Celebrates 7oth anniversary with Ed Horn and 344th (new 11/10/13)

• Final Flight: Lt. Ed Horn 344th BG 497th BS

• Cpl. Julian (Jay) Hotard 497th BS

• Captain Tom Johnson, Pilot 344th BG 494th BS (4/4/16)

• In Memory: Alf Egil Johanneson

• 2nd Lt. Wilmouth Keller

• Lt. Wilmoth (Bill) Keller 496th BS

• 2nd Lt. Otto Kirkpatrick, Nav. 344th BG 494th BS and 11 Pathfinder Squadron(1/1/16)

• Final Flight: Otto “Kirk” Kirkpatrick

• Sargeant John Kolthoff Bombardier 495th BS (12/31/14)

• Mission Log Summary: Sargeant John Kolthoff Bombardier (12/31/14)

• Mission Log: Sargeant John Kolthoff Bombardier (12/31/14)

• Lt. Don (Corky) Korkowski, Pilot 344th BG 494th BS (3/22/16)

• Letter From Don Korkoski

• 1st Lt. Lewis Ezell Lanford

• 1st Lt. Ralph N. Leone(1/14/17)

• 2nd Lt. George Lyons 494th BS

• S/Sgt. Ernest Mandeville

• T/Sgt. August B. Marineeli, Radio/Gunner 495th BS

• S/Sgt Wayne L. Martin 494th BS

• Edward C McCarter, Tailgunner/Armor 495th BS remembered by Dutch (Sexy Sal II) (5/3/15)

• T/Sgt. Ed A. McGarrahan

• Lt. Bennie D. McSwain

• 2nd Lt. Charles Middleton

• A Visit To Dachau by Bob Monson 494th BS

• Lt. Donald Moomaw, Pilot 495th BS (6/12/16)

• New Photo of Shopworn Angel from Donald Moomaw

• Don Moomaw locates a picture of a Shopworn Angel crewman.

• New Pictures Don Moomaw

• Final Flight: The Passing of Don Moomaw (10/7/15)

• 1st Lt. Moore, Pilot of Nick’s Chick 495th BS (new 9/19/13)

• Updates and Additions Lt. Moore and Nick’s Chick (new 9/19/13)

• Lt. Fritz Morrison 344th BG 497th BS(12/22/16)

• Einar Nielsen, Radio/Gunner 495th BS (3/19/15)

• Jens A. Norgaard, Pilot 495th BS (1/18/15)

• Col. Jens A. Norgaard (8/1/19)

• T/Sgt. James G. Ovens

• Cpl. Leonard Norris Pew (10/1/17)

• Final Flight: Sgt. William A. Poche radio/gun 494th (3/27/18)

• Experiences of Norman D. Polk (1/18/15)

• Sergeant Norman D. Polk, Radio/Gun (1/18/15)

• Captain William Reitz (7/18/19)

• Lt. Joseph W. Scott, Pilot 497th BS Let-Hal Lady (updated 11/25/19)

• POWs Scott, Tharp, Leone, Murphy, Williams (1/19/17)

• 1st Lt. Martin (Marty) Sidener

• 1st Lt. Leigh Slates, Pilot Transferred 497th BS Plane and the Me262 (4/7/16)

• Co-Pilot Woody Smith 496th Timeline

• 1st Lt. Michael Sopronyi, Navigator 494th BS (7/2/16)

• 1st Lt. Frederick D. Storey

• S/Sgt Irving Sugarman, Radio/Gunner 494th BS Memorabilia (6/24/15)

• S/Sgt. Cornelius Vander Lugt: Shopworn Angel Tailgunner 495th BS  (4/15/14)

• Marcel van der Lugt Makes Shopworn Angel Jacket (6/8/15)

•  Lt. Harold A. Walton, Co-Pilot 344th BG 497 BS (11/24/15)

• 1st Lt. Robert Warda

•  2nd Lt. Charles Henry Ware Jr.

• 2nd Lt. Robert L. Westholm, Bombardier/Nav 344th BG 494th BS (3/21/16)

• 2nd Lt. Buck Wilson Co-Pilot and Y5-H 495th BS(8/24/15)

• Lt. Col. Robert Witty with Major Jewell C. Maxwell (1/19/17)

• Lt. Col. Robert Witty (1/19/17)

• Captain Woodrum, Pilot 495th: Newly added pictures (updated 8/29/13)

• Captain Woodrum, MACR of Crash of Y5-T, 42-107608

• Read an Excerpt of “Walkout” a book by Hank Woodrum, first pilot of the Shopworn Angel

• “Walkout” Woodrum’s book is now available!

• Hank Woodrum Jr and family reunite with father’s rescuers

• 1st Lt. Glenn R. Young

• 2nd Lt. Harry Zeust, Bomb. 495th A Bittersweet Valentines Story

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About the Planes

• “Hidden Warbirds” Million Dollar Valley Marauders

• Crash of the Valkyrie

• B-26 Marauder Interior Pictures (7/26/14)

• 344th MACR/Fatalities/Accidents Summary Spread Sheet

• History of the Shopworn Angel, Y5-J, 42-95917

• What Happened to the Planes of the 344th BG? (12/27/14)

• Silver Streaks Nose Art

• German Crash Report of the Shopworn Angel translated (8/12/14)

• The Wizard of Koz (12/20/15)

• Margatan Cemetary/Memorial, Netherlands: Fields of Honor Database (4/29/14)

• List of 344th BG Aircraft with Links to Images  (3/26/14)

• The Silver Streaks Compiled Information

• Jimmy Doolittle Saves the B-26 (10/08/16)

• Airplane Spotter & Icelandic Playing Cards  (3/22/14)

• Complete Story of the Bombing Mission to the Engers RR Bridge (3/10/14)

• What if I’m Captured (Frank’s survival items) (2/3/14)

• Summary: third and Final Crew of the Shopworn Angel (1/16/14)

• B-26 Christmas (12/25/13)

• Final Flights of the 344th (11/30/13)

• 344th Bomb Group 495th Bomb Squadron Summary (11/30/13)

• Norden Bombsite: Dropping Bombs in a Barrel.

• A Book Based on 344th Bomb Squadron and John Myers (new 10/3/13)

• “Time Over Targets” Bkt Given to Frank Carrozza 

• “Gunnery Sense” Bkt Given to Frank Carrozza 

• History Channel B-26 Documentary

• Build A B-26 from paper!

• Honor Flight Video

• “A Higher Call” A Book I Highly Recommend

• A Visit to the Empire State Aerosciences Museum (new 10/12)

• Memorial Day Notes

• The Crash of the Shopworn Angel

• (1/12 ) Link to a German Data Base with Shopworn Angel Info

• Some newly scanned photos of Frank Carrozza

• On his 89th birthday a video of fortresses and Glen Miller

• • Long lost video of B-29 rescue found (thanks to Alf Johannessen of the link)

 

T/Sgt. Frank P. Carrozza (webmaster’s father).

• • • Medals and Awards

    • Frank Carrozza’s Dog Tags: What Information Do They Include?

    • Letters to Frank Carrozza From His Father (new 9/2/13)

    • Dad’s Wartime Prayer Book (4/2/15)

    • Frank and Lucy Answer Student Questions About the War (4/2/15)

    • Frank Carrozza Awarded the Jubilee of Liberty Medal

    • Video of the Jubilee of Liberty Award Ceremony

    • 66th Anniversary of D-Day. Frank Carrozza remembers.

    • 67th Anniversary of D-Day. Frank Carrozza remembers.

    • Frank Carrozza 70th Anniversary of D-Day Participation (5/6/14)

    • Memorabilia and Awards Frank P. Carrozza (2/2/14)

    • Frank Carrozza’s Honor Flight

    • Final Flight: Frank P. Carrozza

• • • Geocities Archive

    • Outline and overview.

    • 2016 Reunion Outline and Overview.

    • 344th Archive Reels

 

Webmaster Carl Carrozza. damonbok@hotmail.comI dedicate this page to my father, Frank P. Carrozza: 344th Bomb Group 495 Bomb Squadron . Click here for a biographic sketch .

 

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