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The air war in the European Theater of Operations was a continuation of the air war between England and Germany fought by the Royal Air Force and the Luftwaffe, the German air force.
The ETO Air War was characterized by the use of thousands of US and English heavy bombers based in southern England against targets in Germany and elsewhere in occupied Europe. It tied up large portions of the German war machine, but resulted in the deaths of tens of thousands of Allied air crew and hundreds of thousands of civilians, especially in Germany, but also in France and the other occupied countries.
The German cities most affected included Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne and Dresden.
Most Americans who died while participating in the ETO Air War were members of either the 8th Air Force, which conducted the heavy bombing campaign, or the 9th Air Force, which provided fighter, light and medium bomber, and troop carrier and cargo aircraft.
The air war in the European Theater of Operations was a continuation of the air war between England and Germany fought by the Royal Air Force and the Luftwaffe, the German air force.
The ETO Air War was characterized by the use of thousands of US and English heavy bombers based in southern England against targets in Germany and elsewhere in occupied Europe. It tied up large portions of the German war machine, but resulted in the deaths of tens of thousands of Allied air crew and hundreds of thousands of civilians, especially in Germany, but also in France and the other occupied countries.
The German cities most affected included Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne and Dresden.
Most Americans who died while participating in the ETO Air War were members of either the 8th Air Force, which conducted the heavy bombing campaign, or the 9th Air Force, which provided fighter, light and medium bomber, and troop carrier and cargo aircraft.
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Pottawattamie County, Iowa WW II Deaths - ETO Air War - 20 men, updated 26 Jul '19
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- Anderson, Virgil W., USAAF; 440th Troop Carrier Gp., 9th AF, C-47; d. 27 Dec ’44 near St. Hubert, W of Bastogne, Belgium.
- Blaycock, John Robert, USAAF; 510th Bomb. Sqdn., 351st Bomb. Gp., 8th AF, B-17; d. 31 Dec ’43 near Bordeaux, France.
- Cohen, Irving O., USAAF; 728th Bomb. Sqdn., 452nd Bomb Grp., 8th AF; d. 25 Nov ’44 north of Aachen, Germany.
- Delong, Lloyd, USAAF; 9th AF; d. 3 Nov ’44 at Fleury-Merogis, near Paris, France from truck accident.
- Dideriksen, Robert W., USAAF; 14th Photo Sqdn., 7th Recon. Gp., 8th AF, Spitfire; d. 15 Jun ’44 near Paris.
- Downs, Thomas G., USAAF; 8th Troop Carrier Sqdn., 437th Troop Carrier Gp., 9th AF; C-47; d. 27 Aug ’44, crashed at landing field above Omaha Beach, Colleville-sur-Mer, France.
- Emerson, Charles W., USAAF; 418th Bomb. Sqdn., 100th Bomb. Gp., 8th AF, B-17; wounded 11 Sep ’44 over Ruhland, Germany, d. 30 Sep ’44 in hospital, England.
- Evers, Leland J., USAAF; 730th Bomb. Sqdn., 452nd Bomb. Gp., 8th AF, B-17; d. 12 Apr ’44 after ditching over North Sea.
- Friend, James J., USAAF; 551st Bomb. Sqdn., 385th Bomb. Gp., 8th AF, B-17; d. 25 Feb ’44 over Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany, mid-air explosion from flak hit.
- Gustafson, Dale E., USAAF; 250th Bomb. Sqdn., 100th Bomb. Gp., 8th AF, B-17; d. 27 Jun ’44 near Great Yarmouth, England, plane lost during training flight.
- Kussman, Edward W, USAAF; 396th Bomb. Sqdn., 492nd Bomb. Gp., 8th AF, B-24; d. 31 Mar ’45 near Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland on aborted mission to drop Norwegian resistance members.
- McCord, George M., USAAF; 785th Bomb. Sqdn., 766th Bomb. Gp., 8th AF, B-24; d. 23 Mar ’44 over St. Jansklooster NE of Amsterdam, Netherlands, mid-air collision.
- Melton, Derald W., USAAF; 547th Bomb. Sqdn., 384th Bomb. Gp., 8th AF, B-17; d. 27 Dec ’44 near Arenberg, east of Koblenz, Germany, plane lost from flak.
- Napier, Roy H., USAAF; 485th Fighter Sqdn., 370th Fighter Gp., 9th AF, P-38; d. 3 Jan ’45 over Belgium.
- Petrus, Richard M., USAAF; 706th Bomb. Sqdn., 466th Bomb. Gp., 8th AF, B-24; d. 11Apr ’45 SW of Bungay/Flixton airbase, Suffolk, England, returning bombers collided.
- Pogge, George H., USAAF; 714th Bomb. Sqdn., 448th Bomb. Gp., 8th AF, B-24; d. 26 Aug ’44 near Ludwigshafen, Germany.
- Stith, George N., USAAF; 557th Bomb. Sqdn., 387th Bomb. Gp., 9th AF, based at Clastres, France, B-26; d. 23 Dec ’44 near Bastogne, Belgium, flak.
- Stockman, Kenneth H., USAAF; 427 Bomb. Sqdn., 303th Bomb. Gp., 8th AF, B-17; d. 9 Nov ’44 near Molesworth Air Base, England, mid-air collision while assembling for raid over Schweinfurt.
- Storm, Donald W., USAAF; B-24; d. 21 Jul ’44 over North Atlantic en route to ETO.
- Sweeny, Duane G. H., USAAF; 568th Bomb. Sqdn., 390th Bomb. Gp., 8th AF; d. 30 Nov ’44 over North Sea, plane iced up and crashed on mission to Kassel.