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Carpetbagger
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LINKS Museum Leaflet (pdf)
801st/492nd BG Association newsletter Harrington Aviation Museum newsletter Contact us: Cbaggermuseum@aol.com |
The following internet links
cover subject matter such as Operation Carpetbagger; the 801st /
492nd Bomb Group; Harrington; SOE; OSS; Jedburghs etc
Tom Ensminger's The Carpetbagger Pages:: http://home.comcast.net/~801492bg.historian/Index.html Kim Juhler's website on the Carpetbaggers: http://juhlerdenmark.tripod.com/kimjuhlerdanishrepresentiveforthecarpetbaggers801st492ndbombgroupusaaf/index.html The USAF Museum’s factsheet on
Operation Carpetbagger http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=1502 Website dedicated to the Tigers
Revenge, B24H 42-94816 of the 492nd BG that crashed in Norway 21st
April 1945: www.b24.no Website on
the 885th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) (Special) and the 859th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) which were assigned to the 2641st Special Group (Provisional)
of the 15th Army Air Force at Brindisi and Rosignano, Italy January 1945
- May 1945 http://users.rcn.com/hugh.turner/2641st/2641st.htm Roger Day's website "Rambury at
War" which includes details of the crash in which Lt Lawrence Berkoff of
856th BS 492nd BG was killed near Lambourn on the 8th
September 1944: www.ramsburyatwar.com Virgil R Marco Sr's webpage on the crash and aftermath of Henry W Wolcott's plane C for Charlie on May 29 1944: http://www.marcolowe.com/vrmsr/victims/victims_part_3/body_victims_part_3.html The Belgian Aviation History
Association web pages on the crash at Aaigem of Henry W. Wolcott's plane C
for Charlie: http://users.skynet.be/Patriothaaltert/enaaigem.htm Eric Russell’s short video on his Uncle,
Earl Underwood, Flight Engineer of the Wagstad crew who was killed when their
Carpetbagger aircraft was hit by flak and crashed on the night of 3rd March 1944 at Lutz-en Dunois, France after
a successful supply drop at Peter 54 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8njdTpMDnVE Clipston School's Wartime web pages: http://clutch.open.ac.uk/schools/clipston99/war-years.html Arthur Brown’s archived web pages on
Jedburgh History, Jedburgh Team Composition and Jedburgh Operational
Casualties: http://web.archive.org/web/20060429013202/freespace.virgin.net/arthur.brown2/teams.htm http://web.archive.org/web/20060429013846/freespace.virgin.net/arthur.brown2/casualties.htm The Combined Arms Research Library’s article on Jedburgh Team operations in support of the 12th Army Group August 1944: http://cgsc.leavenworth.army.mil/carl/resources/csi/Lewis/Lewis.asp Special Operations in the European Theater: http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/wwii/70-42/70-423.htm Website of the Allied Special Forces Association, http://www.alliedspecialforcesassociation.org/ The Dutch Resistance and the OSS: https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/spring98/Dutch.html OSS Operations in Norway by William E. Colby : https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/winter99-00/art5.html CIA pages on the OSS: https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/books-and-monographs/oss/index.htm Camp X website: http://www.campxhistoricalsociety.ca/ Office of Strategic Studies Society website: http://www.osssociety.org Listing of WW 2 Special Operations Forces Code & Cover Names ETO: http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/Reference/etocode.html or http://www.army.mil/cmh/reference/etocode.html Cross Channel Attack - The French Resistance: http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/wwii/7-4/7-4_6.HTM http://www.psywar.org/index.php Website
on Psychological Warfare, Psychological Operations (PSYOP), Black Propaganda,
and Aerial Propaganda Leaflets Website on the women of the S.O.E. http://www.64-baker-street.org/ Christopher Long's website including pages on SOE, OSS, MI9 etc: www.christopherlong.co.uk A multimedia website on the SOE: http://www.btinternet.com/~m.a.christie/others.htm SOE page generated by Clutch program : http://clutch.open.ac.uk/schools/emerson00/soe_title_page.html David Harrison’s website with listing of agents from French Section of SOE: http://members.tripod.com/soe_french/ Website on the Sussex Teams : http://www.plan-sussex-1944.net/ |
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Website tribute to the unsung heroes of 624 Special Duties Squadron RAF (formerly 1575 Flight) who were based at Blida, Algeria 1943-44 and flew agents and supplies behind enemy lines: http://www.624squadron.org
Tempsford Airfield Website: http://www.geocities.com/uksteve.geo/blunhistory2.html
Robert Body’s Tempsford website: http://www.geocities.com/fk790/
Roll of Honour website for Tempsford: http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Bedfordshire/TempsfordAircrewLost.html
Bob Body's page on the RAF's 161 (Special Duties) Squadron: www.161squadron.org
Website on RAF & USAAF Special Duty Squadrons : http://www.nlc.net.au/~bernie/raf__special_duties_squadrons.htm
Royal Air Force No 38 Group Squadrons website: http://www.raf38group.org
RAF No 218 (Gold Coast) Squadron website: http://www.goldcoastsquadron218.co.uk/index.htm
RAF No 218 (Gold Coast) Squadron Association website: http://host.raf38group.org/218squadron/
Websites on crashes in the Orkneys and in
particular that of B-24 42-50331 that crashed at Walliwall, Near the
Orkney capital of Kirkwall on 31 March 1945 while returning from a clandestine
mission, all but one of the 14 on board were killed. http://www.webspawner.com/users/daveswrecks/
and http://www.crashsiteorkney.com
The following web pages include
information on clandestine radios, Bletchley Park - Station X and code-breaking
during WW2
Article on clandestine radios: http://militaryradio.com/spyradio/
The Official Website of Bletchley Park, Station X during WW2: http://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/
Tony Sale's website on codes and ciphers during WW2: http://www.codesandciphers.org.uk/
The following web pages include
information on the WW2 British Resistance organisation; The Home Guard; and
Civil Defence:
AUXUNIT News: www.auxunit.org.uk
Website on the Home Front civil defence organisations, CD, ARP and Home Guard: The Midnight Watch
The Home Guard - "Most of those men are now long gone and dead
but we, as a nation, should be proud of them."
The following web pages include
information on Thor Missiles and the Royal Observer Corps:
Thor fact sheet: www.spaceline.org/rocketsum/thor.html
Boeing - McDonnell Douglas's history on the Thor missile: www.boeing.com/history/mdc/thor.htm
Strategic Air Command's page on the Thor missile: http://strategic-air-command.com/missiles/Thor/Thor_Missile_Home_Page.htm
Thor launches pages during Operation Dominic at Johnston Island in the Pacific 1962: http://www.aracnet.com/~pdxavets/barrow1a.htm
Brian Webb’s website on space and astronomy
information including RAF Thor launches from Vandenberg AFB. http://www.spacearchive.info/
National Royal Observer Corps Association Website: www.rocassoc.org.uk
Subterranea Britannica's website on the Royal Observer Corps: http://www.subbrit.org.uk/rsg/roc/
Truro Royal Observer Corps Association website: www.truroroca.co.uk
Steve Scanlon’s website on the UK Nuclear Attack Warning System: http://www.ringbell.co.uk/ukwmo/
Protect & Survive Archival website of UK Civil Defence material: http://www.cybertrn.demon.co.uk/atomic/index.htm
The UK Cold War Nuclear Attack Warning System: http://www.ringbell.co.uk/ukwmo/index.htm#idx
Web pages on the B24 Liberator
aircraft:
B-24 Research and/or to "Leave a
Comment" bulletin board: http://www.network54.com/Hide/Forum/183581
W.W.II
B-24 Liberator Bombers "Image Archive and Research/Reference
Center"... http://www.b24bestweb.com
Archived website on Bases of the 8th and 9th USAAF in the UK: http://web.archive.org/web/20060425092501/http://www.455th.ukpc.net/tomfeise/8thusaaf/bases2.htm
Website on the B24 with the USAAF http://home.att.net/~jbaugher2/b24_37.html
Webpage on radio callsigns of the 8th USAAF http://www.486th.org/Photos/Misc/CallSigns.htm
303rd BG Association website: http://www.303rdbga.com/
392nd
Bomb Group Website: www.b24.net
445th
Bomb Group, the Kassel Mission on 27th
September 1944 website: www.kasselmission.com
446th Bomb Group Website: www.446bg.com
486th BG website: http://www.486th.org/
491st BG website: http://www.491st.org
492nd BG at North Pickenham Website: http://www.492ndbombgroup.com/
Research Websites/tools
USAAF website: http://www.armyairforces.com
Aviation Archaeology Investigation and Research website where MACR and other details on USAAF aircraft can be sourced: http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/default.htm
USAAF accident reports and MACR procurement website: http://www.accident-report.com/index.html
Commonwealth war graves commission web pages: www.cwgc.org
Royal Air Force History pages: http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/
US National Archives and Records Administration website: http://www.archives.gov
The American Battle Monuments Commission's web pages: http://www.abmc.gov/
A listing of MOS/SSNs (Military Occupational Specialities/Service Speciality Numbers) which personnel of an isolated heavy bombardment group would probably need during WWII: http://380th.org/HISTORY/partIV-fore.html
USAAF Resource center: http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/URG/index.html
http://www.au.af.mil/au/afhra/ United States Air Force Historical Research agency website containing a wealth of downloadable information
World War II Allied Aircraft Crashes in the Netherlands database: http://ww2.texlaweb.nl/
Website of the Airfield Research Group which gives special attention to the history, development and use of airfield buildings in addition to airfield history: www.airfield-research-group.co.uk (not working 25.8.20080
Grunt's Military Site - Dedicated to the military and military personnel, this
site includes details on military rank insignia, medals and ribbons as well as
images, forums, military quotes and glossaries.
Other websites of interest
www.HowardBlue.com - features the entire text of a WW2 era propaganda
radio play, which was produced by the US Office of War Information. It was part
of a series called "You can't do business with Hitler"
http://www.flensted.eu.com - Very informative Website on the Air War over
Denmark by Soren C Flensted
http://mighty8thaf.preller.us/
and http://384thBombGroup.com Fred Preller's informative websites on the US 8th
AF and the 384th BG at Grafton Underwood
Stalag 13 Aviation Links: http://members.aol.com/dheitm8612/page2.htm
http://pow.b24.net for the Stalag Lufts of Europe
www.merkki.com: Website on Stalag Luft 1
http://www.fawnaps.co.uk/ The
Fenlands and West Norfolk Preservation Society Museum website
http://members.shaw.ca/dwlynn/tgrm.htm
The
Grenade Recognition Manual and other “Toys”
http://www.millsgrenades.co.uk Lists SOE
& OSS Clandestine equipment as well as grenades
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