Related Websites

Hangar Thirteen⇗

Hangar Thirteen was founded by Ray Moore as a means of paying tribute to the thousands of US Army airmen who fought in history’s largest aerial confrontation. Inspired by his great-uncle, Marvin Hudson, Ray began rebuilding the Boeing B-17F Lucky Thirteen of the 384th Bombardment Group. Hudson was the line-chief of the group’s 546th Bombardment Squadron, and the sole surviving photo of Lucky Thirteen shows him supervising repair work nearby.

Lucky Thirteen will indeed be a unique aircraft. She will be one of only two surviving late-B-17Fs, and the only one of the two to have ever seen combat. Furthermore, she will be the only surviving B-17 to pay tribute to those aircrews who fought and died in the bombing campaigns against aircraft factories and ball-bearing plants in the autumn of 1943.

Stories Told by A Bomber Pilot⇗

Dewayne "Ben" Bennett was a pilot with the 384th Bomb Group. Ben writes about his experiences, and also has a lot to say about the members of his crew. It is clear the affection he had for each of them. Ben passed away in 2011, but we maintain his site out of respect for his service.

Cindy Farrar Bryan's "The Arrowhead Club" Blog⇗

Cindy Farrar Bryan, author, researcher, and website team member, blogs about the findings of her research into her father’s history with the 384th Bombardment Group. George Edwin Farrar, a gunner on the Buslee Crew, was the sole survivor of that crew when they were involved in a mid-air collision on the 28 September 1944 mission to Magdeburg, Germany.

A 384^th Mission - March 24, 1945⇗

David Habura's website based on the personal collection of MAJ Thomas Dale Hutchinson, with detail on the March 24, 1945 mission.

Historic Wendover Airfield⇗

The 384th trained at Historic Wendover Airfield for three months after being formed in December 1942. In all, 19 bomb groups destined for combat service trained there. Of these groups, 12 were assigned to the 8th AF in England, 4 were assigned to the 15th AF in Italy, and the 7th AF (Pacific), 14th AF (CBI), and 20th AF (Pacific) each received one. When Wendover was chosen by the USAAF as the location for the top secret Manhattan Project flight crew training, no further training of groups for conventional bombing was done there. Colonel Paul Tibbets, commanding the 509th Composite Group, trained his crews for the atomic bomb missions at Wendover.

Wendover is an out-of-the-way location, but it is easy to get to, being a couple of hours west of Salt Lake City on Interstate 80 at the Utah-Nevada border. A very active organization - the Historic Wendover Airfield Foundation - has embarked on an ambitious project to restore much of the airfield. A new museum has been established in the restored John T. Brinkman Service Club. The Club houses numerous exhibits related to Historic Wendover Airfield, as well as having facilities for meetings and banquets. The organization also holds air shows, typically in September.

The Fighting Scouts (at Little Friends)⇗

The "Scouting Force" was an idea that Col. Budd Peaslee had, based on his experience leading bombing missions without up-to-date knowledge of weather conditions along the route and in the target areas. E. Richard Atkins' great site on the history of Peaslee's post-384^th BG legendary Fighting Scouts, now part of the Little Friends website maintained by Peter Randall.

Grafton Underwood information on ControlTowers.co.uk⇗

303rd Bombardment Group (Heavy)⇗

379th Bombardment Group (Heavy)⇗