An Archive of the 93rd Bomb Group

Hardwick

Skies.

The record of the Eighth Air Force's 93rd Bomb Group — B-24 Liberators flying from Station 104, Norfolk, between September 1942 and April 1945.

Mission reports, crew letters, photographs left in footlockers, and the few voices still willing to speak. Assembled here for descendants, researchers, and anyone who still looks up.

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B-24 Liberator GO-F (48587) in formation over Europe, 1944

Plate 02 · B-24J "GO-F" in Formation · 1944

B-24 Liberator on low approach over English countryside

Plate 01 · B-24 Liberator on Approach · Norfolk, 1944

Catalogued Combat Missions

Oct 1942 – Apr 1945

Catalogued Crew Members

Total known crew members

1,150

Catalogued Sorties

Total individual aircraft flights

§ The Archive

FACSIMILE · MACR 8142

Records№ 01

Mission Log

396 entries. Each with date, target, aircraft, crew manifest, narrative, and outcome. Cross-referenced to MACRs where extant.

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PORTRAIT · T/Sgt. W.L. Orient

People№ 02

Crew Roster

All ten positions, honored equally. Photographs, service records, and — where family has contributed — the private letters that made them human.

Meet the crew →

SHIP · 42-52457

Ships№ 03

Aircraft

B-24D through B-24J. Tail numbers, nose art, service histories, and — when lost — the day and the coordinates.

Ships of the 93rd →

Edward L. McGuire | Serial #O-392667

A Personal Thread

He brought the formation home, thirty-six times.

Read his file →

§ Routes

Outbound, 0624Z.

From grass strips in Norfolk, they flew east-southeast across the Channel, formed up over the Wash, then tracked to Schweinfurt, Ploesti, Berlin, Merseburg. Every mission appears on the map with its coordinates, altitude, and the weather brief from that morning.

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PLATE II · TARGET MAP · ETOSCALE 1:12,000,000