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WE WENT TO WARA Detailed History of the 380th Bombardment Group (H)
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WE WENT TO WARA Detailed History of the 380th Bombardment Group (H)
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I. Current Histories of 380th Bomb Group (H)
1. The Flying Circus - 380th Bomb Group, by James E. Fain, Jr., Howard L. Bergman, Grant C. Cannon and Julian A. Riser, Intelligence Officers of the 380th Bomb Group, Commanday-Roth Co., New York, NY, 1946, 190 pp. Reprinted 1988.
2. King of the Heavies - 380th Bomb Group, 1942-1945, by Glenn R. Horton, Jr., and Gary L. Horton. Library of Congress Card Number 83-90348. Privately published, 1983, 184 pp.
3. The Best in the Southwest - The 380th Bomb Group in World War II, by Glenn R. Horton, Jr., Library of Congress Card Number 95-079703, ISBN 0-9645959-0-7. Mosie Publications, Savage, MN, 1995, 513 pp.
II. Publications of the 380th Bomb Group Association, Inc.
1. The Flying Circus, Numbered Newsletter of the 380th Bomb Group Association, Inc., Edited by Mrs. Helen M. Thompson, Executive Secretary of the Association, Issued Approximately Quarterly (Issue #73, May-June 1999).
2. Membership Roster, 380th Bomb Group Association, Inc., Issued Periodically, Issues in 1985, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1997 plus Per Issue Updates in the Newsletter Prior to 1985.
III. Microfilm Records of the 380th Bomb Group (H) as held by the Simpson Historical Research Library, Air Force Historical Research Agency, United States Air Force, Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery, Alabama
Tape Number as Follows:
380th BOMB GP (H) GROUP HDQTRS
Tape BO 368 #9; Part Start — 7/44
Tape BO 369 Part 8/44 — End
528 BOMB SQDN (H)
Tape AO 634 Part 1/44 — 9/44
Tape AO 635 Part 9/44 — End
529 BOMB SQDN (H)
Tape AO 635 Part 2/44 — 6/45
Tape AO 635 6/45 — End
Tape AO 636 Part Summary & Opnr
530 BOMB SQDN (H)
Tape AO 636 Part 2/44 — 5/45
Tape AO 636A 6/45 — End
531 BOMB SQDN (H)
Tape AO 637 2/44 — 2/45
Tape AO 638 3/45 — End
IV. Mission Records of the 380th Bomb Group (H) as held by the National Archives and Records Administration of the United States, Annex II, Silver Spring, Maryland
Retrieval Information:
Stack Area 190
Row 58
Compartment 19
Shelf 2
Boxes 1009 — 1028
V. Missing Aircrew Reports (MACRS) of the 380th Bomb Group (H) held by the Air Force Historical Research Agency, Air Force History Support Office, Bolling Air Force Base, District of Columbia
VI. Service Records of Author Williams and Service Records of Other 380th Personnel as Supplied by Glenn Horton and Others
VII. RAAF Personnel Records as Supplied by Robert N. Alford, Russ Brooks, and Craig Bellamy
GENERAL REFERENCES ON THE B-24
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THE B-24 LIBERATOR, by Allan G. Blue, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1975. ISBN 0-684-14508-1, Library of Congress Card Number 75-21664. |
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LIBERATOR, AMERICA'S GLOBAL BOMBER, by Alwyn T. Lloyd, Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, Inc., Missoula, MT, 1993. ISBN 0-929521-82-X, Library of Congress Card Number 93-86687. |
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CONSOLIDATED B-24 LIBERATOR, by John M. and Donna Campbell, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., Atgless, PA, 1993. ISBN 0-88740-452-9, Library of Congress Card Number 92-62298. |
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B-24 LIBERATOR IN DETAIL, Vol. 64, A Detail and Scale Aviation Publication. Squadron/Signal Publications, Carrollton, TX, 2000. |
GENERAL HISTORIES OF THE USE OF THE B-24
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UNDER THE SOUTHERN CROSS; THE B-24 LIBERATOR IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC, by Bob Livingston, Turner Publishing Co., Paducah, KY, 1998. ISBN 1-56311-432-1, Library of Congress Card Number 98-60773. |
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B-24 LIBERATOR UNITS OF THE PACIFIC WAR, by Robert F. Dorr, Osprey Publishing, Oxford, 1999. ISBN 1-85532-781-3. |
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LOG OF THE LIBERATORS, Steve Birdsall, Doubleday, Garden City, NY, 1973. ISBN 0-385-03870-4, Library of Congress Card Number 74-173267. |
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B-24 LIBERATOR, AIR PROGRESS SPECIAL - 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE B-24, Air Progress Magazine, Vol. 2, 1989, Special Issue. |
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LIBERATOR LORE, NOSE ART, AIR MUSEUM JOURNAL, Vol. 2, 1989, Frederick A. Johnson, Editor, Museum Aeronautica, Tacoma, WA. |
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COMBAT LEGEND, B-24 LIBERATOR, by Martin Bowman, Airlife Publishing Ltd., Shrewsbury, UK, 2003, ISBN 1-54037-403-9, 96 pp. |
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PRODUCTION LINE TO FRONT LINE, #4, CONSOLIDATED B-24 LIBERATOR, by Michael O'Leary, Osprey Publishing, Osceola, WI, ISBN 1-84176-023-4, 144 pp. |
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B-24 LIBERATOR, Rugged but Right, by Frederick A. Johnsen, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY 1999, ISBN 0-07-1344489, 139 pp. |
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WINGS OF MORNING, by Thomas Childers, Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1995, ISBN 0-201-48310-6, 276 pp. (Not Pacific but the best B-24 War Story there is.) |
DIRECTORIES OF B-24 AIRCRAFT
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B-24 NOSE ART NAME DIRECTORY, by Wallace R. Forman, Specialty Press, North Branch, MN, 1977. ISBN 1-58007-003-5, Library of Congress Card Number 97-61943. |
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The B-24/PB4Y IN COMBAT, by Rhodes Arnold, PIMA PAISANO Publications, Reserve, NM, Undated. ISBN 0-9619253-3-7. |
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TALISMAN, by John M. and Donna Campbell, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., W. Chester, PA, 1992. ISBN 0-88740-414-6. |
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B-24 LIBERATOR, COMBAT AND DEVELOPMENT HISTORY OF THE LIBERATOR AND PRIVATEER, by Frederick A. Johnsen, WARBIRD HISTORY, Motorbooks, Osceola, WI, 1993. ISBN 0-87938-758-0. |
BOOKS ON PACIFIC B-24s
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THE JOLLY ROGERS, The 90th Bombardment Group in the Southwest Pacific, 1942-1944. Stocklain, Segal, Barr and Silvering, Scheffer Publishing, Ltd., Atglen, PA, Reprinted 1997, ISBN 0-7643-0258-2, 112 pp. |
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COMBAT LEGEND, B-24 LIBERATOR, by Martin Bowman, Airlife publishing Ltd., Shrewsbury, UK, 2003, ISBN 1-54037-403-9, 96 pp. |
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PRODUCTION LINE TO FRONT LINE, #4, CONSOLIDATED B-24 LIBERATOR, by Michael O'Leary, Osprey Publishing, Osceola, WI, ISBN 1-84176-023-4, 144 pp. |
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TRUSCOTT, A Diary of Australia's Secret Wartime Kimberley Airbase, 1943-1946, by John & Carol Beasy, Australian Military History Publications, Loftus NSW, Australia, 1995, 303 pp. |
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B-24 LIBERATOR, Rugged but Right, by Frederick A. Johnsen, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY 1999, ISBN 0-07-1344489, 139 pp. |
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THE JOLLY ROGERS, History of the 90th Bomb Group During WWII, by John G. Alcorn, Historical Aviation Album, Temple City, CA, 1991, ISBN 0-911852-89-1, 212 pp. |
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LEGACY OF THE 90TH BOMB GROUP, by Wiley O. Woods, Jr., Turner Publishing Company, Paducah, KY, 1994, ISBN 1-56311-151-9, 208 pp. |
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GOOD FORTUNE FLEW WITH ME, by John W. Carroll, Privately Published, 2001, Blacktown, NSW, Australia, 252 pp. |
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WORLD WAR II B-24 SNOOPERS, by Stephen M. Perrone, New Jersey Sportsman's Guides, Somerdale, NJ, 2003, ISBN 1-887544-02-X, 291 pp. |
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BOSTON, MITCHELL AND LIBERATOR IN AUSTRALIAN SERVICE, by Stewart Wilson, Aerospace Publications, PTY Ltd., Weston Creek, ACT, Australia, 1992, 155 pp. |
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TEN KNIGHTS IN A BAR ROOM, Missing in Action in the Southwest Pacific, 1943, by Michael J. Cundiff, Iowa State University Press, Ames, IA, 1990, ISBN 0-8138-1736-6, 118 pp. |
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ONE DAMNED ISLAND AFTER ANOTHER, Saga of the 7th, by Clive Howard and Joe Whitley, University of North Carolina Press, NC, 1946, 403 pp. |
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UP THE SLOT, by Samuel I. Walker, Walker Publishers, Oklahoma City, OK, 1984, Library of Congress Card No. 83-83264, 292 pp. |
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MOROTAI, by John Bowman, Sunflower University Press, Manhattan, KS, 1981, ISBN 0-385-15586-7, 283 pp. |
NOSE ART SPECIFICALLY
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VINTAGE NOSE ART, Gary M. Volant, Motorbooks International, Osceola, WI, 1987. ISBN 0-87938-266-X, Library of Congress Card Number 87-20360. |
Photographs used on this website are from:
The Best in the Southwest - The 380th Bomb Group in World War II, by Glenn R. Horton, Jr., Library of Congress Card Number 95-079703, ISBN 0-9645959-0-7. Mosie Publications, Savage, MN, 1995, 513 pp.
380th Bomb Group Association Members and Other Interested Parties
The Frontispiece of this website is a chart of the World War II insignias of the 380th Bomb Group (H) and its constituent squadrons as prepared by Francis R. (Johnny) Johnston, a regular artist for the 380th Bomb Group Association, the veterans group of 380th Bomb Group personnel. This chart has been extensively used by the 380th Bomb Group Association as the cover for their newsletters.
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