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385th Bomb Group Association collection, 1942-2015, Date acquired: 04/23/2018, bulk 1943-1945

 

Summary

Creator:
385th Bomb Group Association
Extent:
1 items 1 publication
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], 385th Bomb Group Association collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_18_0012.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection relates to the 385th Bombardment Group, Heavy, that was stationed at Station 155, Great Ashfield, Suffolk, England during World War II.  The collection includes a publication which documents the group's history during the war.

Biographical / historical:

The 385th Bombardment Group, Heavy, was activated on February 1, 1942, at Geiger Field, Spokane, WA. and assigned to the Eighth Air Force in England in June 1943. The group operated with B-17 bombers and primarily as a strategic bombardment organization until the war ended, striking such targets as industrial areas, air bases, oil refineries, and communications centers in Germany, France, Poland, Belgium, Holland, and Norway. The group returned to the US in August 1945 and was inactivated on August 28, 1945.

Link to 385th Bomb Group Association website: http://www.385thbga.com/

Acquisition information:
Thomas Gagnon (385th Bomb Group Association President)
Custodial history:

Transferred from the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience to FSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives in July 2022.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open to all researchers.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean for Special Collections & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], 385th Bomb Group Association collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_18_0012.

Location of this collection:
116 Honors Way
Tallahassee
FL
32306-2047
USA