44th Bomb Group (H)
8th Air Force
Dedicated to the
“Flying Eightball Group”
First Mission 7 November 42
Last Mission 25 April 45
344 Combat Missions
Destroyed 330 Enemy Planes
Received the Distinguished
Unit Citation for
Kiel, Germany 14 May 1943
Ploesti, Rumania 1 August 1943
Courtesy hmdb.org
