[link="http://www.armyairforces.com/dbgroups.asp?Group=66"]Click here for a brief history of the 44th.[/link]

Association contacts:

Larry Herpel (researcher)
E-mail: LHERPEL@juno.com

Reunion News: No current

Web sites:

http://www.44thbombgroup.com , A great web site for the 44th BG, includes association information, group history, aircraft information, reunion news, and more.

http://www.hiredguns-hq.com/fclark , The story of Forrest S. Clark, 67th Squadron, and contains a lot of interesting materials.

http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hall/1725 , A waist gunner's diary from the 67th Bomb Squadron.

http://members.aol.com/b24vet , Covers combat missions of 1943-44, crash landings and internship in Switzerland, escape to France in 1944, and crew of Lt. R.C. Griffith.

Related Books:

The 44th Bomb Group in World War II: The 'Flying Eight Balls' Over Europe in the B-24, Ron Mackay and Steve Adams. http://www.schifferbooks.com/military/aviationunithistories/0764318853.html Schiffer Publishing, 2003. History of the pioneer unit of the 2nd Air Division of the 8th Air Force. 272 pages, over 350 photographs.0764318853.
44th Bomb Group: The Flying Eightballs. Turner Publishing, 1997. 1563113295
44th Bomb Group Roll of Honor and Casualties, Will Lundy. 1987.
The Wild Blue Yonder, Warren F. McPherson. Privately published, 1999. A Chronology of James N. Williams B-24 Crew with the 66th Bomb Squadron. From a "gunner's" perspective, this book features the early days of training in the States, coming together as a crew, deploying overseas to England and a chronology of their 30 combat missions.
Tales of a Tail Gunner: A Memoir of Seattle and World War II, Eddie S. Picardo. Hara Publishing, 1996. 1883697336.
History of the 67th Bombardment Squadron, 44th Bomb Group "The Flying Eight Balls" 1941 - 1945, Will C. Lundy. 1982.
History of the 68th Bombardment Squadron 44th Bomb Group, Webb C. Todd.
The Green-Nosed Flying 8-Balls A History of the 506th Bomb Squadron, Norman C. Kiefer. History Publications.
Elusive Horizons, Keith C. Schuyler. Barnes & Co, 1969.
Flight of the Forgotten: A True Story of Heroism and Betrayal, Mark A. Vance. Venture, 1998. 1878853252.