Pooler in Chatham County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
385th Bombardment Group (H)
Great Ashfield Station 155
Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2013
1. 385th Bombardment Group (H) Marker
As mentioned-Regensburg was home to both a Messerschmitt Bf 109 aircraft factory and an oil refinery;
Zwickau, the Horch Auto Union plant.
Zwickau, the Horch Auto Union plant.
Activated
Feb 1943
297 Missions
2 Unit Citations
Regensburg
&
Zwickau
Aircraft Lost: 129
Lives Lost: 409
Deactivated
Aug 1945
Combat Units
HQ Squadron
548th Bomb Sqdn
549th Bomb Sqdn
550th Bomb Sqdn
551st Bomb Sqdn
Support Units
424th Air Serv Grp
877th Chem Co.
Det . 155, 18th AWS
To Our Fallen Comrades Who Have Given Their Last Full
Measure Of Devotion In A Sacred Cause.
"I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or ever eagle flew
And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God."
John Gillespie Magee, Jr.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.
Location. 32° 6.956′ N, 81° 14.204′ W. Memorial is in Pooler, Georgia, in Chatham County. It is on 175 Bourne Avenue. Located adjacent to I-95, Georgia exit 102, (US 80 east), at the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Pooler GA 31322, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Georgia’s Coastal Plain, on the Georgia Coast and the Golden Isles, and in Greater Savannah. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
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Additional commentary.
1. High Flight by John Gillespie Magee, Jr.
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds, — and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of — wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air. . . .
Up, up the long, delirious burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or ever eagle flew —
And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod
The
Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2013
2. 385th Bombardment Group 549th Squadron
SQD, GRP, Wing Div & AF Formations
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
— Submitted April 14, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, June 18, 2023
3. 385th Bombardment Group (H) Marker
Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2013
4. 385th Bombardment Group 549th Sq
ETO 1944-45
Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2013
5. 385th Bombardment Group 548th Squadron
Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2013
6. 385 Bombardment Group 549 BS
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7. 385th Bombardment Group 550th Squadron
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8. 385 Bombardment Group 550th Sq
"They ditched at sea. Posed as civilians to escape detention. Shot down 12 E/A on 25 raids and saved four crippled stragglers when they slowed their B-17, united a P-38, B-24 and two B17's as a squadron, drove off attacking E/A and led cripples home."
Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2013
9. 385th Bombardment Group 551st Bomb Squadron
Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2013
10. 385th Bombardment Group 551st Bomb Squadron " Miss Cheyanne"
April 22,1944 11th mission Hamm Germany
"Tail End Charlie"
Shot down Hilbeck Germany
POW Staglag Luft III
Liberated April 29, 1945
Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2013
11. 385th Bombardment Group 551st Squadron
Mission Fallersleben Germany June 20 1944
9 POW 1 KIA
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12. 385th Bombardment Group 551st Squadron
Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2013
13. 385th Bombardment Group 549th Sqdn
25 Missions in 52 days with no injuries
Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2013
14. 385 Bombardment Group 548 Sq
Ball Turret Gunner
Killed In Action
Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2013
15. 385 Bombardment Group (H) Marker at the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum
Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2013
16. 385th Bomb Group Banner
Credits. This page was last revised on June 19, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 14, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,464 times since then and 40 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 14, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 3. submitted on June 19, 2023, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15. submitted on April 14, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 16. submitted on June 19, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
