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410th Bomb Group

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  • Douglas A-20 Havoc bombers of the 410th Bombardment Group

    Douglas A-20 Havoc bombers of the 410th Bombardment Group

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  • "Bomb damaged Nazi aircraft at a captured airbase in France. This base is now being used by the 410th Bomb Group." - A wrecked Me-110G night fighter lies with its Ju-88C cousins of III./NJG4 on Juvincourt airfield (A-68), France in the fall of 1944. - B-26 code appears to be PN- which would be a 449BS, 322BG 9AF A/C.

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  • "Douglas A-20 attached to the 410th Bomb Group, enroute to a mission over enemy territory in Europe."

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  • "Formation of Douglas A-20s attached to the 410th Bomb Group, enroute to a mission over enemy territory in Europe."

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  • "Formation of Douglas A-20s attached to the 410th Bomb Group, enroute to a mission over enemy territory in Europe."

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  • "Formation of Douglas A-20s attached to the 410th Bomb Group, enroute to a mission over enemy territory in Europe."

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  • "Formation of Douglas A-20s attached to the 410th Bomb Group, enroute to a mission over enemy territory in Europe."

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  • "Formation of Douglas A-20s attached to the 410th Bomb Group, enroute to a mission over enemy territory in Europe."

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  • "Formation of Douglas A-20s attached to the 410th Bomb Group, enroute to a mission over enemy territory in Europe. Or Douglas A-20s of the 410th Bomb Group enroute to bomb enemy installations somewhere in Europe." - A-20G Havoc 43-10213 647BS, 410BG, 9AF.

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  • "A 647th Bomb Squadron, 410th Bomb Group A-20G Havoc (6Q-R, serial number 43-10213) with D-Day stripes from the side at Dijon airbase in 1944." Handwritten caption on reverse: '43-10213, A-20G-35-DO, 6Q-R, 647th B.S. - 410th B.G. - 9th A.F. P. Gandillet. Dijon, 1944.' Roger Freeman Photo FRE 11105

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Structure

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Stations

Station Location Date
Based Birch 4 April 1944 – 16 April 1944
Based Gosfield 16 April 1944 – 30 September 1944
Based Coulommiers 30 September 1944 – 1 February 1945
Based Juvincourt 1 February 1945

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People

  • Fernando Belis

    Military | Staff Sergeant | 410th Bomb Group

  • Earl Bever

    Military | Lieutenant | 410th Bomb Group

  • Marcel Bibeau

    Military | Staff Sergeant | Turret Gunner | 410th Bomb Group

  • August Brennan

    Military | Staff Sergeant | 410th Bomb Group

  • Robert Bruce

    Military | Lieutenant | 410th Bomb Group

  • Lars Christensen

    Military | Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 303rd Bomb Group
    21 missions between 7 may and 5 july 44; transferred to 410th BG, 9th AF at Coulommiers, near Paris (France) as gunner aboard Douglas A-20 and B-26, flew 23 missions, received Purple Heart (source 303rdbg.com) deceased.

  • Wilfred Cornwell

    Military | Staff Sergeant | Arm/Gunner | 410th Bomb Group
    Assigned to 647BS, 410BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Gerolstein RR Bridge. Took direct flak hit to bomb bay, fell out of formation in flames, one chute seen to emerge before A/C hit ground and exploded. 22-Jan-45. Killed in Action ...

  • Gerald Dale

    Military | Captain | Pilot | 410th Bomb Group

  • Vincent Dellaposta

    Military | Staff Sergeant | 410th Bomb Group

  • Frank DeSanno

    Military | Staff Sergeant | 410th Bomb Group

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Citations

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Air Force
9th
Type
Combat
Type category
Bombardment
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Insignia
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Revisions

Date Contributor Update
22 February 2017 11:33:05 general ira snapsorter Changes to stations
Sources

Stations added with details from:
- "Battle Colors Volume III - Insignia and Tactical Markings of the Ninth Air Force in World War Two' by Robert A. Watkins;
Date Contributor Update
13 January 2015 14:43:09 rossingtonj Changes to type and stations
Sources

Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985)
Date Contributor Update
27 September 2014 18:42:45 AAM AAM ingest
Sources

Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980)

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