491st Bomb Group
Group
Robert Baumgardner, Austin, TX.
Object Number - FRE 2125 - A Pathfinder B-24 Liberator (V2-P+, serial number 42-51691) of the 491st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '491 BG supplying troops at...
The 491st Bomb Group flew B-24 Liberators in bombing missions over northern France and Germany from June 1944 until April 1945. Missions over Germany included bombing the headquarters of the German General Staff at Zossen. The Group was awarded a DUC for persevering with a raid on an oil refinery at Misburg on 26 November 1944, despite half of its bombers being destroyed by enemy aircraft.
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Unit stations
| Station | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
|
Based |
Metfield | 25 April 1944 - 15 August 1944 |
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Based |
North Pickenham | 15 August 1944 - 4 July 1945 |
Encompassing
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 1586165
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 36731321
- Highest Rank: Private First Class
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 34337117
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: CG
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Times Awaisting
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 852nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Tender Foot
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Aint Bluffing
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: House of Rumor
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 854th Bomb Squadron
Mission
Related media
- Media Type: Video
- Collection Name: Rob Edwards collection
- Object Number: UPL 29177
- Description: Video and photographs of the memorials to the 492nd and 491st Bombardment Groups (Heavy) who served at North Pickenham Station 143.
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15744
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Staff Sergeant Raymond A Buchholz of the 491st Bomb Group researched by historian Bill...
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15755
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for First Lieutenant Andy T Wilson of the 491st Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 25742
- Description: Operational Missions - Edward Sunder JR
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 34996
- Description: Hand written account of the Metfield Bomb Dump Explosion, 15 July 1944, by Keith E. Randall, Airplane Armorer, 491st Bomb Group.
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: Chris "Drake" Dracopoulos.
- Object Number: Document 39084
- Description: A biography of ' "The Rhythm Bombshells" 1944 to 1945 - Metfield and North Pickenham, England.' by Chris "Drake" Dracopoulos, 491st Bomb Group.
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: Unit histories
- Object Number: Document 39798
- Description: 14th Combat Bomb Wing Unit History, complete copy Resembling a college yearbook, unit histories were an unofficial – and often tongue-in-cheek –...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 42017
- Description: James K Wenzel and crew at the end of B-24 Operational Combat Training training (OTU) in July, 1943 in Casper, Wyoming
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / The Mighty Eighth. A History of the Units, Men and Machines of the US 8th Air Force.' by Roger A. Freeman (1989). 'Air Force Combat Units of World War II' compiled by the Department of the US Air Force, edited by Maurice Maurer (1983). / 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)
