492nd Bomb Group (Heavy)
Group
The 492nd Bomb Group were assigned to the 8th Air Force in April 1944. They flew 60 missions over occupied Europe from 11 May 1944 until 7 August 1944.
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B-24 Liberator
Group
The 492nd Bomb Group were assigned to the 8th Air Force in April 1944. They flew 60 missions over occupied Europe from 11 May 1944 until 7 August 1944.
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Squadron
Squadron
Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Right Waist Gunner | 492nd Bomb Group (Heavy)
Shot down by fighters and crashed at Stettin on 6/20/44 in B-24 'Bottle Baby' #44-40169 Killed in Action.
KIA
Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Ball Turret Gunner | 492nd Bomb Group (Heavy)
Shot down by fighters and crashed at Stettin on 6/20/44 in B-24 Bottle Baby # 4440169 Killed in Action (KIA)
KIA
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 492nd Bomb Group (Heavy)
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 492nd Bomb Group (Heavy)
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 492nd Bomb Group (Heavy)
Shot down by fighters and crashed at Stettin on 6/20/44 in B-24 Bottle Baby 44-40169. Prisoner of War (POW)
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Radio Operator | 492nd Bomb Group (Heavy)
Shot down by fighters and crashed into the Baltic Sea near Rugen Island on 6/20/44 in B-24 Bottle Baby' #4440169 Only the pilot survived, he became a Prisoner of War (POW). the target ws a Synthetic Oil Plant at Politz, GR Killed in Action (KIA)
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Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 492nd Bomb Group (Heavy)
Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Top Turret Gunner | 492nd Bomb Group (Heavy)
Shot down by fighters and crashed at Stettin on 6/20/44 in B-24 Bottle Baby #4440169 Killed in Action (KIA)
KIA
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 492nd Bomb Group (Heavy)
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 492nd Bomb Group (Heavy)
The Goodridge Crew 812 was one of the many casualties suffered by the 492nd on 20 Jun 44 during a bombing raid on the well defended oil refineries at Politz. While approaching the target from the Baltic Sea, the Group came under an attack by the...
11 May 1944
12 May 1944
15 May 1944
24 May 1944
29 May 1944
Mission #2. The target was an aircraft assembly plant. Flak was exceedingly heavy. We were in the air 7-1/2 hours.
19 June 1944
Bombed an airfield. Nine hour mission. Shortly after retiring we were called again but mission was called off at briefing room.
20 June 1944
Bombed an airfield. We were hit by flak; a piece hit Palmer's armor plate and another hit a gas tank. Probriefed in the evening for a big secret mission.
Military site : airfield
Built comparatively late during 1943-44 as an Eighth Air Force bomber base, North Pickenham was rather cramped as an airfield site so the main runway was shorter than typical. It had three concrete runways, 50 loop hardstandings and two dispersed T2...
Event | Location | Date |
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Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW) | Baltic Sea | 20 June 1944 |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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22 March 2016 02:32:44 | 466thHistorian | Changes to nicknames, markings, unit associations, place associations and mission associations |
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http://492ndbombgroup.com/cgi-bin/pagepilot.cgi?page=showAircraft&aircra... |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:41:48 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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MACR 7081 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |