482nd Bomb Group
Group
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 2007 - Lieutenant John C "Red" Morgan of the 482nd Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Lt Red Morgan, Cong, Med of Hon.'
The 482nd Bomb Group was a Pathfinder Group, which using radar-equipped aircraft to support bombing missions until March 1944. Aircraft from this Group went ahead of other Bombers and sent information back about the best routes to take and the extent to which targets were obscured by the weather. The Group won a DUC as part of the First Bomb Division for unescorted raid on aircraft factories at Oschersleben on 11 January 1944. After March 1944, the Group sent detachments to other stations to train different squadrons in pathfinding techniques.
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Unit stations
| Station | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
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Established |
Alconbury | 20 August 1943 |
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Based |
Alconbury | 20 August 1943 - 24 June 1945 |
Encompassing
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 813th Bomb Squadron
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 813th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 861st Chemical Company
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Commanding Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 36th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 813th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Our Gal Sal
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron 813th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Chopstick A-Able
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 812th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 812th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Bombn Belle
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 447th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron 709th Bomb Squadron 812th Bomb Squadron
Mission
- Date: 5 August 1944
- Date: 30 July 1944
- Date: 28 July 1944
- Date: 23 July 1944
- Date: 20 July 1944
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)
