482nd Bomb Group

Group
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.' media-380811.jpg 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.' Roger Freeman Collection

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

Established

Alconbury 20 August 1943

Based

Alconbury 20 August 1943 - 24 June 1945

Encompassing

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 812th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 813th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 10940312
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 814th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-675069
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron 814th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14031023
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 36th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron 812th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Chopstick-G George
  • Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 812th Bomb Squadron
The nose art of a 482nd Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Paper Doll". Handwritten caption on reverse: '96.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Paper Doll
  • Unit: 305th 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
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron 813th Bomb Squadron

Mission

Revisions

Date
ContributorPaul Bellamy
Changes
Sources

482BG records (ARG Archive, Alconbury)

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

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)

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