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

Charles Odis Lance

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 482nd Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Operations
Lieutenant-Colonel Baskin Lawrence, Lieutenant Chauncey Hicks and Staff Sergeant Willaim Zeigler of the 91st Bomb Group visit Technical Sergeant James Osborne, who was injured when their B-17 Flying Fortress (LL-Y, serial number 42-29797) nicknamed "Old Ironsides" crashed into the Channel on return from a mission over Germany. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for Publication 21 Jun 1943 [censor has added 'also passed U.S.']' [stamp] and '271235' [Censor no]. Printed caption on reverse: 'SAIDMAN. ILLUS. 2

Baskin R Lawrence

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron 329th Station Complement Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Brigadier General
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Carl Lloyd Liles

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 45th Combat Bomb Wing 482nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron Headquarters (384th Bomb Group) Headquarters (452nd Bomb Group)
  • Service Numbers: O-388619
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Carl E Lindquist

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 36th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Gunner

Arthur L Lloyd

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 814th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

42-3522

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Gremlins Delite
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron 533rd Bomb Squadron
A gathering of people, some of them aircrew, stand by the tail of an 813th Bomb Squadron, 482nd Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress (PC-X, serial number 42-37735).

42-37735

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: La Paloma
  • Unit: 813th Bomb Squadron 482nd Bomb Group 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron

42-37753

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Mortimer
  • Unit: 813th Bomb Squadron 482nd Bomb Group 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
A B-17G Flying Fortress (XR-H, serial number 42-37972) of the 349th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group, that has crash-landed at Honington. Official caption on image: "2178. Hon. F.S.A.D. Aero-Repair. 1-30-44M. B-17G - 42-37972."

42-37972

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Gold Brick
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron

42-38183

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Lost Angel
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron 525th 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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