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: 351st Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron 812th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 561936
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Staff
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 306th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 813th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13070775 / O-732663
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron 812th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32447068
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 482nd Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 100th Bomb Group 305th Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Mercy's Madhouse
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 305th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 398th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron 422nd Bomb Squadron 544th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 813th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 305th Bomb Group 303rd Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
Mission
- Date: 29 November 1943
- Date: 29 November 1943
- Date: 26 November 1943
- Date: 19 November 1943
- Date: 13 November 1943
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)