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
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 813th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 566th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17044683 / 0-734161
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 1114th Quartermaster Company
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 36th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: My Blue Heaven
- Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 381st Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Heaven Sent
- Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron 100th Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Grumblin Gremlin II
- Unit: 349th Bomb Squadron 100th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: Oxford
- Unit: 94th Combat Bomb Wing 482nd Bomb Group 92nd Bomb Group Headquarters (482nd Bomb Group) Headquarters (94th Combat Bomb Wing)
Mission
- Date: 11 November 1943
- Date: 11 November 1943
- Date: 2 October 1943
- Date: 27 September 1943
Related media
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: Air Force Historical Research Agency
- Object Number: Document 30697
- Description: General Orders #41, 1st Air Division, 3 February 1944
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: UPL 72741
- Description: 303rd BG mission details, 3rd November 1943 listing 42-5909 participation. Recorded in Roger Freeman's 'Mighty Eighth War Diary' as the first use of...
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)