489th Bomb Group

Group
The insignia of the 489th Bomb Group. media-395163.jpg FRE 5220 The insignia of the 489th Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5220 - The insignia of the 489th Bomb Group.

The 489th Bomb Group flew B-24 Liberators out of Halesworth, Suffolk, for several months from May 1944 until later in the year. The Group flew tactical missions in support of ground forces in northern France. It was in this tactical role that the crews carried out saturation bombing before the final Allied breakthrough at St. Lo in July 1944 and dropped food and ammunition into France and Holland.

See unit history website: http://489th-bomb-group-museum.org/489th-group-history/

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Halesworth 1 May 1944 - 29 November 1944

Encompassing

People

Alexander Anastapoulos

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 489th Bomb Group 630th Materiel Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Private First Class

Bascus

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 489th Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant

Albert H Berting

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 369th Air Service Group 489th Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Corporal

Albert W Boam

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 489th Bomb Group 846th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Albert D Brandon

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 489th Bomb Group Headquarters Squadron (498th Bomb Group)
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant

Aircraft

41-28818

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron

41-28832

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 489th Bomb Group 845th Bomb Squadron

41-29515

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 489th Bomb Group 847th Bomb Squadron

41-29533

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 489th Bomb Group 846th Bomb Squadron
The nose art of a B-24 Liberator nicknamed "Sky Wolves" of the 389th Bomb Group.

41-29547

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Sky Wolves
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 489th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron 844th Bomb Squadron

Mission

Revisions

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Contributordmccullo
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Changed key image.

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Contributordmccullo
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Added 489th BG patch.

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2nd Air Division Memorial Library

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Contributorrossingtonj
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Type added.

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ContributorLucy May
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See unit history website: http://489th-bomb-group-museum.org/489th-group-history/

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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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