764th Bomb Squadron

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The 764th BS was part of the 461st BG - 15th AF

Object Number - UPL 24265 - 764th Bomb Squadron patch The 764th BS was part of the 461st BG - 15th AF

Established in mid-1943 as a B-24 Liberator heavy bomber squadron, it trained under the Second Air Force. The unit deployed to the Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO) in February 1944, being assigned to the Fifteenth Air Force in Southern Italy.



The squadron engaged in very long range strategic bombardment missions against enemy strategic targets in Italy, France, Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and the Balkans until April 1945. It bombed aircraft factories, assembly plants, oil refineries, storage areas, marshalling yards, airdromes and other objectives until the German capitulation in May 1945.



Most squadron personnel were demobilized in Italy in May 1945 and it returned to the United States with a skeleton staff. Re-equipped and redesignated a B-29 Superfortress very heavy bomber squadron, it also received new personnel. It began training under the Second Air Force for planned deployment to the Western Pacific Area (WPA), however, the Japanese capitulation in August led to the inactivation of the squadron in October.

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 461st Bomb Group 764th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20156518
  • Highest Rank: Corporal (RAF)
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 461st Bomb Group 764th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19151191 / O-713554
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 461st Bomb Group 764th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15108203 / O-825700
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
Clyde Albert Stevens, B24H Pilot #1 War Eagle ORDERS
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 461st Bomb Group 764th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 0735466
  • Highest Rank: Flight Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 461st Bomb Group 764th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11091013
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
  • Role/Job: Tail gunner

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