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856th Bomb Squadron

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Structure

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  • 492nd Bomb Group (Heavy)

    492nd Bomb Group (Heavy)

    Group
    The 492nd Bomb Group were assigned to the 8th Air Force in April 1944. They flew 60 missions over occupied Europe from 11 May 1944 until 7 August 1944. ...

  • 492nd Bomb Group Carpetbaggers

    492nd Bomb Group Carpetbaggers

    Group
    The 492nd Bomb Group, after flying similar missions to other heavy bomb groups until the late summer of 1944, took up 'Carpetbagger' missions, transporting agents, supplies and propaganda leaflets to southern France. The Group was taking on the role of...

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Stations

Station Location Date
Based North Pickenham

Connections

People

  • Franklin Abbott

    Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 492nd Bomb Group (Heavy)
    Shot down by fighters and crashed into the Baltic Sea on 6/20/44 in B-24 #44-40128, Killed in Action (KIA).

  • Curtis Abernethy

    Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 492nd Bomb Group (Heavy)
    RTD Damaged by flak and ditched in channel on 7/6/44 in B-24 #44-40064

  • Charles Allen

    Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 492nd Bomb Group (Heavy)
    Shot down by fighters into the Baltic Sea on 6/20/44 in B-24 #4440112 Killed in Action (KIA)

  • Charles Allessio

    Military | Lieutenant | Navigator | 492nd Bomb Group (Heavy)
    Charles Allessio graduated from Pittsfield High in 1939. He was son to Mr and Mrs Leo Allessio of Pittsfield, MA, and served in the USAAF as a 2/Lt Navigator with 492nd Bomb Group in England during World War II. He was killed while on a "Carpetbagger"...

  • William Alm

    Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 492nd Bomb Group (Heavy)
    Shot down by fighters crashed near Glowe on 6/20/44 in B-24 #4440227 Status unkNorthwn

  • Robert Ames

    Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 492nd Bomb Group (Heavy)
    Damaged by flak and landed in Sweden on 7/6/44 in B-24 'Boulder Buff' #4440195 INT

  • Lloyd Anderson

    Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 492nd Bomb Group (Heavy)
    Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by flak and crashed at Duerna in B-24 #4240172

  • Richard Anderson

    Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 492nd Bomb Group (Heavy)
    Shot down by fighters and crashed into the Baltic Sea on 6/20/44 in B-24 Little Lulu #42110143 Killed in Action (KIA)

  • Joseph Anzalone

    Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 492nd Bomb Group (Heavy)
    Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by fighters and crashed at Halberstadt on 7/7/44 in B-24 #4295230 POW

  • Lynn Augustine

    Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 492nd Bomb Group (Heavy)
    Shot down by fighters and crashed into the Baltic Sea on 6/20/44 in B-24 Little Lulu #42110143 Killed in Action (KIA)

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Aircraft

  • 41-29470

    B-24 Liberator
    On its first mission as an 856th BS plane, it was lent to the 857th BS and was shot down by flak. 23 Jun 44: Lost with Monroe Crew R-01, shot down by flak over Brussels, Belgium. 8 KIA, 2 POW, MACR 6242

  • 42-110143 Little Lulu

    B-24 Liberator
    LITTLE LULU was used primarily as a command ship. ...

  • 42-110152 The Lady Will

    B-24 Liberator
    The 856th BS lost all of their planes while en route to their target. How many of them made an attempt to reach Sweden is unknown. Although Sweden was a mere 20 minutes from the air battle, only two of the shot-up Liberators made it there. Some of the...

  • 42-40172 'Lynn Bari II'

    B-24 Liberator
    Flown on the August 1, 1943 low-level Ploesti mission returning safely to Libya. ...

  • 42-50770

    B-24 Liberator

  • 42-95005

    B-24 Liberator

  • 42-95196

    B-24 Liberator

  • 42-95230

    B-24 Liberator

  • 43-22524

    A-26 Invader
    Assigned to 856BS, 492BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) OSS mission (CHISEL insertion mission) to Munster, Germany. A-26 crashed in moor near Bramshe, Germany, just north of destination Munster, Germany. 5 x KIA 19-Mar-45. MACR 13281. ...

  • 44-40102

    B-24 Liberator

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Air Force
8th
Type
Combat
Type category
Bombardment
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Revisions

Date Contributor Update
19 March 2015 10:52:47 rossingtonj Changes to type
Sources

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Date Contributor Update
27 September 2014 18:42:51 AAM AAM ingest
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 / 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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