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.
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856th Bomb Squadron
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B-24J-150-CO #44-40169 "Bottle Baby" Code: 5Z-I 492nd BG - 856th BS Shot down 20 June 1944 - Milton K. Goodridge Crew
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Source:306bg.org Lt. Arthur S. (Sam) Hostettler with Hadden Crew 608, 492 BG, 856 BS, back row far left.
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Lt. Arthur (Sam) Hostettler ( 1944?)
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Lt. Arthur S. Hostettler’s burial site Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.
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B-24H-20-CF #42-50313 "Wabash Cannon Ball" Code: 9H-A 492nd BG - 857th BS Later transferred to the 856th BS and coded 5Z-O then transferred to the 392nd BG - 578th BS and coded EC-W
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B-24J-60-CF #44-10518 "Queenie" Code: 2U-Q+ 466th BG - 785th BS Transferred from 492nd BG
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B-24 44-40142 'Sknappy' 856th BS, 492nd BG being recovered after nose wheel collapse May-44.
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James Kuntz crew in front of B-24 44-40142 'Sknappy'.
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44-40142 'Sknappy' noseart.
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"Baby Shoes" - B-24J 40-50555 Baby Shoes was flown to England by the North Atlantic route from Grenier Field, Manchester, New Hampshire, under an ATC Operations Order dated 29 May 44, by a crew that was assigned after arrival in England to 453rd BG. After 8th AF modifications, the aircraft was assigned as a replacement ship to 492nd BG at North Pickenham, with which it flew 8 missions from 21 Jun 44. When the 492nd BG was taken off daylight bombing operations in mid-Aug 44, BABY SHOES went as a replacement ship to the 458th BG at Horsham St Faith, 755th BS as J3 G and transferred in Oct 44 to 753rd BS as J4 A. On 14 Mar 45, at Horsham St Faith, a waist gunner preparing for a mission on board BABY SHOES failed to check closely for ammunition in his gun before pulling the trigger. Several rounds went off, which ricocheted into the bomb bay and left wing tank of another B-24, igniting an incendiary bomb and gas tanks, setting that plane afire, exploding the bomb load and causing that plane's complete destruction. The explosion caused major damage to BABY SHOES and five other B-24s, as well as minor damage to three others. BABY SHOES was repaired and, after the end of the war in Europe, was re-deployed to the Zone of Interior (RZI). Learn more about this aircraft at the 458th BG website (www.459bg.com) and their association - AUTHORED BY: TOM BRITTAN, WWW.B24BESTWEB.COM Photos courtesy www.b24bestweb.com
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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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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' #44-40195, Interned (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) -
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
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42-95005
B-24 Liberator
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42-95196
B-24 Liberator
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42-95230
B-24 Liberator
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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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| Based | North Pickenham |
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| 19 March 2015 10:52:47 | rossingtonj | Changes to type |
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| 27 September 2014 18:42:51 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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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 / 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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