93rd Combat Bomb Wing
Wing
Platoon
Group
The 493rd Bomb Group was the last Eighth Air Force Group to become operational, flying their first combat mission from Debach, Suffolk, on D-Day, 6 June 1944. The Group was known as "the Fighting 493rd", named by their Commanding Officer Colonel Elbert...
Station | Location | Date |
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Based | Debach |
Military | Sergeant | Duty Non-Commissioned Officer | 493rd Bomb Group
Military | Private | Duty Soldier III | 493rd Bomb Group
Military | Private First Class | Fire Fighter | 493rd Bomb Group
Military | Corporal | Fire Fighter | 420th Air Service Group
Assigned to 2025th EAFFP – MOS 383, Firefighter Overseas Shipment No. 0885-EE, SO#252
Military | Staff Sergeant | Fire Fighter / Fire Chief | 420th Air Service Group
Assigned to 2025th EAFFP – MOS 383, Firefighter Overseas Shipment No. 0885-EE, SO#252
Military | Corporal | Truck Driver, Light / Fire Fighter | 420th Air Service Group
Assigned to 2025th EAFFP – MOS 345, Truck Driver, Light, Overseas Shipment No. 0885-EE, SO#252
Military | Corporal | Duty Non-Commissioned Officer | 493rd Bomb Group
Military | Corporal | Fire Fighter | 420th Air Service Group
Military | Private | Duty Soldier III | 493rd Bomb Group
Military | Sergeant | Duty Non-Commissioned Officer | 493rd Bomb Group
None
Date | Contributor | Update |
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24 December 2016 21:31:21 | usaeff | Changes to unit encompassing associations |
Sources | ||
http://www.493bgdebach.co.uk/Documents/Roster%20%20493rd%20BG%20Debach.pdf |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:43:00 | AAM | AAM ingest |
Sources | ||
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / 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) |