482nd Bomb Group
GroupIWM, Roger Freeman Collection
The 482nd Bomb Group was a Pathfinder Group, which using radar-equipped aircraft to support bombing missions until March 1944. Aircraft from this Group went ahead of other Bombers and sent information back about the best routes to take and the extent to which targets were obscured by the weather. The Group won a DUC as part of the First Bomb Division for unescorted raid on aircraft factories at Oschersleben on 11 January 1944. After March 1944, the Group sent detachments to other stations to train different squadrons in pathfinding techniques.
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
---|---|---|
Established |
Alconbury | 20 August 1943 |
Based |
Alconbury | 20 August 1943 - 24 June 1945 |
Encompassing
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 482nd Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
- Role/Job: Operations
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron 329th Station Complement Squadron
- Highest Rank: Brigadier General
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 45th Combat Bomb Wing 482nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron Headquarters (384th Bomb Group) Headquarters (452nd Bomb Group)
- Service Numbers: O-388619
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 36th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 814th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Gremlins Delite
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: La Paloma
- Unit: 813th Bomb Squadron 482nd Bomb Group 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Mortimer
- Unit: 813th Bomb Squadron 482nd Bomb Group 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Gold Brick
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Lost Angel
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron 525th Bomb Squadron
Mission
- Date: 9 March 1944
- Date: 8 March 1944
- Date: 6 March 1944
- Date: 4 March 1944
- Date: 3 March 1944
Revisions
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)