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leadership, which was at a similar point in its training. The group completed combat training and departed Wendover on 3 April 1944. The air echelon flew to the UK via the southern ferry route along the northern coastline of South America and across the Atlantic to Africa before heading North to
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combat and support units. However Second Air Force did not receive redesignation orders for the group until 17 March, until which time they were compelled to maintain duplicate rosters and tables of organization, one for a heavy bombardment group of four squadrons, and one for a very heavy
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This code was also displayed on the aircraft wing. The group adopted an all yellow tail marking shortly after arriving in England and few aircraft displayed the assigned marking on the tail in addition to the wing. Watkins, pp.
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on 22 January 1945, they were informed that previous plans for refresher training had been cancelled and instead the group and its associated 369th Air Service Group were retrained as
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In late July Lt Col Vance was evacuated back to the United States for medical treatment. The plane he was on disappeared over the Atlantic and all aboard were lost. Mueller, p. 567.
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in July. The group dropped food to liberated French and to Allied forces in France during August and September, and carried food and ammunition to the
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bombardment group of three squadrons. The readiness date for the group air echelon was set back from 1 March to 1 August 1945. The group moved to
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The 489th began flying strategic bombing missions to Germany in July, and engaged primarily in bombing strategic targets such as factories,
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launch sites (Operation Crossbow) in the campaign for France. It participated in the saturation bombing of German lines just before
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Connecticut at the end of December 1944, where most returning personnel were reassigned to other units while the group moved to
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on 5 June, the group's lead plane was seriously crippled by enemy fire, its pilot was killed, and the deputy group commander,
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The 489th Bomb Group in Suffolk: A Pictorial History of the USAAF's 489th Bombardment Group at Halesworth, During WWII
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Air Force Bases, Vol. I, Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982
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the following day, and afterward bombed coastal defenses, airfields, bridges, railroads, and
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1st Photographic Laboratory (Bombardment Group, Very Heavy), 17 March 1944 – 17 October 1945
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on 17 October 2015, exactly 70 years after it was inactivated. The 489th operates from
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directed the drops from the bombers. On other missions, group aircraft flew into
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unit. After training in the United States, it moved to England as an element of
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The group was alerted for movement overseas in the summer of 1945, but with the
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Battle Colors: Insignia and Markings of the Eighth Air Force in World War II
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and was rescued. For his action during this mission, Vance was awarded the
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Aircraft is Ford built Consolidated B-24H-20-FO Liberator serial 42-94860.
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RAF Halesworth (AAF-365), England, c. 1 May – November 1944 (Station 365)
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Apparently, the group never received official approval of this emblem.
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in Florida, where it flew simulated combat missions in company with the
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group, but the war ended before the group could deploy to the Pacific.
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Military units and formations of the United States Air Force Reserves
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Assignment and station information in Haulman, except as noted.
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846th Bombardment Squadron, 1 October 1943 – 17 October 1945
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845th Bombardment Squadron, 1 October 1943 – 17 October 1945
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844th Bombardment Squadron, 1 October 1943 – 17 October 1945
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England. The ground echelon sailed from Boston on board the
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847th Bombardment Squadron, 13 October 1943 – 28 March 1945
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later in September. For these missions, a loadmaster from
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The group entered combat on 30 May 1944 with an attack on
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B-24 Liberator units of the United States Army Air Forces
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489th Aerospace Medical Flight, 17 October 2015 – Present
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Lineage and station information through 1945 in Maurer,
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in memory of Col. Vance on 9 July 1949. Mueller, p. 567.
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489th Bombardment Group (United States Army Air Forces)
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Great Bend Army Air Field, Kansas c. 18 February 1945
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Lincoln Army Air Field, Nebraska, c. 17 December 1944
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489th Maintenance Squadron, 17 October 2015 – Present
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Activated in the Air Force Reserve on 17 October 2015
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Second Air Force, 12 December 1944 – 17 October 1945
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and is an associate unit of the Regular Air Force's
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Wendover Field, Utah, 1 October 1943 – 3 April 1944
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Index

489th Bombardment Group


846th Bombardment Squadron
United States
United States Air Force
Bombardment
Air Force Reserve Command
Dyess Air Force Base
Latin
European Theater of Operations


United States Air Force
Air Force Reserve Command
307th Bomb Wing
Dyess Air Force Base
7th Bomb Wing
World War II
Consolidated B-24 Liberator
Eighth Air Force
RAF Halesworth
Leon Vance
Medal of Honor
D-Day
Wimereux, France
Boeing B-29 Superfortress
Air Force Reserve

489th Bombardment Group (United States Army Air Forces)

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