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360 AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS OF WORLD WAR I1immediately preceding and during the invasionof Normandy. Then struckbridges, rail lines, vehicles, road junctions,and troop concentrations in France.Supported ground forces near Caen in Juland near Brest in Sep 1944. After that,converted to B-17’s and operated primarilyagainst strategic targets until the end ofFeb 1945. Mounted attacks againstenemy oil plants, tank factories, marshallingyards, aircraft plants, and airfields insuch cities as Berlin, Hamburg, Merseburg,Munster, Kassel, Hannover, andCologne. Interrupted strategic missionsto attack supply lines and military installationsduring the Battle of the Bulge, Dec1g44-Jan 1945. Beginning in Mar 1945,attacked interdictory targets and supportedadvancing ground forces. AfterV-E Day, carried food to flood-strickenareas of Holland and transported French,Spanish, and Belgian prisoners of warfrom Austria to Allied centers. Returnedto the US, Aug-Sep 1945. Inactivated on7 Nov 1945.SQUADRONS. 848th: 1943-1945. 849th:1943-1945. 850th: 1943-1945. 85zst:1943-1945-STATIONS. Salt Lake City AAB, Utah,I Oct 1943; Mountain Home AAFld,Idaho, 4 Dec 1g43-Apr 1944; Eye, England,c. I May 1g44-Aug 1945; Drew Field,Fla, 3 Sep-7 Nov 1945.COMMANDERS. Maj Lyle E Halstead, 11Oct 1943; Lt Col Beirne Lay Jr, 28 Oct1943; Lt Col James H Isbell, Nov 1943;Col Lloyd H Watnee, 30 Dec 1943; ColFrank P Bostrom, 26 Jun 1944; Col GeneH Tibbets, c. 10 Jun 1945; Lt Col ClarenceJ Adams, c. g Julrg45-unkn.CAMPAIGNS. Air Offensive, Europe ;Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland;Ardennes-Alsace ; Central Europe.DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. None.49 1st BOMBARDMENT GROUPConstituted as 4g1st BombardmentGroup (Heavy) on 14 Sep 1943. Activatedon I Oct 1943. Trained for combatwith B-24’s. On I Jan 1944 the group,less the air echelon, was transferred withoutpersonnel and equipment to England,where personnel were assigned later. Theair echelon continued to train in the USuntil it joined the group in England inMay 1944. Served in combat with EighthAF until the end of Apr 1945. Beganoperations early in Jun 1944 and attackedairfields, bridges, and coastal defensesboth preceding and during the invasionof Normandy. Then concentrated itsattacks on strategic objectives in Germany,striking communications centers, oil refineries,storage depots, industrial areas,shipyards, and other targets in such placesas Berlin, Hamburg, Kassel, Cologne,Gelsenkirchen, Bielefeld, Hannover, andMagdeburg; on one occasion attacked theheadquarters of the German General Staffat Zossen, Germany. While on a missionto bomb an oil refinery at Misburg on 26Nov 1944, the group was attacked by largenumbers of enemy fighters; althoughabout one-half of its planes were de-
AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS-GROUPS 361stroyed, the remainder fought off theinterceptors, successfully bombed the target,and won for the group a DUC.Although engaged primarily in strategicbombardment, the group also supportedground forces at St Lo in Jul 1944; assaultedV-weapon sites and communicationslines in France during the summerof 1944; dropped supplies to paratroops on18 Sep 1944 during the airborne attack inHolland; bombed German supply linesand fortifications during the Battle of theBulge, Dec 1g44-Jan 1945; supportedAllied forces in the airborne drop acrossthe Rhine in Mar 1945; and interdictedenemy communications during the Allieddrive across Germany in Apr 1945. Returnedto the US in Jul. Inactivated on 8SeP 1945.SQUADRONS. 852d: 1943-1945. 853d:1943-1945. 8544th: 1943-1945. 855th:1943-1945.STATIONS. Davis-Monthan Field, Ariz,I Oct 1943; El Paso, Tex, 11 Nov 1943;England, I Jan 1944; North Pickenham,England, Feb 1944; Metfield, England,Mar 1944; North Pickenham, England, 15Aug 1g44-Jun 1945; McChord Field,Wash, 17 Jul-8 Sep 1945..COMMANDERS. Col Dwight 0 Morteith,10 Oct 1943; Maj Jack G Merrell, 20 Dec1943; Col Wilson H Banks, 5 Jan 1944;Maj Alex E Burleigh, 19 Jan 1944; Lt ColJack G Merrell, 29 Jan 1944; Lt Col CarlT Goldenburg, 12 Feb 1944; Col F HMiller, 26 Jun 1944; Col Allen W Reed,C. 20 OCt 1944-1945.CAMPAIGNS. Air Offensive, Europe;Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland;Ardennes-Alsace ; Central Europe.DECORATIONS. Distinguished Unit Citation:Misburg, Germany, 26 Nov 1944.INSIGNE. None.492d BOMBARDMENT GROUPConstituted as 492d BombardmentGroup (Heavy) on 14 Sep 1943. Activatedon I Oct 1943. Trained for combatwith B-24's. Moved to England in Apr1944 and assigned to Eighth AF. Enteredcombat on 11 May 19.44, and throughoutthe month operated primarily against industrialtargets in central Germany. Attackedairfields and V-weapon launchingsites in France during the first week inJun. Bombed coastal defenses in Normandyon 6 Jun 1944 and attacked bridges,railroads, and other interdiction targetsin France until the middle of the month.Resumed bombardment of strategic targetsin Germany and, except for supportof the infantry during the St Lo breakthroughon 25 Jul 1944, continued suchoperations until Aug 1944. Transferred,less personnel and equipment, to anotherstation in England on 5 Aug 1944 andassumed personnel, equipment, and theCARPETBAGGER mission of a provisionalgroup that was discontinued. Operatedchiefly over southern France with B-24's and C-47's) engaging in CARPET-BAGGER operations, that is, transportingagents, supplies, and propaganda leafletsto patriots. Ceased these missions on 16
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