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328 AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS OF WORLD WAR I1France; Rhineland ; Ardennes-Alsace;Central Europe. Korean War: UN Off ensive;CCF Intervention; 1st UN Counteroffensive;CCF Spring offensive; UNSummer-Fall Offensive; Second KoreanWinter; Korea Summer-Fall, 1952.DECORATIONS. Distinguished Unit Citations:Germany, 7 Apr 1945; Korea, g Jul-27 Nov 1951; Korea, 28 Nov 1951-30 Apr1952. Republic of Korea Presidential UnitCitation: 27 Oct 195~~27 Oct 1951.INSIGNE. Shield: Azure, a bomb, pointdownward, in pale, gules, highlighted andfimbriated argent, superimposed over twolightning flashes or, shaded of the second,highlighted and fimbriated of the third;the shield edged argent, gules and or.Motto: LABOR AD FUTURUM-Workfor the Future. (Approved 8 Mar 1956.)453d BOMBARDMENT GROUPConstituted as 453d BombardmentGroup (Heavy) on 14 May 1943. Activatedon I Jun 1943. Trained with B-24’s.Moved to England, Dec 1g43-Jan 1944,and assigned to Eighth AF. Began combaton 5 Feb 1944 with an attack againstan airfield at Tours. Throughout combat,served chiefly as a strategic bombardmentorganization. Targets included a fuel depotat Dulmen, marshalling yards atPaderborn, aircraft assembly plants atGotha, railroad centers at Hamm, anordnance depot at Glinde, oil refineries atGelsenkirchen, chemical works atLeverkusen, an airfield at Neumunster, acanal at Minden, and a railroad viaductat Altenbeken. Took part in the concentratedattack against the German aircraftindustry during Big Week, 20-25 Feb1944. Besides strategic operations, engagedin support and interdictory missions.Bombed V-weapon sites, airfields, and gunbatteries in France prior to the invasion ofNormandy in Jun 1944; on 6 Jun hit shoreinstallations between Le Havre and Cherbourgand other enemy positions fartherinland. Attacked enemy troops in supportof the Allied breakthrough at St Lo in Jul.Bombed German communications duringthe Battle of the Bulge, Dec 1g44-Jan 1945.Ferried cargo on two occasions: hauledgasoline, blankets, and rations to France inSep 1944; dropped ammunition, food, andmedical supplies near Wesel during theairborne assault across the Rhine in Mar1945. Flew last combat mission in Apr.Returned to the US in May. Znactivatedon 12 Sep 1945.SQUADRONS, 7pd: 1943-1945. 733d:1943-1945- 734th: 1943-19450 735th:1943-1945-STATIONS. Wendover Field, Utah, I Jun1943; Pocatello AAFld, Idaho, 29 Jul1g43;March Field, Calif, 30 Sep-2 Dec 1943;Old Buckenham, England, 23 Dec 1943-9May 1945; New Castle AAFld, Del, 25May 1945; Fort Dix AAB, NJ, 18 Jun-12SeP 1945.COMMANDERS. Col Joseph A Miller, 29Jun 1943; Col Ramsay D Potts Jr, 19 Mar1944; Col Lawrence M Thomas, 7 Jul1g44;Lt Col Edward F Hubbard, 25 Jan 1945-unkn.
AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS-GROUPS 329CAMPAIGNS. Air Offensive, Europe;Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland;Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe.DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. None.454th BOMBARDMENT GROUPConstituted as 454th BombardmentGroup (Heavy) on 14 May 1943. Activatedon I Jun 1943. Trained for combatwith B-24's. Moved to Italy, Dec1g43-Jan 1944, and operated with FifteenthAF until Apr 1945. Flew someinterdictory and support missions, bombingbridges, marshalling yards, troop concentrations,and rail lines. Participatedin the drive to Rome, the invasion ofSouthern France, and the defeat of Axisforces in northern Italy. Engaged primarily,however, in long-range strikesagainst enemy oil refineries, aircraft andmunition factories, industrial areas, harbors,and airfields in Italy, France, Germany,Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Austria,Yugoslavia, Rumania, and Greece. Receiveda DUC for a raid on an airdrome atBad Voslau on 12 Apr 1944. Receivedsecond DUC for performance on 25 Jul1944 when, despite severe opposition, thegroup led the wing formation in an attackagainst steel plants at Linz. Returnedto the US in Jul 1945. Redesignated 454thBombardment Group (Very Heavy) inAug 1945. Inactivated on 17 Oct 1945.Allotted to the reserve. Activated on 27Apr 1947. Redesignated 454th BombardmentGroup (Medium) in Jun 1949. Or-dered into active service on I May 1951.Assigned to Strategic Air Command. Inactivatedon 16 Jun 1951.Redesignated 454th Troop CarrierGroup (Medium). Allotted to the reserve.Activated on 13 Jun 1952. Inactivatedon I Jan 1953.SQUADRONS. 8zst: 1947-1949. 736th:1943-1945 ; 1947-1951 ; '952-1953- 737th:1943-1945; 1947-1949; 1952-1953- 738th:1943-1945; 1947-1949; 1952-1953- 739th:1943-1945 ; 1947-1949sSTATIONS. Alamogordo AAFld, NM, IJun 1943; Davis-Monthan Field, Ariz, IJul 1943; McCook AAFld, Neb, c. 31 Jul1943; Charleston AAFld, SC, 3 Oct-Dec1943; San Giovanni, Italy, Jan 1g44-Ju119.45; Sioux Falls AAFld, SD, I Aug 1945;Pyote AAFld, Tex, 17 Aug-17 Oct 1945.McChord Field, Wash, 27 Apr 1947; SpokaneAFB, Wash, 27 Jun 1949-16 Jun1951. Portland Intl Apt, Ore, 13 Jun1952-1 Jan 1953.COMMANDERS. Col Horace D Aynesworth,c. Jun 1943; (201 John A Way, 22Mar 1945; Lt Col William R Large Jr,21 May 1945; Lt Col Edward R Casey, 24May 1g45-unkn. Unkn, I May-16 Jun1951.CAMPAIGNS. Air Combat, EAME Theater;Air Offensive, Europe; Rome-Arno;Normandy; Northern France; SouthernFrance; North Apennines; Rhineland;Central Europe; Po Valley.DECORATIONS. Distinguished Unit Citations:Bad Voslau, Austria, 12 Apr 1944;Linz, Austria, 25 Jul 1944.INSIGNE. None.
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