453rd Bomb Group
Group
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 1851 - Colonel Larry Thomas of the 453rd Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Col Larry Thomas 453BG.'
As well as strategic bombardment missions, the 453rd Bomb Group also ferried cargo on two occasions. They hauled petrol, blankets, and rations to France in September 1944 and dropped ammunition, food and medical supplies near Wesel during the airborne assault across the Rhine in March 1945. The 733rd Bomb Squadron completed a record 82 consecutive missions without loss. Actor James Stewart was Group Executive Officer from March 1944.
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Unit stations
| Station | Location | Date |
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Old Buckenham | 22 December 1943 - 9 May 1945 |
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Related media
- Media Type: Video
- Collection Name: Rob Edwards collection
- Object Number: UPL 29770
- Description: Video and photographs of four memorials in Eastern England to seven lost planes.
- Media Type: Video
- Collection Name: Rob Edwards collection
- Object Number: UPL 31790
- Description: Video and photographs of the memorials to the 453rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) who served at Old Buckenham, Station 144.
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15930
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Staff Sergeant Howard M Quigley of the 453rd Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel...
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15943
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Second Lieutenant Stephen G McNally of the 453rd Bomb Group researched by historian Bill...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 19496
- Description: Woody Lash
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 19497
- Description: Ted Hultgren
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 19498
- Description: Bob Bartl
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 23246
- Description: "Bail Out!" by Wilbur Stites of the 453rd Bomb Group. This account tells the story of his bailing out and subsequent rescue by two American sergeants...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 42163
- Description: Operational missions of 1LT Frank Eyre, Bombardier of the "Ruth Marie" and "Iron Duke"
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)
