99th Bomb Group
GroupIWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Constituted as 99th Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 28 Jan 1942. Activated on 1 Jun 1942. Trained with B-17's. Moved to North Africa, Feb-May 1943, and assigned to Twelfth AF. Entered combat in Mar 1943 and bombed such targets as airdromes, harbor facilities, shipping, railroads, viaducts, and bridges in Tunisia, Sardinia, Sicily, Pantelleria, and Italy until Dec 1943. Received a DUC for performance on 5 Jul 1943 when the group helped to neutralize fighter opposition prior to the invasion of Sicily by penetrating enemy defenses to bomb planes, hangars, fuel supplies, and ammunition dumps at the Gerbini airfield. Assigned to Fifteenth AF in Nov 1943 and moved to Italy in Dec. Flew long-range missions to attack such strategic objectives as oil refineries, marshalling yards, aircraft factories, and steel plants in Italy, France, Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Hungary, Rumania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, and Greece.
Received another DUC for withstanding severe fighter assaults to bomb the vital aircraft factory and facilities at Wiener Neustadt on 23 Apr 1944. Other operations included assisting ground forces at Anzio and Cassino, Feb-Mar 1944; participating in the preinvasion bombing of southern France, Aug 1944; and supporting the Allied offensive in the Po Valley, Apr 1945. Inactivated in Italy on 8 Nov 1945.
Redesignated 99th Bombardment Group (Very Heavy). Allotted to the reserve. Activated on 29 May 1947. Inactivated on 27 Jun 1949.
Commanding Officers
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 303rd Bomb Group 34th Bomb Group 99th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: O-17048
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Group Commander
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
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Based |
Navarin | 28 February 1943 - 4 August 1943 |
Based |
Oudna | 4 August 1943 - 11 December 1943 |
Based |
Tortorella | 11 December 1943 |
Other Assigned 12th Air Force |
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Other Assigned 15th Air Force |
Encompassing
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 348th Bomb Squadron 99th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 16137803 / O-828317
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Unit: 5th Bomb Wing 99th Bomb Group 346th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 346th Bomb Squadron 99th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: O-746354
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 348th Bomb Squadron 99th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 36032777 / O-801020
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 303rd Bomb Group 34th Bomb Group 99th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: O-17048
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Group Commander
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: My Baby
- Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 20th Bomb Squadron 99th Bomb Group 347th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 99th Bomb Group 416th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Red Ass
- Unit: 99th Bomb Group 347th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 815th Bomb Squadron 483rd Bomb Group 99th Bomb Group 347th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Turnip Termite
- Unit: 99th Bomb Group 416th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
Removed association to IX Bomber Command, to which this unit was assigned after the end of the war.
99th Bomb Group Historical Society
https://www.99bombgroup.org
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