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The 489th Bomb Group flew B-24 Liberators out of Halesworth, Suffolk, for several months from May 1944 until later in the year. The Group flew tactical missions in support of ground forces in northern France. It was in this tactical role that the crews carried out saturation bombing before the final Allied breakthrough at St. Lo in July 1944 and dropped food and ammunition into France and Holland.
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Headquarters
13 June 1944
14 June 1944
Mission #10. Bombed an airfield south of Brussels. Bob Martin flew in place of Hussong.
16 June 1944
20 June 1944
Bombed an airfield. We were hit by flak; a piece hit Palmer's armor plate and another hit a gas tank. Probriefed in the evening for a big secret mission.
20 June 1944
6 July 1944
15 August 1944
Airfields in NW Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium are the primary targets for this mission. 8th Air Force despatches a total of 932 aircraft. The raid is coordinated with 1,000 Royal Air Force (RAF) heavy bombers and Mosquitos attacking 9 airfields...
16 August 1944
Aircraft factories and oil refineries are the primary targets for this mission. A total of 1090 heavy bombers are despatched. See Mission Details for particulars.
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Station | Location | Date |
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Based | Halesworth | 1 May 1944 – 29 November 1944 |
Military | Sergeant | 489th Bomb Group
Harry C Aaron was an American soldier in World War II. He was a part of the 489th Bomb Group and the 846th Bomb Squadron. He was born in 1917, in Maryland. He also lived in Maryland. His highest level of education was 4 years of high school. He...
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 489th Bomb Group
B-24H #42-94888 'Special Delivery II' collided with another B-24 on return from a mission to Kassel. KOM
Military | Staff Sergeant | 489th Bomb Group
Military | Corporal | 489th Bomb Group
Military | Corporal | 489th Bomb Group
Military | Private First Class | 489th Bomb Group
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs
35 missions.
AM w/ 4 Oak Leaf Cluster
Military | Private First Class | 489th Bomb Group
Military | Private | 489th Bomb Group
Military | Private | 369th Air Service Group
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
B-24 'Heaven Can Wait' #41-28832 shot down by flak and crashed at Ursen on 6/29/44, 10 POWs.
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
Assigned to 844BS, 489BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to St Cyr airfield, France. A/C sustained severe damage from flak whilst attacking the target. The only operable controls were one rudder and elevator. The pilots and crew managed to...
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Date | Contributor | Update |
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09 March 2018 15:33:28 | 2nd Air Division Memorial Library | Changes to description |
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2nd Air Division Memorial Library |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
13 March 2015 15:25:08 | rossingtonj | Changes to type and mission associations |
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Type added. |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
12 December 2014 10:33:25 | Lucy May | Changes to description, mission associations and stations |
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See unit history website: http://489th-bomb-group-museum.org/489th-group-history/ |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:42:46 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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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) |