489th Bomb Group
GroupIWM, Roger Freeman Collection
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.
See unit history website: http://489th-bomb-group-museum.org/489th-group-history/
Browse 489th Bomb Group photographs and other documents in the 2nd Air Division Memorial Library digital archive here: www.2ndair.org.uk/digitalarchive/Dashboard/Index/47
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
---|---|---|
Based |
Halesworth | 1 May 1944 - 29 November 1944 |
Encompassing
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 845th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 845th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 847th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 845th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 369th Air Service Group 489th Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Private
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Lil Cookie
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 489th Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: The Sharon D
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 489th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron 845th Bomb Squadron 847th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 844th Bomb Squadron 489th Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Lethal Linda
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 845th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Jo
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 489th Bomb Group 733rd Bomb Squadron 845th Bomb Squadron
Mission
Revisions
See unit history website: http://489th-bomb-group-museum.org/489th-group-history/
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)