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The Flying Horsemen
Long Range Heavy Bombardment Group
B-24 Aircraft
Jan 1944 - April 1945
Grottaglie, Italy
European Theater
15th Air Force -- 47th Wing
449th Bomb
Group
716th
Squadron
717th Squadron
718th Squadron
719th Squadron
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The
449th Bomb Group (H)
(Fifteenth Air Force, 47th Wing, World War II )
This site is dedicated to the men of the
449th Bombardment Group (Heavy) in WW II
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254
Combat Missions in 475 days of combat
103 B-24 bombers lost
199 Axis fighters destroyed
Personnel Losses
388 Airmen
Interred or Evaded
363 POWs
159 evaded capture
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Presidential
Unit Citations (PUC)
Bucharest, Rumania: April 4, 1944
Ploesti, Rumania: July 9, 1944
449th Bomb Group Association
Organized in 1983
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The 449th Bomb Group
in World War II
The 449th Bomb Group,
a component of the 15th Air Force,
operated from its base near Grottaglie, Italy from January 1944 to
May 1945. The 449th flew 254 combat missions over
Europe and Eastern Asia.
About the 449th
BG In World War II
Theater
of Operations: January
1944 to May 1945
Original Cadre
Air Crews: The List of Officers and
Enlisted Men of the Flight Echelon (December 1944)
Summary of the Missions of
the 449th BG
The Original Aircraft of
the 449th BG
Summary
of Aircraft Lost and Missing
Nose Art: The Aircraft of the
449th BG
The GAB Base Newsletter (2 Issues)
The War Diary of Group Historian
Lt. Damon Turner (Nov. '44 - June '44)
PLOESTI Missions of
the 449th
The PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION
Missions
of the 449th
BIG WEEK and the 449th
Glossary of Terms
The 449th Bomb Group was composed of four
squadrons.
The Squadron emblems are shown below.
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716th Squadron
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717th Squadron
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718th Squadron
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719th Squadron
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"The
Bomb Blast"
47th Wing Newspaper
From this link you can
view several copies of the 47th Wing newspaper -"The Bomb Blast"
- which were published between July 1944 and May 1945. The 449th Bomb
Group was a component of the 47th Bomb Wing of the 15th Air Force. The
47th Wing was composed of the 98th, 376th, 449th and 450th Bomb Groups.
The "The Bomb Blast" was published weekly and was distributed
among the Bomb Groups. The articles appearing in "The Bomb Blast"
contain information about the war in general and the specific efforts of
the organizations which composed the 47th Wing and the 62nd Service Group.
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The 449th Bomb Group
Association
The 449th Bomb Group
Association (BGA) was formed in 1983 through the efforts of Dick Downey.
The 449th BGA was initially composed of the veterans of the 449th BG .
In 2009 the organization was expanded to the 2nd Generation to include
family members and others interested in preserving the history and the
heritage of the 449th.
The 449th Bomb Group
Association
The 2nd Generation
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The 20th Reunion of the 449th
Bomb Group
Louisville, Kentucky
April 17-20, 2013
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The 449th BGA PX
The Oral History Project
Where
to Find 449th Historical Records
Scenes
from the 19th Reunion
(Reno, NV September
2011)
Scenes
from the 18th Reunion
(Washington, DC Apr
2010)
Scenes
from the 17th Reunion
(Rapid City, SD September
2008)
449th Commanding
Officer, Col
Jack Randolph, Passes Away
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Special Links
The World War
II Memorial
National
Registry
From this link you can register
a veteran in the World War II Memorial National Registry. All 449th veterans
are urged to register.
The Library of Congress
Veterans History Project
From this link you can submit
a variety of
information pertaining to the experiences of
veterans in World War II and other conflicts.
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This site is maintained
for the 449th BG Association by Norfield Publishing .
Copyright 2003-2011 by Norfield Publishing.
Send email to norfield@knology.net
with questions or comments about this web site.
Last modified: March 2011
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