The Flying Horsemen

 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

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 War Diary of Group Historian Lt. Damon Turner
(Nov. '44 - June '44)

Glossary of Terms

Picture  Gallery

     Views of Grottaglie Field      

200th Mission Phamplet


The 449th Bomb Group was composed of four squadrons. The Squadron emblems are shown below.


716th Squadron


717th Squadron


718th Squadron


719th Squadron

    

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 . Recently the organization has been expanded to the 2nd Generation to include family members and others interested in the preserving the history and the heritage of the 449th.

The 449th Bomb Group Association

The 2nd Generation Is Formed

The Oral History Project

"Late Pass!"  Newsletters

 "Late Pass!" -- Winter 2008 Issue
17th Reunion Report

 The Newsletters of the 449th
 Bomb Group Association  (1982 -2008)


Reunion Information

  18th Reunion -- Spring 2010 --
Washington, DC
 

Planning For an Italian Tour
 Following 18th Reunion


Books About the 449th BG

List of Books About
The 449th BG

Where to Find 449th Historical Records

449th Commanding Officer, Col
Jack Randolph, Passes Away


New Items

Books I, II and III of the 449th Bomb Group history series were published without an Index. An Index for each of these books has now been compiled and can be downloaded in pdf format from the following links.

Index of Book I: Tuscon To Grottaglie

Index of Book II: And This is Our Story

Index of Book III: Grottaglie and Home

This site is maintained for the 449th BG Association by Norfield Publishing .

Links to other Norfield Publishing sites

"Big Noise From Kentucky"
  A B-24 Liberator in World War II  

The
2nd Florida Infantry
in the Civil War

The 16th Mississippi Infantry  
in the Civil War

The Nose Art Collection of the 449th Bomb
 Group Association

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