Summary of the Missions of the 449th Bomb Group.

Over the time period from January 1944 through April 1945, the 449th Bomb Group flew a total of 254 combat missions against targets located in central and eastern Europe. For each mission flown by the 449th Bomb Group, a Mission Narrative Report was prepared by the Operations Staff. These narrative reports were developed and submitted to 47th Wing Headquarters as soon as possible after completion of the mission and usually on the same day as the mission. The narrative reports thus provide the original assessment of the mission effectiveness. Each narrative report followed a more or less standardized format which summarized the mission under the major headings of Chronology, Route & Assault, Results, Enemy Resistance, Significant Observations, and Conclusions. The excerpts presented herein focus primarily on the chronology and results sections of the original reports. Portions of the reports which have been summarized or significantly altered are set off by brackets of the form [...]. The original mission reports are held by the USAF Historical Research Agency, Maxwell AFB, Montgomery, AL. The principal holdings are filed by date under the general accession headings of : [GP-449-SU-OP] and [GP-449-SU-OP-S]. The Historical Research Agency is open to the public.

The missions of the 449th are summarized on this and the following web pages. The missions are arranged by month. To view a list of the missions for any particular month, click in the table below on the selected month. Once you have moved to the particular month, you will be able to read each of the original mission narratives for that month by clicking on the mission date.

Please note that this site is under construction. As the mission summaries for the months of January 1945 through March 1945 are collected, they will be added to this library.

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