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The 452nd Bomb Group of the 8th AF in the E.T.O.


452nd Bombardment Group (H)
Assigned Eighth AF: January 1944

Wing & Command Assignments

3rd BD, 45 CBW:             01.1944
3rd AD, 45 CBW:          01.01.1945


Bombardment Squadrons (H):
	728th      9Z
	729th      M3
	730th      6K
	731st      7D

Combat Aircraft:
B-17 G (Block 10)
Stations:

• Deopham Green, Norfolk; 03.01.1944 to 05.08.1945

Group COs:

• Lt.Col. Herbert O. Wangeman; 01.06.1943 to 07.02.1944
• Lt.Col. Robert B. Satterwhite; 08.02.1944 to 27.02.1944
• Lt.Col. Marvin F. Stalder; 28.02.1944 to 29.03.1944
• Col. Thetus C. Odom; 30.03.1944 to 24.07.1944
• Col. Archibald Y. Smith; 24.07.1944 to 01.08.1944
• Col. William D. Eckert; 01.08.1944 to 12.09.1944
• Lt.Col. Charles W. Sherburne; 13.09.1944 to 24.09.1944
• Col. Burnham L. Batson; 25.09.1944 to 06.06.1945
• Col. Jack E. Shuck; 06.06.1945 to 07.1945

Facts:

First Mission:    05.02.1944
Last Mission:     21.04.1945
Total Missions:   250
Bomb Tonnage:     16,466 tons
A/C MIA:          110
Other Losses:     48
Major Awards:     Distinguished Unit Citation:
                  07.04.1945 Kaltenkirchen.
                  Medal of Honor:
                  1/Lt. Donald J. Gott 09.11.1944
                  2/Lt. William E. Metzger 09.11.1944