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The 486th Bomb Group of the 8th AF in the E.T.O.


486th Bombardment Group (H)
Assigned Eighth AF: March 1944

Wing & Command Assignments

3rd BD, 92 CBW:             03.1944
3rd BD,  4 BW(P):        22.11.1944
3rd AD,  4 BW(P):        01.01.1945
3rd AD,  4 CBW:          16.02.1945


Bombardment Squadrons (H):
	832nd      3R
	833rd      4N
	834th      2S
	835th      H8

Combat Aircraft:
B-24 H (Block 15) till 19.07.1944
B-24 J till 19.07.1944
B-17 G (Block 75-BO) from 01.08.1944

Stations:

• Sudbury, Suffolk; 03.1944 to 25.08.1945

Group COs:

• Col. Glendon P. Overing; 20.09.1943 to 13.04.1945
• Col. William B. Kieffer; 13.04.1945 to 07.1945

Facts:

First Mission:    07.05.1944
Last Mission:     21.04.1945
Total Missions:   188 (of which 46 with B-24)
Bomb Tonnage:     14,517 tons
A/C MIA:          33
Other Losses:     24
Major Awards:     none