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The 490th Bomb Group of the 8th AF in the E.T.O.


490th Bombardment Group (H)
Assigned Eighth AF: April 1944

Wing & Command Assignments

3rd BD, 93 CBW:    07.04.1944
3rd AD, 93 CBW:    01.01.1945


Bombardment Squadrons (H):
	848th      7W
	849th      W8
	850th      7Q (*)
  (*) 850th from 11.05.1944 till 12.08.1944
      to 801 BG(P) and then back to 490th BG
	851st      S3

Combat Aircraft:
B-24 H (Block 20) till 06.08.1944
B-24 J till 06.08.1944
B-17 G (Block 80-BO) from 27.08.1944

Stations:

• Eye, Suffolk; 26.04.1944 to 24.08.1945

Group COs:

• Col. Lloyd H. Watnee; 30.12.1943 to 25.06.1944
• Col. Frank P. Bostrom; 26.06.1944 to 09.06.1945
• Col. Gene H. Tibbets; 10.06.1945 to 09.07.1945

Facts:

First Mission:    31.05.1944
Last Mission:     20.04.1945
Total Missions:   158 (of which 40 with B-24s)
Bomb Tonnage:     12,407 tons
A/C MIA:          22
Other Losses:     32
Major Awards:     none