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Constituted as 449th Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 6 Aprril 1943. Activated on 1 May 1943. Prepared for combat with B-24's. Moved to Italy, Dec 1943-Jan 1944, and assigned to Fifteenth AF. Operated primarily as a strategic bombardment organization, attacking such targets as oil refineries, communications centers, aircraft factories, and industrial areas in Italy, Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Rumania, Bulgaria, Albania, and Greece.
The 449th received a Distinguished Unit Citation ("DUC") for a mission on 4 April 1944 when the group, flying without escort, raided marshalling yards in Bucharest; although heavily outnumbered by German fighters, the group succeeded not only in bombing the target but also in destroying many of the enemy interceptors. Received another DUC for action on 9 Jul 1944 when the group flew through heavy smoke and intense enemy fire to attack an oil refinery at Ploesti.
Other operations of the group included bombing gun emplacements in southern France in preparation for the invasion in Aug 1944, and attacking troop concentrations, bridges, and viaducts in April 1945 to assist Allied forces in northern Italy; they returned to the US in May 1945.
Col A J Kerwin Malone, 1 May 1943
Col Darr H Alkire, 30 Jul 1943
Col Thomas J Gent Jr, 3 Feb 1944
Col Jack L Randolph, Oct 1944
716th: 1943-1946
717th: 1943-1946
718th: 1943-1946
719th: (later 46th): 1943-1946
Davis-Monthan Field, Ariz, 1 May 1943
Alamagordo AAFld, NM, 5 Jul 1943
Bruning AAFld, Neb, 12 Sea Dec 1943
Grottaglie, Italy, c. 4 Jan 1944-16 May 1945
Missing Air Crew Reports also known as MACRs are reports of US aircraft that went down, via enemy action or mechanical issues, behind enemy lines. These reports detailed the aircraft and crew along with their disposition; there were statements and eyewitness reports if available describing what they saw. The majority of these reports were completed in the years following the conclusion of World War II. This was so that the survivors who had become prisoners of war could provide statements of the events of that day. These reports differ from accident reports in that those documented aircraft that crashed on take off or landing; these events happened on allied lines.
|
Group/Squadron |
Date |
MACR |
Aircraft |
Aircraft Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
449BG / 719 BS |
12/08/1943 |
15094 |
42-7747 |
B-24E |
|
449BG / 716 BS |
01/14/1944 |
02398 |
B-24 |
|
|
449BG / 718 BS |
01/14/1944 |
02070 |
41-28606 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 719 BS |
01/15/1944 |
02397 |
41-28594 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 719 BS |
01/16/1944 |
02325 |
42-52126 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 719 BS |
01/19/1944 |
02326 |
41-28625 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 718 BS |
01/30/1944 |
02404 |
41-28605 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 718 BS |
01/30/1944 |
02711 |
41-29217 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 718 BS |
01/30/1944 |
02479 |
42-7730 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 717 BS |
01/31/1944 |
02403 |
41-29223 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 716 BS |
01/31/1944 |
02300 |
42-7769 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 717 BS |
02/03/1944 |
03168 |
42-52092 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 716 BS |
02/22/1944 |
02636 |
42-64462 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 716 BS |
02/22/1944 |
02613 |
42-7700 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 719 BS |
02/22/1944 |
03174 |
42-7715 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 716 BS |
02/22/1944 |
02712 |
42-52146 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 718 BS |
02/23/1944 |
02685 |
42-7745 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 716 BS |
02/25/1944 |
02617 |
41-29194 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 716 BS |
02/25/1944 |
02695 |
41-29214* |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 716 BS |
02/25/1944 |
03203 |
42-7727 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 717 BS |
03/24/1944 |
03469 |
42-7623 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 719 BS |
03/29/1944 |
03715 |
42-52106 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 717 BS |
04/02/1944 |
04024 |
41-29216 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 717 BS |
04/02/1944 |
03995 |
42-52136 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 717 BS |
04/02/1944 |
04025 |
42-52086 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 720 BS |
04/02/1944 |
03582 |
42-52142 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 717 BS |
04/04/1944 |
03701 |
41-28596 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 719 BS |
04/04/1944 |
03978 |
41-28655 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 719 BS |
04/04/1944 |
04205 |
41-29093 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 719 BS |
04/04/1944 |
03702 |
41-29258 |
B-24H |
|
449BG |
04/04/1944 |
03703 |
42-7691 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 719 BS |
04/04/1944 |
03879 |
42-52159 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 717 BS |
04/04/1944 |
03699 |
42-52172 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 716 BS |
04/07/1944 |
03979 |
42-52269 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 719 BS |
04/12/1944 |
04030 |
41-28647 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 716 BS |
04/12/1944 |
04034 |
41-29243 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 719 BS |
04/12/1944 |
04038 |
42-64348 |
B-24J |
|
449BG / 719 BS |
04/13/1944 |
04096 |
41-28833 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 718 BS |
04/16/1944 |
04385 |
41-28597 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 717 BS |
04/16/1944 |
04042 |
42-50282 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 718 BS |
04/16/1944 |
04039 |
42-52166 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 718 BS |
04/23/1944 |
04200 |
42-64461 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 717 BS |
04/23/1944 |
04199 |
42-52165 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 717 BS |
04/23/1944 |
04226 |
42-52165 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 717 BS |
04/29/1944 |
12391 |
42-64354 |
B-24J |
|
449BG / 717 BS |
05/05/1944 |
04665 |
42-64394 |
B-24J |
|
449BG / 719 BS |
05/05/1944 |
04608 |
42-50307 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 716 BS |
05/05/1944 |
04667 |
41-29512 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 717 BS |
05/05/1944 |
04714 |
42-7744 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 718 BS |
05/05/1944 |
04661 |
42-52149 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 718 BS |
05/17/1944 |
05052 |
42-52150 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 717 BS |
05/18/1944 |
05060 |
42-52170 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 717 BS |
05/21/1944 |
15115 |
B-24 |
|
|
449BG / 716 BS |
05/24/1944 |
05370 |
42-52243 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 718 BS |
05/26/1944 |
05435 |
41-28972 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 719 BS |
05/29/1944 |
05461 |
42-52117 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 717 BS |
05/29/1944 |
05458 |
42-52396 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 716 BS |
06/09/1944 |
06314 |
42-51240 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 716 BS |
06/09/1944 |
06313 |
42-52550 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 716 BS |
06/11/1944 |
06021 |
42-78290 |
B-24G |
|
449BG / 717 BS |
06/24/1944 |
06403 |
41-28846 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 716 BS |
06/26/1944 |
06443 |
42-7737 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 718 BS |
07/09/1944 |
07011 |
42-78341 |
B-24G |
|
449BG / 719 BS |
07/14/1944 |
06823 |
41-29428 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 717 BS |
07/15/1944 |
07100 |
44-40265 |
B-24J |
|
449BG / 717 BS |
07/15/1944 |
07056 |
42-64354 |
B-24J |
|
449BG / 716 BS |
07/22/1944 |
06968 |
42-94887 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 718 BS |
07/26/1944 |
07340 |
41-28600 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 718 BS |
08/15/1944 |
15099 |
B-24 |
|
|
449BG / 719 BS |
08/18/1944 |
15232 |
B-24H |
|
|
449BG / 716 BS |
08/18/1944 |
07680 |
44-41061 |
B-24J |
|
449BG / 716 BS |
08/26/1944 |
08334 |
41-29460 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 716 BS |
08/27/1944 |
08251 |
44-41067 |
B-24J |
|
449BG / 716 BS |
08/29/1944 |
08331 |
42-95269 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 718 BS |
10/13/1944 |
13505 |
41-28590* |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 717 BS |
10/13/1944 |
09216 |
42-64388 |
B-24J |
|
449BG / 719 BS |
10/13/1944 |
09317 |
41-28866 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 719 BS |
10/17/1944 |
09318 |
42-51763 |
B-24J |
|
449BG / 718 BS |
11/08/1944 |
09714 |
42-51639 |
B-24J |
|
449BG / 716 BS |
11/16/1944 |
09896 |
42-78479 |
B-24J |
|
449BG / 717 BS |
11/22/1944 |
10044 |
42-52157 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 719 BS |
12/09/1944 |
10576 |
41-29307 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 716 BS |
12/11/1944 |
10389 |
44-40331 |
B-24J |
|
449BG / 718 BS |
12/25/1944 |
10915 |
42-78266 |
B-24G |
|
449BG / 716 BS |
12/27/1944 |
10743 |
42-51375 |
B-24J |
|
449BG / 716 BS |
12/28/1944 |
10891 |
42-95286 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 716 BS |
12/28/1944 |
42-95286 |
B-24H |
|
|
449BG / 719 BS |
12/29/1944 |
10913 |
42-64389 |
B-24J |
|
449BG / 719 BS |
02/07/1945 |
12072 |
42-95271 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 717 BS |
02/19/1945 |
12452 |
42-78195 |
B-24G |
|
449BG / 716 BS |
02/28/1945 |
12511 |
42-51642 |
B-24J |
|
449BG / 716 BS |
03/01/1945 |
12745 |
44-41218 |
B-24J |
|
449BG / 717 BS |
03/22/1945 |
13262 |
42-50742 |
B-24J |
|
449BG / 717 BS |
03/22/1945 |
13273 |
41-28902 |
B-24H |
|
449BG / 716 BS |
03/31/1945 |
13486 |
42-51526 |
B-24J |
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