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Constituted as 460th Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 19 May 1943. Activated on 1 Jul 1943. Trained for combat with B-24s. Moved to Italy, Jan-Feb 1944, and became part of Fifteenth AF. Entered combat in Mar 1944 and operated primarily as a strategic bombardment organization until Apr 1945. Attacked oil refineries, oil storage facilities, aircraft factories, railroad centers, industrial areas, and other objectives in Italy, France, Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Austria, Rumania, Yugoslavia, and Greece.
Received a DUC for leading the wing formation through adverse weather and heavy enemy fire to attack an airdrome and aircraft facilities in Zwolfaxing on 16 Jul 1944. Also flew some interdictory and support missions. Participated in the invasion of Southern France in Aug 1944 by striking submarine pens, marshalling yards, and gun positions in the assault area. Hit bridges, viaducts, ammunition dumps, railroads, and other targets to aid the advance of Allied forces in northern Italy. Moved to Trinidad and then to Brazil in Jun 1945, being assigned to Air Transport Command to assist in moving redeployed personnel from Europe to the US. Inactivated in Brazil on 26 Sep 1945.
760th: 1943-1945
761st: 1943-1945
762d: 1943-1945
763d: 1943-1945
Alamogordo AAFld, NM, 1 Jul 1943
Kearns, Utah, 31 Aug 1943
Chatham AAFld, Ga, Oct 1943-3 Jan 1944
Spinazzola, Italy, Feb 1944-Jun 1945
Waller Field, Trinidad, 15 Jun 1945
Unkn, 1 Jul-12 Aug 1943
Col Robert T Crowder, 12 Aug 1943
Lt Col Bertram C Harrison, 16 Apr 1944
Lt Col Harold T Babb, Sep 1944
Col John M Price, 18 Oct 1944-1945
American Theater
Air Combat, EAME Theater
Air Offensive, Europe
Rome-Arno
Normandy
Northern France
Southern France
North Apennines
Rhineland
Central Europe
Po Valley
Decorations. Distinguished Unit Citation: Austria, 26 Jul 1944.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
460BG / 760 BS |
02/19/1944 |
02822 |
41-29381 |
B-24H |
|
460BG / 763 BS |
04/02/1944 |
03971 |
41-28698 |
B-24H |
|
460BG / 763 BS |
04/05/1944 |
15127 |
B-24 |
|
|
460BG / 761 BS |
04/06/1944 |
16141 |
B-24 |
|
|
460BG / 761 BS |
04/13/1944 |
04035 |
42-52380 |
B-24H |
|
460BG / 762 BS |
04/15/1944 |
04099 |
42-64380 |
B-24J |
|
460BG / 761 BS |
04/15/1944 |
04384 |
42-78186 |
B-24G |
|
460BG / 760 BS |
04/21/1944 |
04391 |
41-28936 |
B-24H |
|
460BG / 763 BS |
04/23/1944 |
04394 |
41-29324 |
B-24H |
|
460BG / 763 BS |
04/23/1944 |
04397 |
41-29326 |
B-24H |
|
460BG / 762 BS |
04/30/1944 |
05441 |
B-24 |
|
|
460BG / 761 BS |
05/05/1944 |
04613 |
41-28703 |
B-24H |
|
460BG / 762 BS |
05/10/1944 |
05068 |
B-24 |
|
|
460BG / 762 BS |
05/10/1944 |
04889 |
41-28855 |
B-24H |
|
460BG / 762 BS |
05/10/1944 |
05465 |
42-52362 |
B-24H |
|
460BG / 762 BS |
05/10/1944 |
05047 |
42-52416 |
B-24H |
|
460BG / 760 BS |
05/10/1944 |
04659 |
42-52433 |
B-24H |
|
460BG / 763 BS |
05/18/1944 |
05044 |
42-52355 |
B-24H |
|
460BG / 760 BS |
05/26/1944 |
05368 |
42-78303 |
B-24G |
|
460BG / 763 BS |
05/30/1944 |
12538 |
42-52333 |
B-24H |
|
460BG / 762 BS |
05/31/1944 |
05836 |
42-52528 |
B-24H |
|
460BG / 763 BS |
06/13/1944 |
05770 |
42-52347 |
B-24H |
|
460BG / 762 BS |
06/14/1944 |
06303 |
B-24 |
|
|
460BG / 761 BS |
06/16/1944 |
06095 |
41-29508 |
B-24H |
|
460BG / 761 BS |
06/22/1944 |
06073 |
42-95279 |
B-24H |
|
460BG / 762 BS |
06/26/1944 |
06430 |
42-78245 |
B-24G |
|
460BG / 763 BS |
06/26/1944 |
06177 |
41-28839* |
B-24H |
|
460BG / 760 BS |
06/26/1944 |
06174 |
42-52538 |
B-24H |
|
460BG / 762 BS |
06/30/1944 |
06809 |
42-78258 |
B-24G |
|
460BG / 760 BS |
06/30/1944 |
06396 |
42-51160 |
B-24H |
|
460BG / 760 BS |
06/30/1944 |
06395 |
41-28988 |
B-24H |
|
460BG / 760 BS |
06/30/1944 |
06394 |
41-29291 |
B-24H |
|
460BG / 761 BS |
07/07/1944 |
06586 |
42-78220 |
B-24G |
|
460BG / 761 BS |
07/07/1944 |
06593 |
42-52374 |
B-24H |
|
460BG / 762 BS |
07/08/1944 |
06510 |
42-95281 |
B-24H |
|
460BG / 760 BS |
07/08/1944 |
06814 |
41-29327 |
B-24H |
|
460BG / 763 BS |
07/15/1944 |
06748 |
42-95256 |
B-24H |
|
460BG / 760 BS |
07/16/1944 |
06898 |
42-78071 |
B-24G |
|
460BG / 762 BS |
07/16/1944 |
06902 |
42-52383 |
B-24H |
|
460BG / 763 BS |
07/19/1944 |
06952 |
42-94923 |
B-24H |
|
460BG / 760 BS |
07/19/1944 |
06918 |
42-94968 |
B-24H |
|
460BG / 763 BS |
07/19/1944 |
06917 |
42-99763 |
B-24J |
|
460BG / 762 BS |
07/19/1944 |
06749 |
42-51085 |
B-24H |
|
460BG / 761 BS |
07/19/1944 |
06916 |
42-51140 |
B-24H |
|
460BG / 761 BS |
07/19/1944 |
06913 |
41-28930 |
B-24H |
|
460BG / 760 BS |
07/19/1944 |
07055 |
42-52401 |
B-24H |
|
460BG / 762 BS |
07/26/1944 |
07028 |
42-78277 |
B-24G |
|
460BG / 760 BS |
07/26/1944 |
07144 |
42-95366 |
B-24H |
|
460BG / 760 BS |
07/26/1944 |
07338 |
41-29573 |
B-24H |
|
460BG / 760 BS |
07/26/1944 |
06997 |
42-52417 |
B-24H |
|
460BG / 763 BS |
08/02/1944 |
07528 |
42-78301 |
B-24G |
|
460BG / 760 BS |
08/06/1944 |
07204 |
42-52552 |
B-24H |
|
460BG / 763 BS |
08/06/1944 |
15311 |
42-52333 |
B-24H |
|
460BG / 762 BS |
08/07/1944 |
07294 |
44-40266 |
B-24J |
|
460BG / 762 BS |
08/07/1944 |
07202 |
42-78215 |
B-24G |
|
460BG / 763 BS |
08/10/1944 |
15243 |
42-50909 |
B-24J |
|
460BG / 762 BS |
08/27/1944 |
08333 |
42-51292 |
B-24J |
|
460BG / 760 BS |
08/29/1944 |
08389 |
42-78419 |
B-24G |
|
460BG / 762 BS |
09/10/1944 |
08375 |
44-41096 |
B-24J |
|
460BG / 760 BS |
09/12/1944 |
08344 |
44-41054 |
B-24J |
|
460BG / 763 BS |
09/13/1944 |
08764 |
42-52363 |
B-24H |
|
460BG / 763 BS |
09/13/1944 |
08762 |
42-78487 |
B-24J |
|
460BG / 761 BS |
09/13/1944 |
08765 |
42-51408 |
B-24J |
|
460BG / 760 BS |
09/22/1944 |
08739 |
42-50888 |
B-24J |
|
460BG / 761 BS |
09/22/1944 |
08744 |
41-28997 |
B-24H |
|
460BG / 763 BS |
10/07/1944 |
09043 |
42-51657 |
B-24J |
|
460BG / 760 BS |
10/10/1944 |
09202 |
42-78429 |
B-24G |
|
460BG / 762 BS |
10/10/1944 |
09044 |
B-24 |
|
|
460BG / 763 BS |
10/16/1944 |
09303 |
42-99798 |
B-24J |
|
460BG / 762 BS |
10/16/1944 |
09198 |
41-28883 |
B-24H |
|
460BG / 762 BS |
10/17/1944 |
09212 |
44-41233 |
B-24J |
|
460BG |
10/20/1944 |
09334 |
44-41014 |
B-24J |
|
460BG / 763 BS |
10/20/1944 |
09333 |
44-41111 |
B-24J |
|
460BG / 763 BS |
11/05/1944 |
09673 |
42-52028 |
B-24J |
|
460BG / 763 BS |
11/11/1944 |
09749 |
42-51737 |
B-24J |
|
460BG / 762 BS |
11/11/1944 |
09747 |
42-51845 |
B-24J |
|
460BG / 763 BS |
11/16/1944 |
09954 |
42-95322 |
B-24H |
|
460BG / 763 BS |
11/16/1944 |
09940 |
42-52011 |
B-24J |
|
460BG / 760 BS |
11/16/1944 |
09875 |
42-78413 |
B-24G |
|
460BG / 760 BS |
11/18/1944 |
09888 |
42-51926 |
B-24J |
|
460BG / 763 BS |
11/18/1944 |
09971 |
42-52051 |
B-24J |
|
460BG / 761 BS |
11/20/1944 |
12358 |
42-51396 |
B-24J |
|
460BG / 760 BS |
11/22/1944 |
09957 |
42-51285 |
B-24J |
|
460BG / 760 BS |
12/02/1944 |
10106 |
42-78678 |
B-24J |
|
460BG / 763 BS |
12/11/1944 |
10600 |
42-50508 |
B-24J |
|
460BG / 762 BS |
12/20/1944 |
10940 |
42-51081 |
B-24H |
|
460BG / 760 BS |
12/25/1944 |
10925 |
44-40514 |
B-24J |
|
460BG / 762 BS |
12/26/1944 |
10927 |
42-51602 |
B-24J |
|
460BG / 761 BS |
01/20/1945 |
11804 |
42-50746 |
B-24J |
|
460BG / 760 BS |
02/13/1945 |
12105 |
44-48966 |
B-24J |
|
460BG / 761 BS |
03/01/1945 |
12712 |
44-48862 |
B-24J |
|
460BG / 762 BS |
03/01/1945 |
12814 |
44-49514 |
B-24L |
|
460BG / 762 BS |
03/01/1945 |
12813 |
44-49693 |
B-24L |
|
460BG / 760 BS |
03/01/1945 |
12830 |
42-78459 |
B-24G |
|
460BG / 761 BS |
03/01/1945 |
12711 |
42-51536 |
B-24J |
|
460BG / 760 BS |
03/21/1945 |
13193 |
42-52365 |
B-24H |
|
460BG / 762 BS |
03/22/1945 |
13195 |
42-50940 |
B-24J |
|
460BG / 760 BS |
04/11/1945 |
13795 |
44-41187 |
B-24J |
|
460BG / 760 BS |
04/26/1945 |
14080 |
44-40495 |
B-24J |
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