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Constituted as 463rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 19 May 1943. Activated on 1 Aug 1943. Trained with B-17s for duty overseas. Moved to Italy, Feb-Mar 1944, and assigned to Fifteenth AF. Entered combat on 30 Mar 1944 and operated chiefly against strategic objectives. Attacked such targets as marshalling yards, oil refineries, and aircraft factories in Italy, Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Rumania, Yugoslavia, and Greece. Received a DUC for bombing oil refineries at Ploesti on 18 May 1944: when clouds limited visibility to such an extent that other groups turned back, the 463rd proceeded to Ploesti and, though crippled by opposition from interceptors and flak, rendered destructive blows to both the target and the enemy fighters. Received second DUC for leading the wing through three damaging enemy attacks to bomb tank factories in Berlin on 24 Mar 1945.
The 463rd also engaged interdictory and support missions. Bombed bridges during May and Jun 1944 in the campaign for the liberation of Rome. Participated in the invasion of Southern France in Aug 1944 by striking bridges, gun positions, and other targets. Hit communications such as railroad bridges, marshalling yards, and airdromes in the Balkans. Operated primarily against communications in northern Italy during Mar and Apr 1945. After V-E Day, transported personnel from Italy to Casablanca for return to the US. Inactivated in Italy on 25 Sep 1945.
772d: 1943-1945
773d: 1943-1945
774th: 1943-1945
775th: 1943-1945
Geiger Field, Wash, 1 Aug 1943
Rapid City AAB, SD, Aug 1943
MacDill Field, Fla, 5 Nov 1943
Lakeland AAFld, Fla, Jan-1 Feb 1944
Celone Airfield, Italy, 9 Mar 1944-25 Sep 1945
Lt Col Elmer H Stambaugh, 9 Aug 1943
Col Frank A Kurtz, 27 Aug 1943
Col George W McGregor, 11 Sep 1944
Col Ephraim M Hampton, Apr-c. Sep 1945
Air Combat, EAME Theater
Air Offensive, Europe
Rome-Arno
Normandy
Northern France
Southern France
North Apennines
Rhineland
Central Europe
Po Valley
Distinguished Unit Citations:
Ploesti, Rumania, 18 May 1944
Germany, 24 Mar 1945
Insigne. Shield: Azure, on a representation of a cloud argent a silhouette of mythical Pegasus drawing a chariot driven by Mars, the mythical Roman God of War, all sable. (Approved 30 Aug 1954.)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
463BG / 774 BS |
04/06/1944 |
03881 |
42-31790 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 775 BS |
04/06/1944 |
04098 |
42-31831 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 774 BS |
04/24/1944 |
04611 |
42-31759 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 773 BS |
04/30/1944 |
06689 |
42-31805 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 773 BS |
04/30/1944 |
04606 |
42-31805 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 773 BS |
05/05/1944 |
04712 |
42-97583 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 774 BS |
05/05/1944 |
04623 |
42-31793 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 774 BS |
05/05/1944 |
04616 |
42-31796 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 772 BS |
05/10/1944 |
04748 |
42-97547 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 772 BS |
05/10/1944 |
04747 |
42-97551 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 772 BS |
05/10/1944 |
04839 |
42-97576 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 815 BS |
05/10/1944 |
04846 |
42-29856 |
B-17F |
|
463BG / 775 BS |
05/10/1944 |
04723 |
42-31685 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 775 BS |
05/10/1944 |
04660 |
42-31804 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 774 BS |
05/10/1944 |
05069 |
42-31818 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 774 BS |
05/10/1944 |
05065 |
42-31826 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 775 BS |
05/10/1944 |
05058 |
42-31770 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 775 BS |
05/18/1944 |
05061 |
42-97540 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 772 BS |
05/18/1944 |
04916 |
42-97726 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 773 BS |
05/18/1944 |
05834 |
42-31791 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 774 BS |
05/18/1944 |
05832 |
42-31803 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 775 BS |
05/18/1944 |
05791 |
42-31825 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 772 BS |
05/18/1944 |
05434 |
42-31829 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 775 BS |
05/24/1944 |
05195 |
42-31841 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 772 BS |
06/02/1944 |
05827 |
42-31847 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 772 BS |
06/05/1944 |
05843 |
42-31817 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 772 BS |
06/06/1944 |
05847 |
42-38114 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 772 BS |
06/09/1944 |
05852 |
42-97724 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 775 BS |
06/10/1944 |
05846 |
42-37997 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 774 BS |
06/13/1944 |
06408 |
42-31865 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 775 BS |
06/14/1944 |
06094 |
42-31770 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 775 BS |
06/14/1944 |
06102 |
42-31845 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 775 BS |
06/14/1944 |
06093 |
42-38105 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 773 BS |
06/16/1944 |
06020 |
42-31842 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 773 BS |
06/27/1944 |
06414 |
42-97536 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 774 BS |
07/07/1944 |
06862 |
42-102889 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 774 BS |
07/07/1944 |
06864 |
42-31684 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 773 BS |
07/07/1944 |
06566 |
42-31775 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 774 BS |
07/08/1944 |
07320 |
42-102916 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 774 BS |
07/08/1944 |
06866 |
42-31813 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 773 BS |
07/08/1944 |
06974 |
42-31852 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 774 BS |
07/13/1944 |
06858 |
42-31795 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 775 BS |
07/19/1944 |
07321 |
42-97816 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 772 BS |
07/21/1944 |
07299 |
44-6276 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 775 BS |
07/25/1944 |
12530 |
42-31821 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 772 BS |
07/25/1944 |
07001 |
44-6276 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 775 BS |
07/25/1944 |
15766 |
||
|
463BG / 774 BS |
07/28/1944 |
07128 |
44-6280 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 772 BS |
07/31/1944 |
07206 |
42-102887 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 772 BS |
07/31/1944 |
07154 |
42-31827 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 774 BS |
08/15/1944 |
07673 |
42-31843 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 772 BS |
08/15/1944 |
07461 |
44-6287 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 772 BS |
08/15/1944 |
07459 |
44-6352 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 773 BS |
08/17/1944 |
07458 |
42-97544 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 775 BS |
08/19/1944 |
12531 |
42-31824 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 772 BS |
08/19/1944 |
09717 |
44-6194 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 773 BS |
08/22/1944 |
08108 |
42-31752 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 774 BS |
08/22/1944 |
07990 |
44-6272 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 774 BS |
08/30/1944 |
08731 |
42-102924 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 774 BS |
09/12/1944 |
08360 |
44-6417 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 772 BS |
09/13/1944 |
08345 |
44-8106 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 773 BS |
09/23/1944 |
09878 |
42-31834 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 772 BS |
10/12/1944 |
09080 |
44-8118 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 773 BS |
10/13/1944 |
09054 |
43-38482 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 773 BS |
10/13/1944 |
09204 |
44-6261 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 772 BS |
10/17/1944 |
09210 |
44-6419 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 772 BS |
11/16/1944 |
10010 |
44-6406 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 774 BS |
11/16/1944 |
09890 |
44-8391 |
B-17G |
|
463BG |
11/29/1944 |
16027 |
B-17 |
|
|
463BG / 773 BS |
12/09/1944 |
10130 |
44-8193 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 773 BS |
12/10/1944 |
10689 |
44-6190 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 775 BS |
12/12/1944 |
10892 |
44-8231 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 774 BS |
12/20/1944 |
10731 |
44-6110 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 840 BS |
12/25/1944 |
10730 |
42-97585 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 773 BS |
12/25/1944 |
10649 |
44-6631 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 775 BS |
12/27/1944 |
10747 |
42-97575 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 775 BS |
01/15/1945 |
11396 |
42-31809 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 774 BS |
02/07/1945 |
12492 |
44-6770 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 772 BS |
02/13/1945 |
12109 |
44-6163 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 773 BS |
02/15/1945 |
12491 |
44-8253 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 772 BS |
02/16/1945 |
12098 |
44-6547 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 772 BS |
02/16/1945 |
12102 |
44-6684 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 772 BS |
02/21/1945 |
12702 |
43-38496 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 773 BS |
02/25/1945 |
12468 |
43-38488 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 775 BS |
02/25/1945 |
12716 |
44-8729 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 775 BS |
03/09/1945 |
12914 |
44-6336 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 772 BS |
03/15/1945 |
12999 |
44-6555 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 772 BS |
03/20/1945 |
13050 |
44-6377 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 773 BS |
03/20/1945 |
13052 |
44-6421 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 817 BS |
03/22/1945 |
13244 |
42-107156 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 773 BS |
03/24/1945 |
13278 |
44-6283 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 775 BS |
03/24/1945 |
13371 |
44-6640 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 774 BS |
03/24/1945 |
13208 |
44-6686 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 772 BS |
03/24/1945 |
13271 |
44-6702 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 773 BS |
03/24/1945 |
13274 |
44-6761 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 772 BS |
03/24/1945 |
13258 |
44-8498 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 772 BS |
04/01/1945 |
13378 |
44-6752 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 774 BS |
04/05/1945 |
13640 |
44-6394 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 772 BS |
04/20/1945 |
14019 |
44-6271 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 775 BS |
04/20/1945 |
14020 |
44-6418 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 773 BS |
04/25/1945 |
14059 |
43-38511 |
B-17G |
|
463BG / 772 BS |
08/01/1945 |
16474 |
44-6873 |
B-17G |
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