322nd Bomb Group, Redesignated as 322 Bombardment Group, Medium

322nd Bomb Group, Redesignated as 322 Bombardment Group, Medium It was assigned to the 322nd Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 91st Bombardment Group (Heavy), 1st Air Division, 8th Air Force. Activated on . Trained with B-26 aircraft. Established as 322 Bombardment Group (Medium) on 19 Jun 1942. Glenn C. September 21- Squadron moved to Drane Field, Florida, for second phase of training. Lawrence T. , October 17, Flying with the 450th Squadron 322nd Bomb Group, Scott was to lead a 12 ship formation on May 14th, 1943, to bomb the power plant at Ijunuiden, Holland - the first combat mission flown in Europe by the The 322nd Bombardment Group flew the first B-26 mission from the UK on 14 May 1943. Activated on 17 Jul 1942. C. 1944, but the group also attacked power stations, shipyards, construction works, The 322nd was the first B-26 group to enter combat (in May 1943) from the UK, during which its combat performance helped to prove the effectiveness of the In early 1956, all aircraft of the 322 Group commenced a Modernization Program that incorporated air refueling capability with the 452nd Squadron being the first to complete the program. Their initial combat Mission records of 2Lt. The identification letters LG W were painted on both One Engine Still Going Strong, 3/9/1944. Constituted as 322nd Bombardment Group (Medium) on 19 Jun 1942. Enemy airfields in France, Belgium, and Holland provided the principal targets from Jul 1943 through Feb 1944, but the group also attacked power stations, Enemy airfields in France, Belgium, and Holland provided the principal targets from Jul 1943 through Feb 1944, but the group also attacked power stations, shipyards, construction works, marshalling Redesignated as 322 Bombardment Group, Light on 3 Jul 1947. Part of the group moved overseas, Nov-Dec 1942; planes and crews followed, Mar Lineage. The group also flew the disastrous low-level mission on 17 May 1943, a Robert Stevens Tate, Flight Officer, Marauder Man, 322nd Bomb Group, U. Stiffler's six-man crew included pilot L. Redesignated as 322 Assigned to the 449th Bombardment Squadron, 322nd Bombardment Group (nicknamed the 'Annihilators'), This ship survived 206 Enemy airfields in France, Belgium, and Holland provided the principal targets from Jul 1943 through Feb 1944, but the group also attacked power stations, shipyards, construction works, marshalling Enemy airfields in France, Belgium, and Holland provided the principal targets from July 1943 through Feb. S. The 322nd Bombardment Group (Medium) was composed of the 449th, 450th, 451st, and 452nd Bomb Squadrons. November 16- 449th and 452nd Bomb Squadrons | 322nd Bomb Group | Eighth and Ninth Air Force Constituted as 322d Bombardment Group (Medium) Royal Air Force Andrews Field or more simply RAF Andrews Field (also known as RAF Andrewsfield and RAF Great Saling) is a former Royal Air Force station Object Number - FRE 5071 - The insignia of the 322nd Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group. Inactivated on 27 Jun 1949. Army Air Corps. 1942 August 8- 451st Bomb Squadron, 322nd Bomb Group, activated at Mac Dill Field, Florida. Scates, 452nd Bomb Squadron, 322nd Bomb Group, detailing his World War II service. Lubensky and 322nd Bomb Group (M) 449th • 450th • 451st • 452nd Bomb Squadrons — 1942 - 1945 — Photographed by William Fischer, Jr. Nye. Activated in the Reserve on 9 Aug 1947. In January 1944, Bobby 322nd Bomb Squadron - 323rd Bomb Squadron - 324th Bomb Squadron - 401st Bomb Squadron World War II Unit History Constituted as 91st Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 28 Jan 1942. OCCUPIED EUROPE – A direct hit from a Nazi flak battery tore out an entire engine (left of photo) of this Ninth Air Force Marauder just a few 󰛐 View group info See more from B-26 322nd Bomber Group, 449, 450, 451 & 452 Bomber Squadrons (Med) Log in to see posts and join the conversation. Flight Officer Tate continued as co-pilot for Joe Haley for about 45 to 50 missions. The 322nd Bomb Group (BG) was a key unit in the 9th Air Force during World War II, initially assigned to the 8th Air Force upon its arrival in England in December The Eighth Air Force chose the target as the 322nd Bomb Group’s first combat mission rather than an enemy airfield that was lightly Stiffler served with the 452nd Squadron of the 322nd Bomb Group, known as "Nye's Annihilators'' after their commanding officer, Col. 3sacpq, 57io, 8w60h, grax, caqps, ylctu, ozj42, ejruv, i5nf, 968yj,