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and aircraft factories until June 1944. In July 1944, the squadron returned to strategic targets, which remained its primary objectives through April 1945. On 2 November 1944, a two group formation including the squadron strayed from the main bomber stream and its fighter cover.
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by the end of the month. The air echelon had begun arriving at
Glatton on 21 January. The squadron flew its first mission during
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Airplane is Boeing B-17G-95-BO Flying
Fortress, serial 43-38857. This plane survived the war. It was transferred to storage at
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from
Austria to France. The air echelon departed Glatton between 19 and 23 May, while the ground echelon sailed on the
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Approved 9 April 1945. Description: On a light blue disc, border grayed medium blue, a red devil standing
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heavy bomber and completed the first two phases of training there. It completed its training at
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against the formation. Nine of the 457th Group's Flying
Fortresses were lost to this attack.
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was first activated in July 1943. After training in the United States, it deployed to the
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on 24 June, arriving at the New York Port of
Emarkation five days later. It assembled at
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743:. Maxwell AFB, AL: Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center. Archived from
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Machines (A History of the US 8th Army Air Force)
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In June 1944, the squadron was diverted from its strategic mission to prepare for
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The squadron flew its last combat mission on 20 April 1945. Following
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RAF Glatton, (Station 130) England, 28 January 1944 – c. 1 June 1945
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Constituted as the 749th
Bombardment Squadron (heavy) on 19 May 1943
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Sioux Falls Army Air Field, South Dakota, c. 20 July–28 August 1945
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833:(reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History.
794:(reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History.
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B-17 Flying
Fortress units of the United States Army Air Forces
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Bombardment squadrons of the United States Army Air Forces
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on 28 November 1945 and sold for scrap in July 1946.
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Wendover Field, Utah, 6 December 1943 – 1 January 1944
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457th Bombardment Group, 1 July 1943 – 28 August 1945
255:. For the remainder of the month it was engaged in
360:
Rapid City Army Air Base, South Dakota, 9 July 1943
363:Ephrata Army Air Base, Washington, 28 October 1943
211:on 21 February 1944. It engaged primarily in the
3116:Military units and formations established in 1943
179:, South Dakota, where it began training with the
3102:
163:The 749th Bombardment Squadron was activated at
158:
827:Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II
275:, the attempt to secure bridgeheads across the
167:, Washington on 1 July 1943 as one of the four
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770:. London, England, UK: Macdonald and Company.
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621:
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287:in December 1944 and January 1945, and
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788:Air Force Combat Units of World War II
382:Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, 1943–1945
2316:46th Bombardment Operational Training
2296:16th Bombardment Operational Training
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1389:
917:
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357:Geiger Field, Washington, 1 July 1943
279:in the Netherlands, it supported the
3121:World War II strategic bombing units
728:Air Force Historical Research Agency
198:
13:
693:Station number in Anderson, p. 20.
291:, the airborne assault across the
14:
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110:749th Bombardment Squadron emblem
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228:fighter controllers directed a
142:, where it participated in the
734:Anderson, Capt. Barry (1985).
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341:
243:, the invasion of France. On
193:European Theater of Operations
140:European Theater of Operations
99:European Theater of Operations
1:
3008:United States Army Air Forces
2058:United States Army Air Forces
824:Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) .
785:Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) .
523:
337:Inactivated on 28 August 1945
281:British 1st Airborne Division
159:Training in the United States
146:against Germany. Following
132:United States Army Air Forces
918:
552:Baugher, Joe (14 May 2023).
386:
187:, Washington, then moved to
175:. It moved a week later to
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418:28 January 1944–5 June 1944
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215:against Germany, attacking
181:Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
10:
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706:, p. 735, except as noted.
554:"1943 USAF Serial Numbers"
320:
315:Sioux Falls Army Air Field
213:strategic bombing campaign
153:
144:strategic bombing campaign
128:749th Bombardment Squadron
21:749th Bombardment Squadron
3003:
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2301:17th Bombardment Training
2291:15th Bombardment Training
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1505:
1459:
1452:
1426:
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913:
503:22 March 1944–21 May 1945
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66:
48:
40:
25:
20:
528:
435:6 June 1944–24 July 1944
331:Activated on 1 July 1943
195:on New Years Day, 1944.
177:Rapid City Army Air Base
32:457th Bombardment Group
273:Operation Market Garden
173:457th Bombardment Group
79:United States Air Force
2255:IV Air Support Command
2240:II Air Support Command
724:public domain material
548:Kingman Army Air Field
415:Air Offensive, Europe
185:Ephrata Army Air Base
675:Freeman, pp. 258-259
34:B-17 Flying Fortress
2987:443nd Troop Carrier
2971:77th Reconnaissance
2966:71st Reconnaissance
2270:XXII Bomber Command
1830:801st (Provisional)
585:with the right arm.
285:Battle of the Bulge
253:Cherbourg Peninsula
2961:8th Reconnaissance
2956:7th Reconnaissance
2951:6th Reconnaissance
2946:5th Reconnaissance
2941:4th Reconnaissance
2936:3rd Reconnaissance
2931:2nd Reconnaissance
2594:388th Bombardment
2265:XXI Bomber Command
2250:II Fighter Command
750:on 23 January 2016
394:Campaign streamer
241:Operation Overlord
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2844:499th Bombardment
2839:498th Bombardment
2834:497th Bombardment
2829:494th Bombardment
2824:493rd Bombardment
2819:491st Bombardment
2814:490th Bombardment
2809:489th Bombardment
2804:488th Bombardment
2799:487th Bombardment
2794:486th Bombardment
2789:485th Bombardment
2784:484th Bombardment
2779:472nd Bombardment
2774:471st Bombardment
2769:470th Bombardment
2764:469th Bombardment
2759:468th Bombardment
2754:467th Bombardment
2749:464th Bombardment
2744:462nd Bombardment
2739:461st Bombardment
2734:460th Bombardment
2729:459th Bombardment
2724:458th Bombardment
2719:457th Bombardment
2714:456th Bombardment
2709:455th Bombardment
2704:454th Bombardment
2699:453rd Bombardment
2694:452nd Bombardment
2689:451st Bombardment
2684:450th Bombardment
2679:449th Bombardment
2674:448th Bombardment
2669:447th Bombardment
2664:446th Bombardment
2659:445th Bombardment
2654:444th Bombardment
2649:418th Bombardment
2644:415th Bombardment
2639:407th Bombardment
2634:401st Bombardment
2629:400th Bombardment
2624:399th Bombardment
2619:398th Bombardment
2614:396th Bombardment
2609:395th Bombardment
2604:393rd Bombardment
2599:390th Bombardment
2589:385th Bombardment
2584:384th Bombardment
2579:383rd Bombardment
2574:382nd Bombardment
2569:381st Bombardment
2564:379th Bombardment
2559:376th Bombardment
2554:351st Bombardment
2549:346th Bombardment
2544:333rd Bombardment
2539:331st Bombardment
2534:330th Bombardment
2529:312th Bombardment
2524:308th Bombardment
2519:307th Bombardment
2514:306th Bombardment
2509:305th Bombardment
2504:304th Bombardment
2499:303rd Bombardment
2494:302nd Bombardment
2489:301st Bombardment
2484:100th Bombardment
2336:316th Bombardment
2331:315th Bombardment
2260:XX Bomber Command
2245:II Bomber Command
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1166:Kirton In Lindsey
1141:Horsham St. Faith
1096:Grafton Underwood
777:978-0-87938-638-2
764:Freeman, Roger A.
534:Explanatory notes
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302:, it transported
289:Operation Varsity
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2474:96th Bombardment
2469:95th Bombardment
2464:94th Bombardment
2459:88th Bombardment
2454:86th Bombardment
2449:86th Bombardment
2444:85th Bombardment
2439:48th Bombardment
2434:47th Bombardment
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2424:42nd Bombardment
2419:40th Bombardment
2414:39th Bombardment
2409:34th Bombardment
2404:29th Bombardment
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2394:19th Bombardment
2389:17th Bombardment
2384:16th Bombardment
2379:12th Bombardment
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2326:73rd Bombardment
2321:58th Bombardment
2311:21st Bombardment
2306:18th Replacement
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991:Burtonwood Depot
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199:Combat in Europe
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2359:2nd Bombardment
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2286:5th Bombardment
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295:in March 1945.
265:Operation Cobra
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2895:54th Fighter
2890:20th Fighter
2194:World War II
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1326:Westhampnett
1226:Nuthampstead
1161:Kings Cliffe
1106:Great Dunmow
1061:East Wretham
961:Bassingbourn
907:World War II
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813:. Retrieved
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752:. Retrieved
745:the original
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234:interceptors
217:ball bearing
202:
165:Geiger Field
162:
130:is a former
127:
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89:Heavy bomber
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2352:Bombardment
1553:Bombardment
1460:Bombardment
1413:VIII Bomber
1331:Wormingford
1171:Knettishall
1081:Framlingham
1056:Earls Colne
1041:Deenethorpe
1011:Cheddington
1001:Bushey Hall
956:Attlebridge
941:Aldermaston
815:17 December
342:Assignments
277:Rhine River
259:, striking
205:RAF Glatton
134:unit. The
95:Engagements
3105:Categories
3080:Fourteenth
3075:Thirteenth
2130:Fourteenth
2125:Thirteenth
1256:Rattlesden
1216:Mount Farm
1211:Molesworth
1201:Mendlesham
1121:Harrington
1111:Halesworth
1016:Chelveston
524:References
271:. During
230:geschwader
3090:Twentieth
3085:Fifteenth
2208:Airfields
2201:Airfields
2140:Twentieth
2135:Fifteenth
1311:Wattisham
1301:Thurleigh
1266:Ridgewell
1246:Rackheath
1241:Polebrook
1236:Podington
1156:Kimbolton
1131:Honington
1071:Fersfield
1026:Daws Hill
1006:Chalgrove
976:Bovingdon
971:Bottisham
936:Alconbury
593:Citations
466:Rhineland
397:Campaign
387:Campaigns
308:RMS
261:airfields
226:Luftwaffe
169:squadrons
44:1943–1945
3065:Eleventh
2233:Commands
2115:Eleventh
1401:Commands
1354:Ie Shima
1321:Wendling
1306:Tibenham
1276:Shipdham
1271:Seething
1251:Ramsbury
1206:Metfield
1176:Lavenham
1116:Hardwick
1076:Fowlmere
919:Stations
849:70605402
810:61060979
766:(1970).
657:Maurer,
635:, p. 735
631:Maurer,
576:affronte
512:See also
432:Normandy
377:Aircraft
352:Stations
269:Saint Lo
219:plants,
209:Big Week
136:squadron
105:Insignia
3070:Twelfth
3045:Seventh
2883:Fighter
2120:Twelfth
2095:Seventh
1839:Fighter
1506:Fighter
1364:Futenma
1341:Okinawa
1291:Sudbury
1196:Membury
1181:Leiston
1091:Goxhill
1086:Glatton
1051:Duxford
754:28 June
560:16 June
321:Lineage
300:V-E Day
251:on the
171:of the
154:History
148:V-E Day
49:Country
3050:Eighth
3030:Fourth
3020:Second
2345:Groups
2100:Eighth
2080:Fourth
2070:Second
1546:Groups
1369:Yontan
1359:Kadena
1316:Watton
1261:Raydon
1151:Keevil
1146:Ibsley
1136:Horham
1126:Hethel
1036:Debden
1031:Debach
986:Bungay
981:Boxted
966:Bodney
951:Atcham
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403:Notes
400:Dates
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2187:USAAF
2110:Tenth
2105:Ninth
2090:Sixth
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2075:Third
2065:First
2002:315th
1976:507th
1971:496th
1966:495th
1961:479th
1956:413th
1951:364th
1946:362nd
1941:361st
1936:358th
1931:357th
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1921:355th
1916:354th
1911:353rd
1906:352nd
1901:350th
1896:339th
1891:318th
1825:493rd
1820:492nd
1815:491st
1810:490th
1805:489th
1800:487th
1795:486th
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1775:458th
1770:457th
1765:453rd
1760:452nd
1755:448th
1750:447th
1745:446th
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1735:401st
1730:398th
1725:392nd
1720:390th
1715:389th
1710:388th
1705:387th
1700:386th
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1391:Units
900:USAAF
857:72556
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529:Notes
293:Rhine
245:D Day
2033:67th
2028:25th
1997:62nd
1992:60th
1886:78th
1881:56th
1876:55th
1871:48th
1866:31st
1861:20th
1856:14th
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1580:93rd
1575:92nd
1570:91st
1565:44th
1560:34th
1528:67th
1523:66th
1518:65th
1492:12th
1444:3rdf
1418:VIII
1349:Bolo
853:OCLC
845:LCCN
835:ISBN
817:2016
806:LCCN
796:ISBN
772:ISBN
756:2017
583:base
562:2023
126:The
85:Role
2192:in
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2018:3rd
1851:4th
1846:1st
1513:6th
1487:5th
1482:4th
1477:3rd
1472:2nd
1467:1st
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1434:1st
1066:Eye
905:in
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