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464th Bombardment Group |
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Constituted as 464th Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 19 May 1943.
Activated on 1 Aug 1943. Trained for combat with B-24's. Moved to the
Mediterranean theater, Feb-Apr 1944, with the air echelon training for a
few weeks in Tunisia before joining the remainder of the group in Italy.
Served with Fifteenth AF, Apr 1944-May 1945, operating primarily as part
of the strategic bombardment force that disrupted German industry and
communications. Flew long-range missions to attack such objectives as
marshalling yards, oil refineries, oil storage facilities, aircraft
factories, and chemical plants in Italy, France, Germany, Poland,
Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Austria, Rumania, Yugoslavia, and Greece.
Received a DUC for leading the 55th Wing in compact formation through
heavy opposition to bomb marshalling yards and an oil refinery at Vienna
on 8 Jul 1944. Received another DUC for a mission on 24 Aug 1944 when the
group scored hits not only on the target, an oil refinery at Pardubice,
but also on nearby railroad tracks. Sometimes engaged in support and
interdictory operations. Supported Allied forces during the invasion of
Southern France in Aug 1944. Hit railroad centers to assist the advance of
Russian troops in southeastern Europe in Mar 1945. Bombed enemy supply
lines to assist the advance of US Fifth and British Eighth Army in
northern Italy in Apr 1945. Moved to Trinidad in Jun 1945. Assigned to Air
Transport Command. Inactivated on 31 Jul 1945.
Redesignated 464th Troop Carrier Group (Medium). Activated in the US on
1 Feb 1953. Assigned to Tactical Air Command. Used C-46 and C-119
aircraft.
Squadrons. 776th: 1943-1945; 1953-. 777th: 1943-1945; 1953-. 778th:
1943-1945; 1953-. 779th: 1943-1945; 1955-.
Stations. Wendover Field, Utah, 1 Aug 1943; Gowen Field, Idaho, 22 Aug
1943; Pocatello AAFld, Idaho, 2 Oct 1943-9 Feb 1944; Pantanella Airfield,
Italy, Mar 1944; Gioia, Italy, 21 Apr 1944; Pantanella Airfield, Italy, c.
1 Jun 1944-c. May 1945; Waller Field, Trinidad, Jun-31 Jul 1945. Lawson
AFB, Ga, 1 Feb 1953; Pope AFB, NC, 16 Sep 1954-.
Commanders. Unkn, 1 Aug-1 Sep 1943; Col Marshall Bonner, 2 Sep 1943;
Col Arnold L Schroeder, 30 Jun 1944; Col A J Bird Jr, 13 Mar 1945-unkn.
Col James A Evans, c. 1 Feb 1953; Col Charles F Franklin, 1954; Lt Col
Adam A Reaves, 1955-.
Campaigns. 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 Citations: Vienna, Austria, 8 Jul 1944;
Pardubice, Czechoslovakia, [24] Aug 1944.
Insigne. Shield: Azure, surmounting a cloud argent, an American eagle
descendant, wings, endorsed proper, between his beak four lightning
streaks, two and two gules, speed lines of the first all inclosed by two
bendlets sinister vert, edged or. Motto: Certissimus In Incertis - Most
Certain (in the sense of unerring or dependable) in Uncertainties.
(Approved 15 Apr 1954.) Data from Air Force Combat Units of World War II By Maurer, Maurer, Published 1986 |
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Servicemen of the 464th Bombardment Group
ALESI, VINCENT 2LT
ALGER, OGDEN CPL
APSEL, MORRIS TSGT
BABCOCK, ROBERT TSGT
BAHLER, JOHN 2LT
BAHNSEN, DONALD 2LT
BAKER, JOHN CPT
BAKKE, FREDERICK SGT
BARKER, JAMES SSGT
BARNICA, KENNETH 1LT
BARTHLE, HERMAN SGT
BERNARD, SOLOMON SSGT
BISHOP, EDSEL 2LT
BISHOP, RALPH CPL
BJELLAND, DALE SSGT
BOEHM, ELLIS SSGT
BOGNER, ALVIN TSGT
BRADBURY, JOHN 2LT
BRANBY, MANFERD 2LT
BRAZEAL, NOEL TSGT
BRAZIEL, KENNETH 2LT
BREED, ROBERT TSGT
BRICE, CHARLES SSGT
BROOKS, JAMES SSGT
BROWN, NORMAN TSGT
BRUDER, VERNON CPL
BUCK, HOWARD SSGT
BURNSIDE, PAUL SGT
BURROUGHS, E 2LT
BURT, WALLACE 2LT
BURTON, KENNETH TSGT
CAFARELLI, WILLIAM SSGT
CANTILLO, PETER SSGT
CASSICK, STEPHEN SGT
CAVNESS, WILLIAM CPL
CHAMBERS, WILLIE SSGT
CHAMBLIN, ERNEST SGT
CHARLTON, WILLIAM 2LT
CHERRY, PETER 1LT
CHRISTENSEN, BERNARD 2LT
CHRISTENSEN, CLARENCE 1LT
COLE, HAROLD TSGT
CONRADY, EDWARD TSGT
COOK, ANTHONY SSGT
COOPER, RAYMOND SGT
CORR, JAMES SSGT
CRANE, JOHN CPL
CRISPINO, FRANK TSGT
CROW, EARL 2LT
DAMHORST, JOHN 2LT
DANIELSON, CARL TSGT
DAVIS, BILLY 1LT
DAVIS, IRVING 2LT
DE BEAR, ROBERT 2LT
DE BERARDINIS, DANTE 1LT
DE SANTIS, FRANK TSGT
DE WALK, ANROLD TSGT
DEMPSEY, JOHN SSGT
DEWITT, WILLIAM 1LT
DODD, OSCAR SGT
DOHERTY, JAMES TSGT
DOUGLASS, WILLIAM SSGT
DULANEY, GENE 2LT
DWYER, FRANK CPL
EDWARDS, BILLY SSGT
EGAN, REUBEN CPL
EISAGUIRRE, JOE CPL
EUDAILY, CLARENCE TSGT
EYESTONE, GERALD SSGT
FACCIOLA, JAMES SSGT
FANIRO, CORNELL SSGT
FARLING, HOWARD SSGT
FEARS, WILLIAM 2LT
FIGGINS, JAMES 2LT
FITZPATRICK, JOHN TSGT
FLAMMER, ROBERT SSGT
FLORA, WALLACE SSGT
FREEMAN, WALTER 1LT
FRENCH, CARL 1LT
FUCCELLO, MARK SSGT
FUDGE, GLEN 2LT
FULGHUM, HENRY SSGT
GAVIN, JOHN PFC
GHEEN, ROBERT CPL
GIBSON, DALE SSGT
GIEHL, ALOYSIUS CPL
GILSON, JAMES LTC
GOLDSMITH, DALE CPL
GOODEN, ROBERT CPL
GOODSELL, HAROLD SSGT
GOODYEAR, ELVIN COL
GOODYEAR, MARTIN 2LT
GOOGAN, CLARENCE 2LT
GORSKI, GEORGE TSGT
GRAFFIS, JOSEPH PFC
GRANT, JAMES 1LT
GREIDER, BILLY 2LT
GRIFFITHS, ELMER SSGT
HAACK, EDWIN TSGT
HAGMAN, TEDDY 1LT
HARDY, WALTER SSGT
HAZELWOOD, ROY SGT
HAZELWOOD, WINFRED SSGT
HENRY, CARL SGT
HIGDON, HERSCHEL 2LT
HIGGINS, SHELBY SSGT
HILLS, ERNEST SGT
HOGAN, ARCHIE SSGT
HOOK, VACHEL SSGT
HORNBACK, CLETUS 1LT
HORTON, ALFRED SGT
HORVATH, JOSEPH CPL
HOSKINSON, ROBERT SSGT
HOUSER, ROBERT SSGT
HUCKABEE, E CPL
HUNT, KENNETH 2LT
HURLEY, EDWARD F/O
HUSSEY, FRANK 2LT
JEFFREY, DANIEL SGT
JOHNSON, CHARLES 2LT
JOHNSTON, MARLIN SSGT
JONES, JOHN 1LT
JONES, RODGER SSGT
KAUSMEYER, EDWARD SSGT
KEELING, CHARLIE SSGT
KELLY, CLIFFORD 1LT
KEMEL, ROBERT SSGT
KENWORTHY, IVAN TSGT
KESZLER, JACOB CPL
KNOWLTON, ALFRED 1LT
KOLACIA, JOSEPH 2LT
KOVALCIK, JOSEPH SGT
KROGH, NEIL TSGT
KUEHNERT, GRAYSON CPL
LABEDZ, FRANK 2LT
LAMMERDING, CHARLES 2LT
LANDIS, FRANK 1LT
LARSON, ROBERT CPL
LATIMORE, ALBERT TSGT
LAWRENCE, WILLIAM CPL
LECHNER, WILLIAM SGT
LEO, ANTHONY SSGT
LESSER, IRWIN 2LT
LESTER, PAUL SSGT
LEWIS, WILLIAM PFC
LOOK, ROBERT TSGT
LOREE, ELLIS 2LT
LOW, JOSEPH 2LT
MAHOTA, WILLIAM F/O
MAJESKI, EDWARD 1LT
MAMAUX, HARRY SGT
MANKE, ALFRED SSGT
MARGAROLI, JOHN SSGT
MARGESON, JAMES SSGT
MARRESE, ARTHUR SSGT
MATES, LEONARD SSGT
MATTLIN, ROBERT 2LT
MAY, BEDFORD CPT
MC CRAY, JACK TSGT
MC CUTCHEON, EARL 2LT
MC GRATH, JEROME TSGT
MC KOWN, JOHN SSGT
MC NAMARA, FRANCIS PFC
MERCING, EDWIN 1LT
MINITER, JOSEPH 2LT
MITCHELL, ALBERT SSGT
MOIST, RONALD SGT
MORACZEWSKI, THADDEUS CPL
MORIARTY, WALTER 1LT
MORRIS, ELFRED 2LT
MULL, HORACE 2LT
MURPHY, DANIEL SSGT
MYERS, DEAN SSGT
NANCE, JOHN LTC
NICHOLS, HUGH 2LT
NIEKAMP, VERNON SSGT
O'BRIEN, RICHARD 2LT
O'LEARY, ROBERT 2LT
OLIVER, HERMAN TSGT
OLSON, DONALD 2LT
OLSON, WESLEY 2LT
O'MALLEY, JOHN 1LT
PARENT, MAURICE SGT
PATE, LINDLEY 1LT
PATRINO, ANTHONY 2LT
PATTERSON, WILLARD 1LT
PERKINS, LEWIS CPT
PETERSON, ROBERT 1LT
PETROLINO, DOMINICK TSGT
PETTIT, R CPL
PHILIP, JAMES 1LT
PIDDINGTON, RAY 2LT
PLAYER, HARRY TSGT
POLEK, JOHN SGT
POTTER, CECIL 2LT
PRADO, JOHN SSGT
PULLIAM, JAMES SSGT
QUICK, RAYMOND SSGT
QUINLAN, JOHN SGT
RAWLINGS, ARTHUR SSGT
REIGHARD, ELMER SGT
REPHAN, MELVIN F/O
RICE, ROBERT SGT
RINGEL, ROBERT SGT
RIPPEL, CARL 2LT
ROBBINS, FORREST CPT
ROGERS, LAYTON CPT
ROSAS, MAURO SSGT
ROSE, NORMAN TSGT
ROSE, RONALD TSGT
ROSSINI, DARIO 2LT
ROZEN, MORRIS 1LT
SAUNDERS, WILLIAM 1LT
SCALES, JOHN SSGT
SCHALLER, PAUL TSGT
SCOOPE, LESLIE CPL
SCOTT, THOMAS 1LT
SEED, JACK SGT
SHEARER, WAYNE CPT
SHORNEY, JAMES SSGT
SHOUGH, RAYMOND SGT
SILBURN, GEORGE TSGT
SILVERLIGHT, IRWIN SSGT
SIMPSON, HANNIBAL 2LT
SISTERSON, ROBERT 2LT
SKINNER, WILLIAM SSGT
SKOWRONEK, CASIMIR F/O
SKURKA, DANIEL 2LT
SLAUGHTER, ROBERT 2LT
SMITH, DAVID F/O
SMITH, JAMES SGT
SPANKOWSKI, DANIEL 2LT
SPENCE, PHILIP 1LT
SPIEHS, LLOYD SSGT
STECKMYER, JEAN 1LT
STEWART, ALLEN SSGT
STONEBURNER, ROBERT F/O
STORM, ROGER TSGT
STRAIGHT, PAUL SGT
STRIPLING, JOHN SGT
STRITTMATTER, CLARENCE CPL
SUMMERS, GERALD CPL
SWAFFORD, JAMES SSGT
TAUNTON, MAXWELL CPL
TERRELL, NELSON SGT
THOMAS, JACK SSGT
THORNWALL, JOHN 1LT
THOURSON, ROBERT SGT
TINDALL, CHARLES CPL
TOBIN, HARRY 2LT
TOSCANO, THEODORE 2LT
TRABUCCO, JOHN SGT
URYCKI, EDMOND SGT
VELSOR, CURTIS 1LT
VERNON, ELMER MAJ
VILLANO, FRANCIS SGT
WAGGONER, SHARON CPT
WARNER, CLIFFORD TSGT
WEAKLEY, EDGAR TSGT
WEHMAN, ROY 2LT
WIEGAND, ROBERT F/O
WIENNER, JAMES 1LT
WIGGS, JAMES 1LT
WINDMANN, LEON SSGT
WLEKLINSKI, JULIAN SSGT
WOOD, NOEL 1LT
WOODS, JOHN TSGT
WOODS, STANLEY 2LT
YOUNGVORST, JACOB TSGT
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