The 453rd Bombardment Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit that was first organized in June 1943, during World War II, as a Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber group. After training in the United States, it deployed to England in December 1943, and, starting in February 1944, participated in the strategic bombing campaign ...

Constituted as 453rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 14 May 1943. Activated on 1 Jun 1943. Trained with B-14's. Moved to England, Dec 1943-Jan 1944, and assigned to Eighth AF. Began combat on 5 Feb 1944 with an attack against an airfield at Tours. Throughout combat, served chiefly as a strategic bombardment organization.

They hauled petrol, blankets, and rations to France in September 1944 and dropped ammunition, food and medical supplies near Wesel during the airborne assault across the Rhine in March 1945. The 733rd Bomb Squadron completed a record 82 consecutive missions without loss. Actor James Stewart was Group Executive Officer from March 1944.

The largest collection of 453rd memorabilia in existence, housed in a WWII Nissen Hut (built in 2015) at the wartime home of the Bomb Group, opened on Remembrance Sunday 2015.

Col Joseph A. Miller: 29 Jun. 1943 - 18 Mar. 1944, MIA Col Ramsey D. Potts Jr: 19 Mar. 1944 - 6 Jul. 1944 Col Lawrence M. Thomas 7 Jul. 1944 - 25 Jan. 1945

453rd. was the first Anti Aircraft Battalion to be recommended and accepted to become a Demonstration Unit to work with the Armored Forces in trying to develop a more

There are (1927) servicemen of the 453rd BG in this archive. PLEASE SUPPORT THE 8AF.ORG PROJECT! [MORE] 453rd Bombardment Group in World War II. Army Air Corps Library and Museum.

Several articles were written on the 453rd in the Spearhead and the Thunderbolt magazines during World War 2. Some can be found below. link - 453rd articles in Spearhead magazine; link - 453rd Foxhole Fable article in Spearhead magazine; link - 453rd 'AAA Men get ahead of war' article in Thunderbolt magazine; Pictures

The 453rd Bombardment Group was stationed at Old Buckenham in Norfolk, England, from December 1943 to April 1945. James "Jimmy" Stewart, the acclaimed film star, served as group executive officer of the 453rd from March 1944 through the end of the group's time in England. The group was activated on June 1, 1943 at Wendover Field in Utah.

2023年9月14日 · Object Number - UPL 7519 - The crew of the Martin B-26 Marauder "Red Dog II," 453rd BS, 323rd BG, circa 1943