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During World War II, the group's predecessor unit, the 305th Bombardment Group was one of the first VIII Bomber Command Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress units in England, and, was one of the most-decorated USAAF heavy-bombardment groups in the European Theater. 1st Lt William R. Lawley, Jr. and 1st Lt Edward S. Michael, pilots in the 364th Bomb ...
The next group to use Chelveston was the 305th Bombardment Group (Heavy), moving in from RAF Grafton Underwood in December 1942. The 305th Bomb Group was one of the most decorated USAAF bomb groups in the European Theater. The 305th BG was assigned to the 40th Combat Wing at RAF Thurleigh. The group tail code was a "Triangle G".
A bombardment group or bomb group was a unit of organizational command and control group of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) during World War II. A bombardment group was normally commanded by a colonel. The table of allowances (TOA) for personnel, aircraft and equipment grew steadily over the course of the war doubling from 35 aircraft ...
305th Bombardment Group, 1 March 1942 – 25 December 1946; 4430th Air Base Wing, 1 January 1953; Tactical Air Command, 1 May 1953 (attached to 405th Fighter-Bomber Wing) Third Air Force, 20 December 1953 (attached to 47th Bombardment Wing) 47th Bombardment Group, 8 February – 23 March 1954 (attached to 47th Bombardment Wing)
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The Fortunes of War: The 492nd Bomb Group on Daylight Operations. Fallbrook (CA/USA): Aero. — 492nd Bomb Group; Lord, William G. (1948). History of the 508th Parachute Infantry. Washington DC: Infantry Journal Press. — 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment; Morrison, Wilbur H. (1962). The incredible 305th: the 'Can Do' bombers of World War II.
The 305th Bomb Group lost 13 of its 16 B-17s in minutes. [18] The B-17s were attacked after bombing by fighters that had refueled and rearmed (JG 11 downed 18 B-17s). [19] A total of 60 bombers were shot down by German fighters and flak and 12 bombers were damaged so badly that they crashed upon return or had to be scrapped.