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Unit Details

Strength
Squadron
 
Type
Bomber
 
Year
1700 - Present
 

Description
Parent Unit: 460th Bombardment Group (Heavy)

Aircraft: Consolidated B-24 Liberator

Operations: Combat in MTO and ETO, 19 May 1944 - 26 Apr 1945

Service Streamers: American Theater

Emblem: None

References: (Books)
460th Bomb Group History by Duane L. and Betty J. Bohnstedt
Combat Squadrons of the Air Force in World War II, Edited by Maurer Maurer
Air Force Combat Groups in World War II, Edited by Maurer Maurer
B-24 Liberator Units of the Fifteenth Air Force by Robert F. Dorr
Fifteenth Air Force Story by Kenn C. Rust

References: (Websites)
www.15thaf.org/15th_BW/460th_BG
 

Notable Persons
None
 
Reports To
Bombardment Units
 
Active Reporting Unit
None
 
Inactive Reporting Unit
None
 
1 Member Who Served in This Unit


 
  • Wells, Mitch, TSgt, (1942-1945)
 
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  Unit History Detail
Date
Jul 01, 1943

Title
Activation of the 762nd Bombardment Squadron (Heavy)

Content
Activated at Alamogordo Army Airfield, New Mexico.
   

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