Component Squadrons:
732nd Bomb Squadron (Heavy),
733rd Bomb Squadron (Heavy),
734th Bomb Squadron (Heavy),
735th Bomb Squadron (Heavy)
Group Commanding Officers:
Col. Joseph A. Miller 01/29/43 - 03/18/44
Col. Ramsay D. Potts, Jr. 03/19/44 - 07/06/44
Col. Lawrence M. Thomas 07/07/44 - 01/25/45
Lt. Col. Edward F. Hubbard 01/25/45 - 05/ /45
Missions:
First Mission: 02/05/44
Last Mission: 04/12/45
Number of Missions: 259
Total Sorties: 6,655
Total Bomb Tonnage: 15,804 Tons
MIA: 58
Noteworthy item:
The 733rd Squadron completed 82 consecutive missions without a
loss.
Noteworthy Personnel:
Lt. Col. James Stewart - Operations Officer from Mar. thru
June '44. Then full Colonel assigned to 2nd Combat Wing Chief
of Staff.
Staff Sergeant Walter Matthau - Radio Cryptographer
Ramsay Potts and Andy Low both later became Generals and were
active in the 453rd Bomb Group Association. General Low passed
away in the year 2000.
History:
Group/Squadrons Constituted 05/14/43
Activated 06/01/43 (at Wendover)
Established 07/29/43 (at Pocatello)
Inactivated 09/12/45
Stations:
Wendover Field, UT 06/01/43
Pocatello AAFld., ID 07/29/43 training - two months
March Field, CA 09/29/43 - 12/02/43 further training
Old Buckenham, Eng. 12/23/43 - 5/09/45
New Castle AAFld., DE 05/25/45
Ft. Dix AAB, NJ 06/18/45 - 09/12/45
Campaigns:
Air Offensive, Europe
Normandy
Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
