491st
Bomb Group
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The following units comprised the 491st BG (H) at Metfield, Suffolk and North Pickenham, Norfolk:
491st Bombardment Group (H) Headquarters
852nd Bombardment Squadron
853rd Bombardment Squadron
854th Bombardment Squadron
855th Bombardment Squadron
479th Sub Depot
1261st Military Police Company
326th Station Complement
1450th Ordnance S&M Company
1234th Quartermaster Company Service Group (Avn)
2108th Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon (Avn)
266th Medical Dispensary (Avn)
208th Finance Section (Avn) Detachment B
Battle Credits
Air Offensive Europe
Normandy
Northern France
Central Europe
Rhineland
Ardennes
Time Limitation
4 July 1942-5 July 1944
6 June 1944-24 July 1944
25 July 1944-14 Sep. 1944
22 Mar. 1945-11 May 1945
15 Sep. 1944-21 Mar. 1945
16 Dec. 1944-25 Jan. 1945
War Dept. Gen.Orders
85, 1945
102, 1945
103, 1945
116, 1945
118, 1945
114, 1945
The 491st Bomb Group was cited for outstanding performance of duty in armed conflict with the enemy for the Misburg Mission on November 26, 1944, and awarded the Presidential Unit Citation.
Bomb Group Staff
Bomb Group Commanders:
Col Dwight O. Morteith (Oct 10, 1943)
Maj Jack G. Merrell (Dec 20, 1943; later Lt Col on Jan 29, 1944)
Col Wilson H. Banks (Jan 5, 1944)
Maj Alex E. Burleigh (Jan 19, 1944)
Lt Col Jack G. Merrell (Jan 29, 1944)
Lt Col Carl T. Goldenburg (Feb 12, 1944)
Col F. H. Miller (Jun 26, 1944)
Col. Allen W. Reed: (October 20, 1944)
Deputy Group Commander: Lt. Colonel Jack G. Merrell and Lt. Colonel Lyman H. Goff
Group Executive Officer: Lt. Colonel Charles J. Halbert
Group Personnel Officer ( S-1 ) : Captain Nicholas Jabbour
Group Intelligence Officer (S-2): Major Herbert Bronnor and Major Verle Pope
Group Operations Officer (S-3): Lt. Colonel Lyman H. Goff, Major Alfred G. Hayduk and Major William Shy
Group Supply Officer (S-4): Captain Neville H. Gibson
CO, Air Service Group: Lt. Colonel Leroy Everett
CO, Air Materiel Squadron: Captain Albert Sells
CO, Air Engineering Squadron: Major William Neff
852nd Bomb Squadron
Commanding Officer 852nd Bomb Squadron
Lt. Colonel Kenneth R. Strauss
853rd Bomb Squadron
Commanding Officer 853rd Bomb Squadron
Lt. Colonel Harry M. Stephey
854th Bomb Squadron
Commanding Officer 854th Bomb Squadron
Lt. Colonel Charles C. Parmele
855th Bomb Squadron
Commanding Officer 855th Bomb Squadron
Lt. Colonel Escar Watts, Jr.
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