379th Bombardment Group (H)

Georgia, Chatham County, Pooler
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379th Bombardment Group (H)
Activated 26 November 1942 Boise, Idaho
Assignment
1st Air Division 41st Combat Wing USAAF Station 117
Kimbolton, Huntingdonshire, England
20 May 1943 — 4 July 1945

Combat Record
First Mission St. Nazaire, France 29 May 1943
Last Mission Pilsen, Czechoslovakia 23 April 1945
330 Missions   1,473 Casualties
       France               513 KIA
      Germany            122 MIA
      Belgium              785 POW
      Poland                34 Evadees
   Netherlands          19 Internees
   Czechoslovakia                              
315 Enemy Aircraft Shot Down      149 B-17s Lost In Combat
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Led 8th AF In Bombing Accuracy
Led 8th AF In Lowest Absortive Rate
Led 8th AF In Number of Most Effective Bombing Sorties
Two Distinguished Unit Citations
Dropped 26,460 Tons Of Bombs
157 Combat Missions of B-17G Ol' Gappy Tops In 8th Air Force
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Commanders
Col. Maurice A. Preston    Col. Lewis E. Lyle
Nov. 1942 — Oct. 1944    Oct. 1944 — May 1945
Deactivated 25 July 1945 Casablanca, Africa

Dedicated September 20, 1997
To Those Who Made The Supreme Sacrifice &
To Everyone Who Served In The 379th Bomb Group

(War, World II) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.