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The 469th Bombardment Group was a home-based replacement training unit. It was activated on 1 May 1943 and assigned to the Second Air Force. It was equipped with the B-17 and trained replacement crews who were going to join existing units to fill gaps left by combat losses. The group was disbanded on 1 April 1944.
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1943-44: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
22 April 1943 | Constituted as 469th Bombardment Group (Heavy) |
1 May 1943 | Activated and assigned to Second Air Force |
1 April 1944 | Disbanded |
Maj Walter E Chambers:
7 May 1943
Lt Col William I Marsalis:
17 May 1943
Lt Col William E Creer: 21
Aug 1943
Lt Col Marshall R Gray: 5
Sep 1943
Lt Col Quentin T Quick: 12
Nov 1943-unkn.
Pueblo AAB, Colo: 1 May
1943
Alexandria, La: 7 May 1943-1 Apr
1944.
796th Bombardment Squadron: 1943-1944
797th Bombardment Squadron:
1943-1944
798th Bombardment Squadron: 1943-1944
799th Bombardment Squadron:
1943-1944
May 1943-April 1944: Second Air Force