Description

The 446th Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated on 1st April 1943 at Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, Arizona. The Group trained at Lowry Field, Denver, Colorado for overseas duty with B-24 Liberators and departed for European Theatre of Operations on October 18th 1943, setting up a permanent base at Station 125, Flixton, in November 1943. The 446th began operations on 16th December 1943 with a raid against Bremen, and flew the last against Salzburg on April 25th 1945. The Group flew a total of 273 missions between those dates, and during that time, they lost 58 aircraft, with 447 men being killed in action. The 446th destroyed 34 enemy aircraft, with 11 probable and 8 damaged, and dropped a total bomb weight of 16,818.95 tons. Over 6000 personnel served at Flixton between November 1943 and August 1945.  This book is a detailed the Group’s history encompassing its activation, training and operations.