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497th Bombardment Group
869th Bomb Squadron B-29 42-24592 "Dauntless Dotty". Shown is Major Robert Morgan, pilot of the aircraft. On 24 November 1944, he led the first mission of the XXI Bomber Command to bomb Japan, 110 aircraft of the 73rd Bomb Wing to Tokyo, with wing commander Brig. Gen. Emmett O'Donnell, Jr. as co-pilot. His B-29 was nicknamed Dauntless Dotty, after his third wife, Dorothy Johnson Morgan
Active
1943–1946
Country
United States
Branch
United States Air Force
Type
Combat Operations
Role
Bombardment
Motto(s)
PARATI STAMUS – 'We Stand Ready'
Engagements
World War II
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign (1944–1945)
Military unit
Crew of the 869th Bomb Squadron B-29 42-24592 "Little Gem", 4 December 1944.Nose view of 869th Bomb Squadron B-29 42-24599 "Scrapper".Crew of 869th Bomb Squadron B-29 42-24598 "Waddy's Wagon". It was lost on 9 January 1945.
The 497th Bombardment Group was a group of the United States Army Air Forces. The unit was inactivated on 31 March 1946.
The unit was part of the United States Army Air Forces and Twentieth Air Force during World War II. The 497th BG engaged in very heavy (B-29 Superfortress) bombardment operations against Japan. Its aircraft were identified by a "A" and a square painted on the tail.
Its history and lineage are carried on by the present 497th Air Expeditionary Group.
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