448th Bombardment Group

20th Combat Wing • 2nd Air Div • 8th AF

Located near Seething, England from Dec. 1943 to June 1945, members of the 712, 713, 714 & 715 Squadrons flew 7,343 sorties on 282 misisons dropping 15,286 tons of bombs and shot down 47 enemy aircraft. Lost were 146 B-24 Liberator bombers with over 400 air crew killed.

To Their Memory

This bit of history is dedicated by survivors of the 448th, 16 July 1986

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