Redesignated 9th Bombardment Group (Very Heavy) in Mar 1944. Prepared for combat with B-29's. Moved to the Pacific theater, Nov 1944-Feb 1945, and assigned to Twentieth AF. Commenced operations late in Jan 1945 with attacks against Japanese-held Maug.

B-29 of the 9th BG, color photo Camouflage and Markings of the B-29 Superfortress The Boeing B-29 Superfortress had a variety of camouflage and markings during its production and deployment in World War II.

History of the 9th Bombardment Group (VH) : 1st, 5th, and 99th squadrons : as a B-29 Superfortress unit in World War II : in training at McCook AAF, Nebraska and in combat as a unit of the 313th Bombardment Wing on Tinian Island in the Marianas under the XXI Bomber Command of the 20th Air Force United States Army Air Forces / edited by Lawrence ...

Assigned to 1st Bomb Squadron, 9th Bomb Group. Named "Live Wire. Destroyed by fire in an emergency landing at South Field AAF, Iwo Jima, Japan, April 24, 1945. Collided with nine parked P-51D Mustangs, of which at least two were also destroyed (P …

There are (406) servicemen of the 9th BG in this archive. 9th Bombardment Group in World War II. Army Air Corps Library and Museum.

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Ground crew poses beside B-29 “Goin’ Jessie” 42-24856 of the 9th BG, 5th Bomb Squadron Tinian 1945. Published at 1180 × 943 px. Link to full-size photo: Ground crew poses beside B-29 “Goin’ Jessie” 42-24856 Site statistics: Photos of World War II: over 26800 aircraft: 63 models tanks: 59 models

The 9th Bombardment Group (9th BG) was part of the U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF). References Combat Squadrons of the Air Force World War II (1982) pages 50-51 (6th Bombardment) [PDF pages 62-63]

History of the 9th Bombardment Group (VH) : 1st, 5th, and 99th squadrons : as a B-29 Superfortress unit in World War II : in training at McCook AAF, Nebraska and in combat as a unit of the 313th Bombardment Wing on Tinian Island in the Marianas under the XXI Bomber Command of the 20th Air Force United States Army Air Forces

The 9th Bombardment Group was a bombardment group that spent much of the war in Panama, the Caribbean and the US, before moving to Tinian at the start of 1945 where it spent the last year of the war operating B-29s against Japan.