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Missions of the 497th Bombardment Group (Very Heavy)

Updated 20 February 2022

May 2012	June 2012	August 2012	September 2012	October 2012
Photos names added to Radar Men picture Wagner crew added Group Highlights The Last Combat Mission and Statistics for Mission #s 325-330	The Merrill Crew brief biographies and newspaper articles in the Mission 248 page Lost Air Crews Fate and Moore Crews	Joe's page is complete with the arrival of the IDPF	Radar Men picture updated Joe's High School Yearbook Photo Joe's college days updated Lost Air Crews Swenson Crew (A-38) updated Interment Control Forms for Group Burials	Group Highlights Five Crew Mission Lists
January 2013 The Merrill Crew Article about Kurt T. Hermann II	February 2013 Spreadsheet of all 85 Missions 497th Missions Sam's Gallery Rare color photos taken by his father, Lt. Samuel G. Harris, 499th Bomb Group	March 2013 Tutorial for the Missions Spreadsheet	April 2013 Special Orders # 236 Issued 28 Aug 44 The move from Pratt AAF to Saipan	May 2013 POW Missions spreadsheet 497th Missions
June 2013 Joe on Saipan Pictures of Joe and his family Web site devoted solely to the 497th Bomb Group	November 2013 Group Highlights Mission List from Carl Breth, Jr.	December 2013 497th Missions Mission # 18 update	April 2014 Lost Air Crews Updated with information from MACR	March 2015 497th Missions Updated to correct error with A-26
April 2015 Lost Air Crews and Group Burial pages updated and re-formatted	June 2015 497th POW Missions Updated with information from 73rd Bomb Wing POW missions	January 2016 Merrill Crew Crew photo from February 1945 with each man's name Short biographies and additional photos	February 2016 Photos Humphrey Crew	August 2016 Partial Crew Lists