447th BG Insignia
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23/06/2007
447th Bombardment Group (Heavy)
Motto: FIAT JUSTITIA RUAT COELUM - "Let justice be done though the heavens fall".
Aircraft ID Code - Square-K
Group Aircraft B-17
Airfield Dates Occupied – (Station 126) Rattlesden Airfield, Suffolk, England, November 1943-August 1945
Squadron Callsign Code Notes
708th Bombardment Squadron, Munru CQ
709th Bombardment Squadron, Kirkland IE
710th Bombardment Squadron Inlay IJ
711th Bombardment Squadron Curlhair IR
The 447th Bomb Group flew 257 missions and lost 153 aircraft in action, before returning back to the USA in June of 1945.