493rd Bombardment Group

United States Army Air Forces

8^th Air Force

3^rd Bombardment Division

93^rd Combat Bombardment Wing

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493^rd Bombardment Group (Heavy)
Nickname: "Helton's Hellcats"
Group Callsign: Not Known

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Aircraft ID Code
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Group Aircraft
B-17

Airfield	Dates Occupied
Debach Airfield Suffolk	April 1944-August 1945
Little Walden Airfield Essex	March-April 1945

Squadron	Callsign	Code
860^th Bombardment Squadron	Shunter	NG*
861^st Bombardment Squadron	Bagman	Q4*
862^nd Bombardment Squadron	Compar	8M*
863^rd Bombardment Squadron	Pilar	G6*

493^rd BG Related Photos
Memorial to the 493^rd Bomb Group This memorial to the 493^rd BG stands on the site of Debach Airfield headquarters building, under the old oak tree. Well-known Phone Booth This telephone booth near the entrance of Debach Airfield is a landmark well-known to the GIs who served there. It is little changed in the intervening years... (it is at Clopton Corner on the map)

493^rd BG Visitor Information
493^rd BG Related Websites	NAVIGATING THROUGH WORLD WAR II Helton's Hellcats - 493^rd BG (H) Debach
493^rd BG Contacts	No Volunteers Yet.

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