9th Bombardment Group Authorized as 9th Group (Observation) on 19 Jul 1922. Organized on 1 Aug 1922. Redesignated 9th Bombardment Group in 1935, 9th Bombardment Group (Medium) in 1939, and 9th Bombardment Group (Heavy) in 1940. Trained, took part in maneuvers, and participated in air shows, during the period 1922-1940.

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

The group letter identified the specific bomb group to which the B-29 belonged. For example, the 9th BG used the letter “X”. Squadron colors were sometimes incorporated into these markings. In the 40th BG, for instance, the 25th BS had red fin tips, the 44th BS had blue fin tips, and the 395th BS had black fin tips.

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 …

A 9th BG B-29 makes an emergency landing at Iwo Jima/Motoyama Airfield No. 1 - the first landing of over 2,400 such emergency landings on the island. (US Forces first landed on Iwo on 19 Feb)

Mar 11, 2013 · 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. The group was formed as a reconnaissance unit in 1922 and didn't become a bombardment group until 1935.

Nov 14, 2018 · Originally created as the 9th Observation Group (OG) in July 1922, as part of the US Army Air Service, the group was organized on August 1, 1922, at Mitchel Field, New York. The squadrons assigned to the group were the 1st and 5th Aero Squadrons (Observation)

Apr 1, 2025 · Contributed records of the 9th Bomb Group.

Ground crew poses beside B-29 "Goin' Jessie" 42-24856 of the 9th BG, 5th Bomb Squadron Tinian 1945

The 9th Bombardment Group (9th BG) was part of the U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF).