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A history of the combat operations of the USAAF 90th
Bomb Group (Heavy) in the Pacific theater during World
War II. Self proclaimed as "The Best Damned Heavy Bomb
Group in the World", the 90th was equipped with
Consolidated
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers. B-24s carried
the lion's share of long-range heavy bombing operations
in the Pacific campaign. Activated in 1942, the unit
commenced overseas operations from Cairns in Northern
Australia in late 1942. Part of the 5th Air Force, 'The
Jolly Rogers' was awarded two US Distinguished Unit
Citations and the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation
for its combat service in China, Netherlands East
Indies, New Guinea, the Bismark Archipelago, the Western
Pacific, Leyte, and Luzon. |
