Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The 489th Bombardment Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was to the IV Bomber Command, stationed at Drew Field, Florida. It was inactivated on 7 November 1945. During World War II, the group was an Eighth Air Force B-24 Liberator unit in England. Assigned to RAF Halesworth in early 1944. Lieutenant Colonel Leon R. Vance was awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery and actions on the day before D-Day, 5 June 1944 over Wimereux, France. It was the only Medal of Honor awarded to a B-24 crewman for an action flown from England.

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