490th BG =OUTLAWZ=

[Alien490]

First off I would like to thank the MANY squads and players who welcomed us during our trial period.

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Constituted as 490th Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 14 Sep 1943. Activated on 1 Oct 1943. Trained for combat with B-24's. Moved to England in Apr 1944 for operations with 8th AAF. Entered combat in Jun 1944, bombing airfields and coastal defenses in France immediately preceding and during the invasion of Normandy Then struck bridges, rail lines, vehicles, road junctions, and troop concentrations in France. Supported ground forces near Caen in Jul and near Brest in Sep 1944. After that, converted to B-17's and operated primarily against strategic targets until the end of Feb 1945. Mounted attacks against enemy oil plants, tank factories, marshalling yards, aircraft plants, and airfields in such cities as Berlin, Hamburg, Merseburg, Munster, Kassel, Hannover, and Cologne. Interrupted strategic missions to attack supply lines and military installations during the Battle of the Bulge, Dec 1944-Jan 1945. Beginning in Mar 1945, attacked interdictory targets and supported advancing ground forces. After V-E Day carried food to flood-stricken areas of Holland and transported French, Spanish, and Belgian prisoners of war from Austria to Allied centers. Returned to the US, Aug-Sep 1945. Inactivated on 7 Nov 1945.

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Warbirds - IL2
Not going to go through the details but for now we have found our home to be Aces High II.
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490th Membership FULL Description...Please READ!
1. Willing to fly Small, Medium, and Heavy Bombers 80% of time.
2. Willing to HAVE FUN!
3. Teamspeak
4. Active
5. Represent
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Working on a webpage for AcesHigh ... but our regular website can be found ]HERE!

[Alien490]

The webpage is almost done, few tweaks and details plus a remod of the profiles, but is up and running.

Click Me!

[kilz]

looking good looks like yall are settling right in here. good luck to yall.

[MMMKKK]

Good to see the 490th BG going again Alien.
Great bunch of guys. Seeing lots of familiar faces over here
See you in the air  mk

[Alien490]

We have -5- slots available for Aces High 490th.
As you see on our website we are active in several 1st person shooters, we ARE NOT recruiting for those.
SALUTE

[Alien490]

Another sim that isn't Bomber friendly....

[Kermit de frog]

Alien, you might find that there are already other bomber squads.  Try looking for them and see if you can fly with them.

blkmgc
trukk


These two are leaders of Bomber squadrons.

If you need any help with B17s in Aces High, let me know and we can get together.

Click on "Der Grosse Schlag" in my signature for a 3 min film.  You would have really enjoyed being there.