The 444th is forming and starting to recruit bomber pilots with the intention of launching a weekly raid on Strategic targets!The squad is designed to operate along historic lines and is based upon the real 444th which which was the pioneer Superfortress group. As part of the 58th Bomb Wing in XX Bomber Command of the 20th Air Force, the 444th was among the first to fly missions out of India until transferred to Tinian in the spring of 1945. They were among the first bombers to start hitting Japan in 1944 and participated in the great firebombing raids which helped to bring the war to an end.
We are looking for pilots who enjoy buffs and a historically minded squadron, maturity is a must as I already have two kids I'm raising.
We will be training using the B-24J while our Superforts are still in development, that's how the real 444th trained and that's how we will do it. Squad nights will be focused on a bomber mission, but off nights will be open to the wishes of the members though 20th AAF planes will alwas be in favor.
We will be a Bishop squad unless the majority wish to change.
If any of you are interested in joining the 444th, then please feel free to reply or shoot me a PM or come on over to the 444th website at
www.444thbombgroup.com and have a look around.
Why create the 444th you ask? There are several reasons actually.
1. My grandfather's baby brother Robert Finneran served in the 444th on Tinian and sadly was killed there in a crash landing in 1945. May his and his comrades memory be honored here.
2. There is no other PTO based Bomb Groups in Aces High. (that I know of)
3. The development and pending release of the long hoped for Superfortress! Which has been an obsession since I was a kid mowing yards all summer and saving up to buy that B-29 model kit!
4. Like the real 444th, the Virtual 444th is going to be the Pioneer B-29 group of AH2.
S! and thanks for looking!
