The 458th Bomb Group (H) entered combat with the 8th Air Force early in
1944. Based at Horsham St. Faith in England, the combat crews
participated in the decisive Campaigns - 'Big Week', 'Big B', D-Day and
the assault on Germany's oil industry - waged by the USAAF up to VE-Day.
The group also tested the operational use of 'Azon' radio-controlled
bombs. The 458th flew a total of 240 missions, during which over 13,000
tons of ordnance was dropped, and was achieved at the cost of sixty-five
crews MIA or involved in operational accidents. This is their complete
history.