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A bombardment group or bomb group was a unit of organizational command and control group of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) during World War II. A bombardment group was normally commanded by a colonel. The table of allowances (TOA) for personnel, aircraft and equipment grew steadily over the course of the war doubling from 35 aircraft in 1941 to 72
in February, 1945. The aircrew end strength reached upwards to two crews per aircraft.
A bombardmentgroup or bomb group was a unit of organizational command and control group of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) during World War...
Stratotanker. During World War II, its predecessor unit, the 100th BombardmentGroup (Heavy), was an Eighth Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress unit in England...
The 17th BombardmentGroup is an inactive United States Air Force unit. The group was last stationed at Hurlburt Field, Florida. The Group is a direct...
The 453rd BombardmentGroup is an inactive United States Air Force unit that was first organized in June 1943, during World War II, as a Consolidated...
Bomb Group (Heavy) was an air combat unit of the United States Army Air Forces during the Second World War. Classified as a heavy bombardmentgroup, the...
The 38th BombardmentGroup is an inactive unit of the United States Air Force. It was most recently assigned as the operational (flying) component of...
The 467th BombardmentGroup is an inactive United States Army Air Forces unit. Its last assignment was to the Strategic Air Command, being stationed at...
current group with its relationship to the book and movie Twelve O'Clock High. During World War II, the group, as the 306th BombardmentGroup, was the...
39th BombardmentGroup (39th BG), established in 1941, which became part of Twentieth Air Force. The 39th Bomb Group's flew very heavy bombardment B-29...
The 493d BombardmentGroup is a former United States Army Air Forces unit that was assigned to the 92d Bombardment Wing during World War II. It the last...
Activated in June 1943 as a heavy bombardmentgroup. Trained with B-24 Liberators for duty overseas. Moved to Italy, December 1943 – January 1944. Began...
The 490th BombardmentGroup is a former United States Army Air Forces unit. The group was activated in October 1943 . After training in the United States...
or inactivate as needed. The unit was first activated as the 303rd BombardmentGroup in February 1942. During World War II, the 303rd was one of the first...
The 504th BombardmentGroup (504th BG) was a World War II United States Army Air Forces combat organization. The unit served primarily in the Central...
The 450th BombardmentGroup was originally activated in 1943 and saw combat during World War II as a B-24 Liberator heavy bombardmentgroup under Fifteenth...
reassigned to other units. The 801st BombardmentGroup (Provisional) was replaced by the 492nd BombardmentGroup, and the group performed special operations missions...
The 346th BombardmentGroup is a former United States Army Air Forces unit. It was last assigned to the 316th Bombardment Wing at Kadena Airfield, Okinawa...
7th and 11th BombardmentGroups became its operational component. On 16 February 1951 the 11th Bombardment Wing was activated and the group was assigned...
unit of the New York Air National Guard. The group itself traces its history to the 394th BombardmentGroup, which flew Martin B-26 Marauders in the European...
The 43rd BombardmentGroup was again activated in 1946, when it assumed the mission, personnel and equipment of the 444th BombardmentGroup, which was...
devastating combat capability. The group is a successor organization to 2d BombardmentGroup, one of the 15 original combat air groups formed by the Army before...
The 30th, 32nd, and 93rd Bombardment Squadrons and the 38th Reconnaissance Squadron were assigned to the 19th BombardmentGroup. The 3rd Air Base Squadron...
as the 96th BombardmentGroup. After training in the United States, the group flew Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses from England. The group led the first...
The 454th BombardmentGroup is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 454th Troop Carrier Wing of Continental Air Command...
The 497th BombardmentGroup was a group of the United States Army Air Forces. The unit was inactivated on 31 March 1946. The unit was part of the United...
Force. The group is stationed at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington. During World War II, the group's predecessor unit, the 92d BombardmentGroup was the...
6th Group (Composite), one of the 15 original combat air groups formed by the Army before World War II. During World War II, the 6th BombardmentGroup, Very...
BombardmentGroup (Heavy) arrived at Thorpe Abbotts on 9 June 1943, from Kearney AAF Nebraska. The 100th was assigned to the 13th Combat Bombardment Wing...
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