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The 382nd Bombardment Group (USAAF) went through two incarnations during the Second World War, first as a home based training unit and then as a B-29 unit with the Eighth Air Force in the Far East.
The group was activated in November 1942 and was allocated to the Second Air Force. It was equipped with the B-24 Liberator and served as an operational training unit. It later became a replacement training unit, helping to keep existing combat units up to strength. This first incarnation of the group was inactivated on 31 March 1944.
Five months later the group was reactivated as a Very Heavy bombardment group. This time it was equipped with the B-29 Superfortress and began to prepare for overseas duty. In July-September 1945 the group moved to the Pacific, where it joined the Eighth Air Force (moved to the East after the end of the war in Europe). The group arrived too late to see combat, and returned to the United States in December 1945. It was inactivated on 3 January 1946.
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October 1942-August 1944: Consolidated B-24 Liberator
August 1944-January 1946: Boeing B-29 Superfortress
| 28 October 1942 | Constituted as 382nd Bombardment Group (Heavy) |
| 3 November 1942 | Activated with Second Air Force |
| 31 May 1944 | Inactivated |
| 25 August 1944 | Activated as 382nd Bombardment Group (Very Heavy) with Second Air Force |
| July-September 1945 | To Pacific and Eighth Air Force |
| December 1945 | To United States |
| 4 January 1945 | Inactivated |
Unknown: Nov 1942-Jan
1943
Maj Paul Schwartz: 23 Jan 1943
Lt
Col George E Glober: 18 Jun 1943-31 Mar
1944
2d Lt Melvin A Dilcherd: 29 Aug
1944
Col William W Jones: 19 Sep 1944
Col Audrin R Walker: 16 Feb 1945-unkn.
Salt Lake City AAB, Utah:
3 Nov 1942
Davis-Monthan Field, Ariz:
23 Jan 1943
Pocatello AAFld, Idaho: 5
Apr 1943
Muroc AAFld, Calif: 6 Dec
1943-31 Mar 1944
Dalhart AAFld, Tex:
25 Aug 1944
Smoky Hill AAFld, Kan: 11
Dec 1944-8 Jul 1945
Guam: 8 Sep-16 Dec
1945
Camp Anza, Calif: 30 Dec 1945-4
Jan 1946.
420th Bombardment Squadron: 1944-1946
464th Bombardment Squadron:
1944-1946
536th Bombardment Squadron: 1942-1944
537th Bombardment Squadron:
1942-1944
538th Bombardment Squadron: 1942-1944
539th Bombardment Squadron:
1942-1944
872nd Bombardment Squadron: 1944-1946
1944-45: 316th Bombardment Wing; Eighth Air Force