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The 407th Fighter Group (USAAF) was a home based training unit that also saw limited active service in Alaska.
The group was activated as the 407th Bombardment Group (Dive) on 28 March 1943 and joined the Second Air Force, in the US North-West.
In July-August 1943 the air echelon, equipped with the Douglas A-24 Banshee (the Air Force version of the SBD Dauntless), was posted to Alaska, where it took part in the campaign in the Aleutians.
In August 1943 the group was redesignated as the 407th Fighter-Bomber Group.
In November 1943 the group was transferred to the Third Air Force in the US South-East. Its official group HQ had been in Florida during the period in Alaska, despite the allocation to the Second Air Force.
In its new location the group was used as a replacement training unit, flying a mix of aircraft including the fighter and attack versions of the Mustang and the P-47 Thunderbolt.
The group was disbanded on 1 April 1944.
Pending
1943: Douglas A-24 Banshee (SBD Dauntless )
1943-1944: North American A-36 Mustang, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, North American P-51 Mustang
| 23 March 1943 | Constituted as 407th Bombardment Group (Dive) |
| 28 March 1943 | Activated with Second Air Force |
| July-August 1943 | Detachment to Alaska |
| August 1943 | Redesignated 407th Fighter-Bomber Group |
| November 1943 | To Third Air Force |
| 1 April 1944 | Disbanded |
1st Lt William E Garland:
28 Mar 1943
Lt Col Mark E Hubbard:
3 Jun 1943
Lt Col Carroll W McColpin:
8 Sep 1943
Maj Pat M DeBerry: 18
Jan 1944
Maj T W Rivers: 30 Mar-1 Apr
1944.
Drew Field, Fla: 28 Mar 1943
Lakeland AAFld, Fla: 2 Oct 1943
Galveston
AAFld, Tex: 9 Nov 1943-1 Apr 1944
495th: 1944
515th (632nd): 1943-1944
516th (633rd): 1943-1944
517th (634th): 1943-1944
635th: 1943
1943-November 1943: Second Air Force
1943-44: 72nd Fighter Wing (training organisation) (Third Air Force)