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2nd Bombardment Group: B-17 in Mediterranean Theatre
3rd Bombardment Group: Medium bombers, South West Pacific and Philippines
5th Bombardment Group: B-17 from Hawaii, 1941-42; B-17 and B-24 in South and South West Pacific from 1942-1945
6th Bombardment Group: Mix of aircraft, Panama, to 1943; B-29 with Twentieth Air Force, 1944-1945
7th Bombardment Group: B-17 from Java and India in 1942, B-24 from India from 1942 to end of war
9th Bombardment Group: B-17 Panama and Caribbean then B-29 with Twentieth Air Force 1945
11th Bombardment Group: B-17 from Hawaii, 1941-42 and South Pacific 1942-43; B-24 in Central Pacific from 1943-45
13th Bombardment Group: Home based anti-submarine 1941-42
16th Bombardment Group: B-29 with Twentieth Air Force
17th Bombardment Group: B-26 in Mediterranean.
19th Bombardment Group: Heavy Bomber unit Philippines, Java and Australia then B-29 with Twentieth Air Force
21st Bombardment Group: Home based training unit
22nd Bombardment Group: B-26, B-25 and B-24 with Fifth Air Force, fighting over New Guinea, Borneo and Philippines
25th Bombardment Group: Caribbean 1940-44
27th Bombardment Group: Philippines and Javam then reformed as 27th Fighter Group
28th Bombardment Group: Mix of aircraft from Alaska, 1941-1945
29th Bombardment Group: Caribbean then B-29 against Japan
30th Bombardment Group: B-24 from west coast 1942-43, Central Pacific from 1943-45
34th Bombardment Group: Training 1942-43; Eighth Air Force from 1944-1945, with B-24 and then B-17
38th Bombardment Group: B-25 New Guinea, Marshall Islands, Philippines
39th Bombardment Group:
Home based then B-29 against Japan
40th Bombardment Group: B-29 China then Tinian
41st Bombardment Group: B-25 group in Pacific
42nd Bombardment Group: B-25 group in Pacific
43th Bombardment Group: B-17 then B-24 with Fifth Air Force in New Guinea, Philippines and Japan
44th Bombardment Group: B-24 with Eighth Air Force, with detachments to fight on Sicily and at Salerno
45th Bombardment Group: Home based anti-submarine group 1942
46th Bombardment Group: Home based anti-submarine then training unit
47th Bombardment Group:
Medium Bomber North Africa and Italy
88th Bombardment Group: Home based heavy bomber training unit
90th Bombardment Group: B-24 in South West Pacific and Philippines
91st Bombardment Group: B-17 with Eighth Air Force
92nd Bombardment Group: B-17 with Eighth Air Force
93rd Bombardment Group: B-24 with Eighth Air Force, with detachments in North Africa, Sicily and at Salerno
94th Bombardment Group: B-17 with Eighth Air Force
95th Bombardment Group: B-17 with Eighth Air Force
96th Bombardment Group: B-17 with Eighth Air Force
97th Bombardment Group: B-17 with Eighth Air Force then Twelfth and Fifteenth Air Forces
98th Bombardment Group: B-24 with Twelfth then Fifteenth Air Forces
99th Bombardment Group: B-17 with Twelfth then Fifteenth Air Forces
100th Bombardment Group: B-17 with Eighth Air Force
301st Bombardment Group: B-17 with Eighth Air Force then Twelfth and Fifteenth Air Forces
302nd Bombardment Group: Home based training unit
303rd Bombardment Group: B-17 with Eighth Air Force
304th Bombardment Group: Home based anti-submarine unit
305th Bombardment Group: B-17 with Eighth Air Force
306th Bombardment Group: B-17 with Eighth Air Force
307th Bombardment Group: Heavy Bomber unit in south-west Pacific
308th Bombardment Group: Heavy Bomber unit, China
309th Bombardment Group: Home based training unit
310th Bombardment Group: B-25 with Twelfth Air Force
311th Bombardment Group see 311th Fighter Group -
312th Bombardment Group: Light bomber SW Pacific then B-32 Dominator
319th Bombardment Group:
B-26 North Africa & Italy then A-26 against Japan
320th Bombardment Group: B-26 North Afria, Italy with Twelfth Air Force then France and Germany
321st Bombardment Group: B-25 in North Africa, Italy and southern France
322nd Bombardment Group: B-26 with Eighth, then Ninth Air Forces, Britain
323rd Bombardment Group: B-26 with Eighth, then Ninth Air Forces, Britain
330th Bombardment Group: Home based training unit then B-29 unit with Twentieth Air Force, Far East
331st Bombardment Group: Home based training unit then B-29 unit with Twentieth Air Force, Far East
333rd Bombardment Group: Home based training unit then B-29 unit with Eighth Air Force, Far East
334th Bombardment Group: Home based training unit
335th Bombardment Group: Home based training unit
336th Bombardment Group: Home based training unit
340th Bombardment Group: B-25 in North Africa, Sicily and Italy
341st Bombardment Group: B-25 from India and from China
344th Bombardment Group: B-26 with Ninth Air Force, Britain
345th Bombardment Group: B-25 New Guinea, the south-west Pacific and the Philippines
346th Bombardment Group: Home based training then B-29 with Eighth Air Force, Far East
351st Bombardment Group: B-17 with Eighth Air Force
376th Bombardment Group: Heavy bomber group in Mediterranean
377th Bombardment Group: Short lived home based anti-submarine group
378th Bombardment Group: Short lived home based anti-submarine group
379th Bombardment Group: B-17 with Eighth Air Force
380th Bombardment Group: B-24 group attached to RAAF in south & south-west Pacific, advanced to Philippines
381st Bombardment Group: B-17 with Eighth Air Force
382nd Bombardment Group: B-24 training group then B-29 with Eighth Air Force, Far East
383rd Bombardment Group: Home based training then B-29 with Eighth Air Force, Far East
384th Bombardment Group: B-17 with Eighth Air Force
385th Bombardment Group: B-17 with Eighth Air Force
386th Bombardment Group: B-26 then A-26 with Eighth the Ninth Air Forces, Europe
387th Bombardment Group: B-26 with Eighth the Ninth Air Forces, Europe
388th Bombardment Group: B-17 with Eighth Air Force
389th Bombardment Group: B-24 with Eighth Air Force, with detachments to North Africa.
390th Bombardment Group: B-17 with Eighth Air Force
391st Bombardment Group: Medium bomber with Ninth Air Force
392nd Bombardment Group: B-24 with Eighth Air Force, 1943-1945
393rd Bombardment Group: Home based training unit
394th Bombardment Group: Medium bomber with Ninth Air Force
395th Bombardment Group: Home based training unit
396th Bombardment Group: Home based training unit
397th Bombardment Group: Medium bomber with Ninth Air Force
398th Bombardment Group: B-17 with Eighth Air Force
399th Bombardment Group:
Home based training unit
400th Bombardment Group: Home based training unit
401st Bombardment Group: B-17 with Eighth Air Force
409th Bombardment Group: Light bomber with Ninth Air Force
410th Bombardment Group: Light bomber with Ninth Air Force
411th Bombardment Group: Home based training unit
415th Bombardment Group: School of Applied Tactics then home based training unit
416th Bombardment Group: Medium bomber with Ninth Air Force
417th Bombardment Group: A-20 with Fifth Air Force, New Guinea and Philippines
418th Bombardment Group: Two incarnations that never became operational
444th Bombardment Group: B-29 with Twentieth Air Force against Japan
445th Bombardment Group: B-24 with Eighth Air Force, 1943-1945
446th Bombardment Group: B-24 with Eighth Air Force, 1943-1945
447th Bombardment Group: B-17 with Eighth Air Force
448th Bombardment Group: B-24 with Eighth Air Force, 1943-1945
449th Bombardment Group: Heavy Bomber, Fifteenth Air Force, Italy
450th Bombardment Group: B-24 with Fifteenth Air Force, Italy
451st Bombardment Group: B-24 with Fifteenth Air Force, Italy
452nd Bombardment Group: B-17 with Eighth Air Force
453rd Bombardment Group: B-24 with Eighth Air Force, 1944-1945
454th Bombardment Group: B-24 with Fifteenth Air Force, Italy
455th Bombardment Group: B-24 with Fifteenth Air Force, Italy
456th Bombardment Group:
B-24 with Fifteenth Air Force, Italy
457th Bombardment Group: B-17 with Eighth Air Force, 1944-1945
458th Bombardment Group: B-24 with Eighth Air Force
459th Bombardment Group: B-24 with Fifteenth Air Force, Italy
460th Bombardment Group: B-24 with Fifteenth Air Force, Italy
461st Bombardment Group: B-24 with Fifteenth Air Force, Italy
462nd Bombardment Group: B-29 with Twentieth Air Force, India then Tinian
463rd Bombardment Group:
B-17 with Fifteenth Air Force, Italy
464th Bombardment Group: B-24 with Fifteenth Air Force, Italy
465th Bombardment Group: B-24 with Fifteenth Air Force, Italy
466th Bombardment Group: B-24 with Eighth Air Force, 1944-1945
467th Bombardment Group: B-24 with Eighth Air Force, 1944-1945
468th Bombardment Group:
B-29 with Twentieth Air Force, India then Tinian
469th Bombardment Group: Home based training unit
470th Bombardment Group: Home based training unit
471st Bombardment Group: Home based training unit
472nd Bombardment Group: Home based training unit
482nd Bombardment Group: Pathfinder Unit with Eighth Air Force, 1943-1945
483rd Bombardment Group: B-17 with Fifteenth Air Force, Italy
484th Bombardment Group: B-24 with Fifteenth Air Force, Italy
485th Bombardment Group: B-24 with Fifteenth Air Force, Italy
486th Bombardment Group: B-24 then B-17 with Eighth Air Force, 1944-1945
487th Bombardment Group: B-24 then B-17 with Eighth Air Force, 1944-1945
488th Bombardment Group: Home based training unit
489th Bombardment Group: B-24 with Eighth Air Force, 1944, then preparing to deploy to the Pacific
490th Bombardment Group: B-24 then B-17 with Eighth Air Force, 1944-1945
491st Bombardment Group: B-24 with Eighth Air Force, 1944-1945
492nd Bombardment Group: Mix of aircraft with Eight Air Force, operating on "carpetbagger" missions
493rd Bombardment Group: B-24 then B-17 with Eighth Air Force, 1944-1945
494th Bombardment Group: B-24 with Seventh Air Force, 1944-1945
497th Bombardment Group: B-29 against Japan
498th Bombardment Group: B-29 against Japan
499th Bombardment Group: B-29 against Japan
500th Bombardment Group: B-29 against Japan
501st Bombardment Group: B-29 against Japan
502nd Bombardment Group: B-29 against Japan
504th Bombardment Group: B-29 against Japan
505th Bombardment Group: B-29 against Japan
509th Composite Group: B-29 atomic bomb group
1st Fighter Group: Eighth Air Force, England then Mediterranean from November 1942
4th Fighter Group: Formed from RAF Eagle Squadrons, served with Eighth Air Force
8th Fighter Group: Long range fighter group, Pacific theatre
14th Fighter Group: P-38 in North Africa and Italy
15th Fighter Group: Hawaii then to Iwo Jima in 1945
16th Fighter Group: Panama Canal defence force
18th Fighter Group: Suffered at Pearl Harbor, then South Pacific, Philippines and Formosa
20th Figther Group: Eighth Air Force, 1943-1945
21st Fighter Group: Seventh Air Force, Hawaii, then Iwo Jima 1945
23rd Fighter Group: P-40 and P-51 from China, 1942-1945
24th Pursuit Group: Lost on the Philippines early 1942 but kept on active list for rest of war
27th Fighter Group: Originally 27th Bombardment Group, lost Java, reformed, served as fighter group in Mediterranean
31st Fighter Group: Early Eighth Air Force unit then moved to North Africa and Twelfth Air Force for Operation Torch
32nd Fighter Group: Short lived group in Panama Canal Zone
33rd Fighter Group: P-40 in North Africa and Italy, P-38 and P-47 in China and Burma
35th Fighter Group: Philippines then Australia and advance back to Philippines
36th Fighter Group: Home Defence then Ninth Air Force, Britain.
37th Fighter Group: Panama Canal Zone
48th Fighter Group: Ninth Air Force for liberation of Europe
49th Fighter Group: Australia, New Guinea, Philippines
50th Fighter Group: Ninth Air Force for liberation of Europe
51st Fighter Group: Mix of fighters from India and China
52nd Fighter Group: Eighth Air Force, Operation Torch then Mediterranean Theatre
53rd Fighter Group: Panama Canal Zone then Training Unit
54th Fighter Group: Training unit and Aleutians
55th Fighter Group: Bomber escort, Eighth Air Force
56th Fighter Group: Bomber escort and ground attack, Eighth Air Force
57th Fighter Group: With Eighth Army in North Africa, Sicily and Italy
58th Fighter Group: New Guinea, Philippines, Korea and Japan
59th Fighter Group: Observation Group then Training Group
78th Fighter Group: Eighth Air Force, supporting campaign in NW Europe
79th Fighter Group: With Eighth Army in North Africa, Sicily and Italy
80th Fighter Group: P-38, P-40 and P-47 in India and Burma
82nd Fighter Group: Mediterranean - ground attack with 12th Air Force then bomber escort with 15th Air Force
83rd Fighter Group: First Air Force training unit
84th Fighter Group: Third and Second Air Force training unit
85th Fighter Group: Third and Second Air Force training unit
86th Fighter Group: Close support Sicily, Italy, south of France and Germany
87th Fighter Group:
First Air Force training unit
311th Fighter Group: A-36/ P-51 from India and China
318th Fighter Group: Hawaii, Marianas and the air attack on Japan
324th Fighter Group: Close support, Tunisia, Sicily, Italy, the south of France and the final advance into Germany
325th Fighter Group:
Close support, Tunisia, Pantelleria, Sicily and mainland Italy then bomber escort from Italy
326th Fighter Group: Training Unit, First Air Force
327th Fighter Group: Training Unit, First Air Force
328th Fighter Group: Training Unit, US South West
329th Fighter Group: Training Unit, Fourth Air Force
332nd Fighter Group: Italy 1944-45, mainly Fifteenth Air Force
337th Fighter Group:
Training Unit, Third Air Force
338th Fighter Group: Training Unit, Third Air Force
339th Fighter Group:
Bomber escort, Eighth Air Force
343rd Fighter Group: Based in Alaska, fought over Aleutians
347th Fighter Group: Guadalcanal, Solomons, New Guinea, Borneo, the Dutch East Indies and the Philippines
348th Fighter Group: New Guinea, Dutch East Indies, Philippines, Japanese Home Islands
350th Fighter Group:
Mediterranean with 12th Air Force
352nd Fighter Group: Bomber escort, Eighth Air Force
353rd Fighter Group: Bomber escort, Eighth Air Force
354th Fighter Group: Ninth Air Force, D-Day to invasion of Germany
355th Fighter Group:
Bomber escort, Eighth Air Force
356th Fighter Group: Bomber escort then ground attack, Eighth Air Force
357th Fighter Group: Bomber escort and ground attack, Eighth Air Force
358th Fighter Group:
Eighth then Ninth Air Force, supporting D-Day and campaign in NW Europe
359th Fighter Group:
Bomber escort and ground attack, Eighth Air Force
360th Fighter Group: Home based training unit
361st Fighter Group: Fighter escort and ground attack, Eighth Air Force
362nd Fighter Group: Ninth Air Force, D-Day to Germany
363rd Fighter Group/ 363rd Tactical Reconnaissance Group: Ninth Air Force, D-Day to Germany
364th Fighter Group: Fighter escort and ground attack, Eighth Air Force
365th Fighter Group: Ninth Air Force, D-Day to Germany
366th Fighter Group: Ninth Air Force, D-Day to Germany
367th Fighter Group: Ninth Air Force, D-Day to Germany
368th Fighter Group: Ninth Air Force, D-Day to Germany
369th Fighter Group: Home based training unit
370th Fighter Group: Ninth Air Force, D-Day to Germany
371st Fighter Group: Ninth Air Force, D-Day to Germany
372nd Fighter Group: Home based training unit
373rd Fighter Group: Ninth Air Force, D-Day to Germany
402nd Fighter Group: Temporary medium bomber unit, China, then home based training unit
404th Fighter Group: Ninth Air Force, D-Day to Germany
405th Fighter Group: Ninth Air Force, D-Day to Germany
406th Fighter Group: Ninth Air Force, D-Day to Germany
407th Fighter Group: Home based training unit and Aleutians
408th Fighter Group: Home based training unit
412th Fighter Group: Experimental Jet Aircraft unit
413th Fighter Group: Fighter-bomber with Twentieth Air Force
414th Fighter Group: Ground attack with Twentieth Air Force
473rd Fighter Group: Home based training unit
474th Fighter Group: Ninth Air Force, D-Day to Germany
475th Fighter Group: Formed Australia, fought New Guinea to Philippines
476th Fighter Group: Briefly in China then home based training unit
478th Fighter Group: Home based training unit
479th Fighter Group: Eighth Air Force - ground attack and bomber escort unit
506th Fighter Group: Twentieth Air Force - ground attack and bomber escort unit
507th Fighter Group: Twentieth Air Force - ground attack unit
508th Fighter Group: Long range escort group, only reached Hawaii
Air Commando Groups
1st Air Commando Group: Mixed unit formed to support Wingate in Burma
2nd Air Commando Group: Mixed unit to support operations behind enemy lines, Burma
3rd Air Commando Group: Mixed unit, operating in the Philippines 1944-45
Anti Submarine Groups
479th Antisubmarine Group: Operated from England, 1943
480th Antisubmarine Group: Operated from Morocco over Eastern Atlantic
Combat Cargo Groups
1st Combat Cargo Group: Transport Group, Burma and China
2nd Combat Cargo Group: Transport Group, Fifth Air Force, South-west Pacific
3rd Combat Cargo Group: Transport Group, India, Burma and China
4th Combat Cargo Group: Transport Group, India, Burma and China
Composite Groups
342nd Composite Group: Garrison of Iceland
477th Composite Group: African-American Group that never reached combat
509th Composite Group: B-29 atomic bomb group
Photographic and Reconnaissance Groups
1st Photographic Group: Home based photographic mapping and long range recon group
2nd Reconnaissance Group: Home based training unit
3rd Reconnaissance Group: Reconnaissance Group, Tunisia, Sicily and mainland Italy
4th Reconnaissance Group: Thirteenth Airforce, South Pacific
5th Reconnaissance Group: Mediterranean and Italian Campaigns
6th Reconnaissance Group: Fifth Air Force in Pacific: New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Borne, Philippines
7th Reconnaissance Group: Eighth Air Force, Britain, 1943 onwards
8th Reconnaissance Group: India, March 1944 onwards
9th Reconnaissance Group: Home based training unit
10th Reconnaissance Group: Ninth Air Force, Northern Europe
11th Photographic Group: World wide photo mapping
25th Bombardment (Reconnaissance) Group: meterological and other recon from Britain
26th Reconnaissance Group: Home-based training
65th Reconnaissance Group: Home-based observation then training
66th Reconnaissance Group: Home-based training unit, with some anti-submarine work
67th Reconnaissance Group: Eight then Ninth Air Forces over north-western Europe, 1944-45
68th Reconnaissance Group: Mediterranean based reconnaissance, ground attack and electronic countermeasures group
69th Reconnaissance Group: Home based training then NW Europe for last weeks of war
70th Reconnaissance Group: Home based training unit
71st Reconnaissance Group: Pacific theatre from 1943-45
72nd Reconnaissance Group: Panama Canal Zone, 1942-43
74th Reconnaissance Group: Home based training unit
75th Reconnaissance Group: Home based training unit
76th Reconnaissance Group: Home based training unit
77th Reconnaissance Group: Home based training unit with some active service
363rd Fighter Group/ 363rd Tactical Reconnaissance Group: Ninth Air Force, D-Day to Germany
423rd Reconnaissance Group: Home based training unit
424th Reconnaissance Group: Home based unit, never fully organised
426th Reconnaissance Group: Home based unit, never fully organised
432nd Reconnaissance Group: Home based unit with AAF School of Applied Tactics
Search Attack Groups
1st Search Attack Group: Experimental Anti-submarine Group
Troop Transport Groups
10th Troop Carrier Group: US based transport group
60th Troop Carrier Group: Operation Torch, Tunisia, Sicily, Greece and Yugoslavia
61st Troop Carrier Group: Sicily and Italy, D-Day invasion, Operation Market-Garden, crossing of the Rhine
62nd Troop Carrier Group: Tunisia, Sicily, Italy, south of France and Balkans
63rd Troop Carrier Group: Home based cargo transport and training unit
64th Troop Carrier Group: North Africa, Sicily, Italy, south of France, Burma
89th Troop Carrier Group: Home based training unit
313th Troop Carrier Group: Sicily, Salerno, D-Day, Market Garden, Crossing of the Rhine
314th Troop Carrier Group:
Sicily, Italy, D-Day, Market Garden, Crossing of the Rhine
315th Troop Carrier Group: D-Day, Market Garden, Crossing of the Rhone
316th Troop Carrier Group: North Africa, Sicily, Italy, D-Day, Market Garden, Crossing of the Rhine
317th Troop Carrier Group: New Guinea and Philippines
349th Troop Carrier Group: European Theatre April 1945 onwards
374th Troop Carrier Group: New Guinea and Philippines
375th Troop Carrier Group: New Guinea, Philippines and Okinawa
403rd Troop Carrier Group: SW Pacific, New Guinea and Philippines
419th Troop Carrier Group: Ran transport terminals in Pacific
433rd Troop Carrier Group: New Guinea and Philippines
434th Troop Carrier Group: European Theatre 1944-45
435th Troop Carrier Group: European Theatre 1944-45
436th Troop Carrier Group: European Theatre 1944-45
437th Troop Carrier Group: European Theatre 1944-45
438th Troop Carrier Group: European Theatre 1944-45
439th Troop Carrier Group: European Theatre 1944-45
440th Troop Carrier Group: European Theatre 1944-45
441st Troop Carrier Group: European Theatre 1944-45
442nd Troop Carrier Group: European Theatre 1944-45
443rd Troop Carrier Group: India-Burma-China 1944-45