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class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Motto(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Attack and Destroy</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Engagements</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/European_Theater_of_Operations" class="mw-redirect" title="European Theater of Operations">European Theater of Operations</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Insignia</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">453d Bombardment Group emblem<sup id="cite_ref-Watkins_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Watkins-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:453dbombgroup-emblem.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/453dbombgroup-emblem.jpg/165px-453dbombgroup-emblem.jpg" decoding="async" width="165" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/453dbombgroup-emblem.jpg/248px-453dbombgroup-emblem.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/453dbombgroup-emblem.jpg 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="250" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Early 453d Bombardment Group tail marking<sup id="cite_ref-Watkins_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Watkins-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data"><big><b>Circle J</b></big></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Later 453d Bombardment Group tail marking<sup id="cite_ref-Watkins_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Watkins-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data">Black, diagonal white stripe</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p>The <b>453rd Bombardment Group</b> is an inactive <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> unit that was first organized in June 1943, during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, as a <a href="/wiki/Consolidated_B-24_Liberator" title="Consolidated B-24 Liberator">Consolidated B-24 Liberator</a> <a href="/wiki/Heavy_bomber" title="Heavy bomber">heavy bomber</a> group. After training in the United States, it deployed to England in December 1943, and, starting in February 1944, participated in the <a href="/wiki/Strategic_bombing_during_World_War_II#US_bombing_in_Europe" title="Strategic bombing during World War II">strategic bombing campaign</a> against Germany with <a href="/wiki/Eighth_Air_Force" title="Eighth Air Force">Eighth Air Force</a>. Its <a href="/wiki/733d_Bombardment_Squadron" title="733d Bombardment Squadron">733d Bombardment Squadron</a> completed 82 consecutive missions without a loss, a record for Eighth Air Force bomber units. <a href="/wiki/James_Stewart" title="James Stewart">James Stewart</a>, of film fame, was group operations officer from 31 March to 1 July 1944. The group was programmed for redeployment to the Pacific and returned to the United States in May 1945 for training, however the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_surrender" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese surrender">Japanese surrender</a> cancelled these plans and the group was inactivated in September 1945. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Group_(military_aviation_unit)" class="mw-redirect" title="Group (military aviation unit)">group</a> was redesignated the <b>453rd Operations Group</b> and activated at <a href="/wiki/Fairchild_Air_Force_Base" title="Fairchild Air Force Base">Fairchild Air Force Base</a> in June 1992 to command <a href="/wiki/Air_Mobility_Command" title="Air Mobility Command">Air Mobility Command</a> (AMC)'s <a href="/wiki/Air_refueling" class="mw-redirect" title="Air refueling">air refueling</a> units at <a href="/wiki/Fairchild_Air_Force_Base" title="Fairchild Air Force Base">Fairchild Air Force Base</a>, Washington. It was inactivated in July 1994, when the <a href="/wiki/92nd_Bomb_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="92nd Bomb Wing">92nd Bomb Wing</a> at Fairchild became an air refueling unit and transferred from <a href="/wiki/Air_Combat_Command" title="Air Combat Command">Air Combat Command</a> to AMC. </p><p>It was converted to provisional status as the <b>453d Expeditionary Air Refueling Group</b> in 2002. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=453rd_Bombardment_Group&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=453rd_Bombardment_Group&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Training_in_the_United_States">Training in the United States</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=453rd_Bombardment_Group&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Training in the United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <b>453rd Bombardment Group</b> was activated at <a href="/wiki/Wendover_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Wendover Field">Wendover Field</a>, Utah on 1 June 1943 with the <a href="/wiki/732nd_Bombardment_Squadron" title="732nd Bombardment Squadron">732nd</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer732BS_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer732BS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/733d_Bombardment_Squadron" title="733d Bombardment Squadron">733rd</a>, <a href="/wiki/734th_Bombardment_Squadron" title="734th Bombardment Squadron">734th</a> and <a href="/wiki/735th_Bombardment_Squadron" title="735th Bombardment Squadron">735th Bombardment Squadrons</a><sup id="cite_ref-Maurer73345BS_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer73345BS-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> assigned as its original elements. It then moved to <a href="/wiki/Pocatello_Army_Air_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Pocatello Army Air Field">Pocatello Army Air Field</a>, Idaho, where it was brought up to strength and trained with <a href="/wiki/Consolidated_B-24_Liberator" title="Consolidated B-24 Liberator">Consolidated B-24 Liberators</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Group_(military_aviation_unit)" class="mw-redirect" title="Group (military aviation unit)">group</a> completed its training at <a href="/wiki/March_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="March Field">March Field</a>, California, in December before departing for the <a href="/wiki/European_Theater_of_Operations" class="mw-redirect" title="European Theater of Operations">European Theater of Operations</a>, with the ground echelon embarking on 2 December.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer453BG_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer453BG-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Freeman253_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Freeman253-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Combat_in_Europe">Combat in Europe</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=453rd_Bombardment_Group&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Combat in Europe"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The ground echelon arrived at the group's combat station, <a href="/wiki/RAF_Old_Buckenham" title="RAF Old Buckenham">RAF Old Buckenham</a>, on 23 December 1943. By January 1944, it was fully established at Old Buckenham with the arrival of the air echelon. The 453rd flew its first mission against an <a href="/wiki/Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Airfield">airfield</a> at <a href="/wiki/Tours" title="Tours">Tours</a> on 4 February 1944. It then participated primarily in the <a href="/wiki/Strategic_bombing_during_World_War_II#US_bombing_in_Europe" title="Strategic bombing during World War II">strategic bombing campaign</a> against Germany. Toward the end of February, the squadron took part in <a href="/wiki/Big_Week" title="Big Week">Big Week</a>, the concentrated attack on the German aircraft manufacturing industry. Other targets in Germany included a rail viaduct at <a href="/wiki/Altenbeken" title="Altenbeken">Altenbeken</a>, a fuel storage facility at <a href="/wiki/Dulmen" class="mw-redirect" title="Dulmen">Dulmen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oil_refineries" class="mw-redirect" title="Oil refineries">oil refineries</a> at <a href="/wiki/Gelsenkirchen" title="Gelsenkirchen">Gelsenkirchen</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Military_logistics" title="Military logistics">ordnance</a> depot at <a href="/wiki/Glinde,_Saxony-Anhalt" title="Glinde, Saxony-Anhalt">Glinde</a>, an aircraft assembly plant at <a href="/wiki/Gotha" title="Gotha">Gotha</a>, a rail center at <a href="/wiki/Hamm,_North_Rhine-Westphalia" title="Hamm, North Rhine-Westphalia">Hamm</a>, a chemical factory at <a href="/wiki/Leverkusen" title="Leverkusen">Leverkusen</a>, a commercial canal at <a href="/wiki/Minden" title="Minden">Minden</a>, an airfield at <a href="/wiki/Neumunster" class="mw-redirect" title="Neumunster">Neumunster</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marshalling_yards" class="mw-redirect" title="Marshalling yards">marshalling yards</a> at <a href="/wiki/Paderborn" title="Paderborn">Paderborn</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer453BG_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer453BG-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The group also engaged in <a href="/wiki/Air_support" class="mw-redirect" title="Air support">air support</a> and <a href="/wiki/Air_interdiction" title="Air interdiction">air interdiction</a> missions. It bombed <a href="/wiki/V-1_flying_bomb" title="V-1 flying bomb">V-1 flying bomb</a> and <a href="/wiki/V-2_rocket" title="V-2 rocket">V-2 rocket</a> launch sites, airfields and <a href="/wiki/Coastal_defence_and_fortification" title="Coastal defence and fortification">coastal defense guns</a> to prepare for <a href="/wiki/Operation_Overlord" title="Operation Overlord">Operation Overlord</a>, the invasion of Normandy. On <a href="/wiki/D-Day" class="mw-redirect" title="D-Day">D-Day</a>, it struck coastal fortifications between <a href="/wiki/Le_Havre" title="Le Havre">Le Havre</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cherbourg_Naval_Base" title="Cherbourg Naval Base">Cherbourg Naval Base</a> and enemy positions inland from the landing area. It made attacks on enemy troops to support <a href="/wiki/Operation_Cobra" title="Operation Cobra">Operation Cobra</a>, the breakout at <a href="/wiki/Saint_Lo" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Lo">Saint Lo</a> in July 1944. It bombed German <a href="/wiki/Lines_of_communication" class="mw-redirect" title="Lines of communication">lines of communication</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge" title="Battle of the Bulge">Battle of the Bulge</a> in December 1944 and January 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer453BG_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer453BG-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Maj._Jimmy_Stewart.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Maj._Jimmy_Stewart.jpg/220px-Maj._Jimmy_Stewart.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="287" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Maj._Jimmy_Stewart.jpg/330px-Maj._Jimmy_Stewart.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Maj._Jimmy_Stewart.jpg/440px-Maj._Jimmy_Stewart.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1379" data-file-height="1800" /></a><figcaption>Major <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Stewart" class="mw-redirect" title="Jimmy Stewart">James "Jimmy" Stewart</a>, right, 1943</figcaption></figure> <p>On two occasions, the squadron carried out <a href="/wiki/Airlift" title="Airlift">airlift</a> missions. In September 1944, it flew rations, gasoline and blankets to advancing troops in France. During <a href="/wiki/Operation_Varsity" title="Operation Varsity">Operation Varsity</a>, the airborne assault across the <a href="/wiki/Rhine" title="Rhine">Rhine</a> near <a href="/wiki/Wesel" title="Wesel">Wesel</a>, it dropped medical supplies, food and ammunition to troops at the bridgehead. The squadron flew its last mission on 12 April 1945, and was withdrawn from combat to prepare for possible redeployment to the Pacific.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer453BG_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer453BG-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Freeman253_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Freeman253-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Stewart" class="mw-redirect" title="Jimmy Stewart">James "Jimmy" Stewart</a>, the Hollywood movie star, was group operations officer at Old Buckenham during the spring of 1944.<sup id="cite_ref-Freeman253_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Freeman253-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The actor <a href="/wiki/Walter_Matthau" title="Walter Matthau">Walter Matthau</a> also served in the group as a radioman-gunner, rising to the rank of <a href="/wiki/Staff_sergeant" title="Staff sergeant">staff sergeant</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The group's 733rd Bombardment Squadron flew 82 consecutive missions without a loss, which was a record for Eighth Air Force bomber units. The group flew 259 combat missions, during which it lost 58 Liberators, against the claim of 42 enemy aircraft destroyed.<sup id="cite_ref-Freeman253_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Freeman253-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Return_and_inactivation">Return and inactivation</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=453rd_Bombardment_Group&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Return and inactivation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 453rd Group was withdrawn from combat operations on 12 April 1945 to prepare for possible redeployment to the Pacific Theate. Personnel departed Old Buckenham for the port of embarkation on 9 May 1945, apparently leaving their aircraft behind. The squadron assembled at <a href="/wiki/New_Castle_Army_Air_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="New Castle Army Air Field">New Castle Army Air Field</a>, Delaware in late May, but soon moved to <a href="/wiki/Fort_Dix_Army_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Dix Army Air Base">Fort Dix Army Air Base</a>, New Jersey. Initial plans to convert the unit to a very heavy bomber squadron were canceled following the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_surrender" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese surrender">Japanese surrender</a> in August 1945, after which the unit was inactivated on 12 September.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer453BG_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer453BG-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Freeman253_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Freeman253-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tanker_operations">Tanker operations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=453rd_Bombardment_Group&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Tanker operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When <a href="/wiki/Strategic_Air_Command" title="Strategic Air Command">Strategic Air Command</a> was disestablished on 1 June 1992, its <a href="/wiki/92nd_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="92nd Wing">92nd Wing</a> at <a href="/wiki/Fairchild_Air_Force_Base" title="Fairchild Air Force Base">Fairchild Air Force Base</a>, Washington was transferred to the new <a href="/wiki/Air_Combat_Command" title="Air Combat Command">Air Combat Command</a> and redesignated the 92d Bomb Wing as it lost its refueling elements.<sup id="cite_ref-92AREFWfacts_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92AREFWfacts-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its <a href="/wiki/92d_Air_Refueling_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="92d Air Refueling Squadron">92d Air Refueling Squadron</a> and its <a href="/wiki/Boeing_KC-135_Stratotanker" title="Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker">Boeing KC-135 Stratotankers</a> were transferred to <a href="/wiki/Air_Mobility_Command" title="Air Mobility Command">Air Mobility Command</a> (AMC).<sup id="cite_ref-92AREFSfacts_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92AREFSfacts-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 453rd was redesignated the <b>453rd Operations Group</b> and activated the same day as the headquarters for the <a href="/wiki/92d_Air_Refueling_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="92d Air Refueling Squadron">92d Air Refueling Squadron</a>, which was assigned to it, along with the 453rd Operations Support Squadron.<sup id="cite_ref-92AREFSfacts_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92AREFSfacts-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, with the drawdown of the manned bomber force, it was decided that Fairchild would become an AMC tanker base. In anticipation of the increase of the refueling mission at Fairchild, the <a href="/wiki/97th_Air_Refueling_Squadron" title="97th Air Refueling Squadron">97th Air Refueling Squadron</a> moved to Fairchild from <a href="/wiki/Malmstrom_Air_Force_Base" title="Malmstrom Air Force Base">Malmstrom Air Force Base</a>, Montana on 1 April 1994,<sup id="cite_ref-Endicott97AREFS_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Endicott97AREFS-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/96th_Air_Refueling_Squadron" title="96th Air Refueling Squadron">96th</a> and <a href="/wiki/98th_Air_Refueling_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="98th Air Refueling Squadron">98th Air Refueling Squadrons</a> were activated and assigned to the group the same day.<sup id="cite_ref-Endicott96AREFS_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Endicott96AREFS-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Endicott98AREFS_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Endicott98AREFS-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The transition was completed on 1 July 1994, when the 92nd Wing became the 92nd Air Refueling Wing<sup id="cite_ref-92AREFWfacts_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92AREFWfacts-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as its <a href="/wiki/325th_Bomb_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="325th Bomb Squadron">325th Bomb Squadron</a> inactivated.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The four refueling squadrons of the 453d transferred to the <a href="/wiki/92nd_Operations_Group" title="92nd Operations Group">92nd Operations Group</a><sup id="cite_ref-92AREFSfacts_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92AREFSfacts-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Endicott96AREFS_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Endicott96AREFS-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Endicott97AREFS_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Endicott97AREFS-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Endicott98AREFS_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Endicott98AREFS-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the 453d Group<sup id="cite_ref-DAF201s_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DAF201s-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and its support squadron inactivated. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Expeditionary_unit">Expeditionary unit</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=453rd_Bombardment_Group&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Expeditionary unit"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In February 2001, the group was converted to provisional status as the <b>453rd Expeditionary Air Refueling Group</b> and assigned to <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Forces_in_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Air Forces in Europe">United States Air Forces in Europe</a> to activate or inactivate as needed for contingency operations.<sup id="cite_ref-DAF201s_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DAF201s-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="453rd_Bomb_Group_Museum">453rd Bomb Group Museum</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=453rd_Bombardment_Group&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 453rd Bomb Group Museum"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In February 2015, it was announced that Old Buckenham Airport the modern civilian name for RAF Old Buckenham applied for permission to build a museum dedicated to the 453rd at their former base in England. The plans are for the erection of two <a href="/wiki/Nissen_hut" title="Nissen hut">Nissen huts</a>, one of which will house an items described as having the potential to be the largest collection of 453rd Bomb Group memorabilia in existence.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lineage">Lineage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=453rd_Bombardment_Group&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Lineage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Constituted as the <b>453rd Bombardment Group</b> (Heavy) on 14 May 1943</li></ul> <dl><dd>Activated on 1 June 1943</dd></dl> <ul><li>Redesignated <b>453rd Bombardment Group</b>, Heavy c.January 1944</li></ul> <dl><dd>Inactivated on 12 September 1945<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer453BG2_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer453BG2-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <ul><li>Redesignated <b>453rd Operations Group</b> and activated on 1 June 1992</li></ul> <dl><dd>Inactivated 1 July 1994<sup id="cite_ref-DAF201s_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DAF201s-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <ul><li>Converted to provisional status and redesignated <b>453d Expeditionary Air Refueling Group</b> on 5 February 2001<sup id="cite_ref-DAF201s_13-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DAF201s-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Assignments">Assignments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=453rd_Bombardment_Group&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Assignments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/II_Bomber_Command" title="II Bomber Command">II Bomber Command</a>, 1 June – 2 December 1943<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/20th_Combat_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="20th Combat Bombardment Wing">20th Combat Bombardment Wing</a>, 23 December 1943<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2d_Combat_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="2d Combat Bombardment Wing">2d Combat Bombardment Wing</a>, 8 January 1944 – 9 May 1945<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/I_Bomber_Command" title="I Bomber Command">I Bomber Command</a>, 18 June – 12 September 1945<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/43d_Air_Refueling_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="43d Air Refueling Wing">43d Air Refueling Wing</a>, 1 June 1992 – 1 July 1994<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>United States Air Forces in Europe to activate or inactivate as needed after 5 February 2001<sup id="cite_ref-DAF201s_13-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DAF201s-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Components">Components</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=453rd_Bombardment_Group&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Components"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>92d Air Refueling Squadron, 1 June 1992 – 1 July 1994<sup id="cite_ref-92AREFSfacts_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92AREFSfacts-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>96th Air Refueling Squadron, 1 April – 1 July 1994<sup id="cite_ref-Endicott96AREFS_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Endicott96AREFS-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>97th Air Refueling Squadron, 1 April – 1 July 1994<sup id="cite_ref-Endicott97AREFS_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Endicott97AREFS-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>98th Air Refueling Squadron, 1 April – 1 July 1994<sup id="cite_ref-Endicott98AREFS_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Endicott98AREFS-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>453rd Operations Support Squadron, 1 June 1992 – 1 July 1994</li> <li>732d Bombardment Squadron, 1 June 1943 – 12 September 1945<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer732BS_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer732BS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>733d Bombardment Squadron, 1 June 1943 – 12 September 1945<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer73345BS_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer73345BS-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>734th Bombardment Squadron, 1 June 1943 – 12 September 1945<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer73345BS_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer73345BS-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>735th Bombardment Squadron, 1 June 1943 – 12 September 1945<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer73345BS_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer73345BS-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stations">Stations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=453rd_Bombardment_Group&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Stations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Wendover Field, Utah, 1 June 1943</li> <li>Pocatello Army Air Field, Idaho, 29 July 1943</li> <li>March Field, California, 30 September-2 December 1943</li> <li>RAF Old Buckenham (AAF-114),<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> England, 23 December 1943 – 9 May 1945 144</li> <li>New Castle Army Air Field, Delaware, 25 May 1945</li> <li>Fort Dix Army Air Base, New Jersey, 18 June-12 September 1945<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, 1 June 1992 – 1 July 1994</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aircraft">Aircraft</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=453rd_Bombardment_Group&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Aircraft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Consolidated B-24 Liberator, 1943–1945</li> <li>Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, 1992–1994</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Campaigns">Campaigns</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=453rd_Bombardment_Group&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Campaigns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr style="background:#efefef;"> <th>Campaign Streamer </th> <th>Campaign </th> <th>Dates </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/200px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/300px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/400px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="35" /></a></span></td> <td>Air Offensive, Europe</td> <td>23 December 1943 – 5 June 1944</td> <td>453rd Bombardment Group<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer453BG_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer453BG-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/200px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/300px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/400px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="35" /></a></span></td> <td>Normandy</td> <td>6 June 1944 – 24 July 1944</td> <td>453rd Bombardment Group<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer453BG_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer453BG-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/200px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/300px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/400px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="35" /></a></span></td> <td>Northern France</td> <td>25 July 1944 – 14 September 1944</td> <td>453rd Bombardment Group<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer453BG_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer453BG-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/200px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/300px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/400px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="35" /></a></span></td> <td>Rhineland</td> <td>15 September 1944 – 21 March 1945</td> <td>453rd Bombardment Group<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer453BG_4-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer453BG-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/200px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/300px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/400px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="35" /></a></span></td> <td>Ardennes-Alsace</td> <td>16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945</td> <td>453rd Bombardment Group<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer453BG_4-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer453BG-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/200px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/300px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/400px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="35" /></a></span></td> <td>Central Europe</td> <td>22 March 1944 – 21 May 1945</td> <td>453rd Bombardment Group<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer453BG_4-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer453BG-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=453rd_Bombardment_Group&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: 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href="#cite_ref-Maurer73345BS_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer73345BS_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Maurer, <i>Combat Squadrons</i>, p. 727</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Maurer453BG-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer453BG_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer453BG_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer453BG_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer453BG_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer453BG_4-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer453BG_4-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer453BG_4-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer453BG_4-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer453BG_4-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer453BG_4-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer453BG_4-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Maurer, <i>Combat Units</i>, pp. 328–329</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Freeman253-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Freeman253_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Freeman253_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Freeman253_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Freeman253_5-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Freeman253_5-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Freeman, p. 258</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output 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Maurer, <i>Combat Units</i>, p. 387.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Maurer, <i>Combat Units</i>, p. 375 (years only) Freeman dates this assignment from 23 December 1944 [sic]. 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Barry (1985). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.afhra.af.mil/Portals/16/documents/Timelines/World%20War%20II/usaaf_bases_in_united_kingdom.pdf?ver=2016-08-30-150752-303"><i>Army Air Forces Stations: A Guide to the Stations Where U.S. Army Air Forces Personnel Served in the United Kingdom During World War II</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Maxwell AFB, AL: Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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(1998). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/virtual_disk_library/index.cgi/4908883/FID1533/wings_cd.pdf"><i>Active Air Force Wings as of 1 October 1995 and USAF Active Flying, Space, and Missile Squadrons as of 1 October 1995</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Air Force History and Museums Program. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. <a href="/wiki/ASIN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ASIN (identifier)">ASIN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000113MB2">B000113MB2</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2 July</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Active+Air+Force+Wings+as+of+1+October+1995+and+USAF+Active+Flying%2C+Space%2C+and+Missile+Squadrons+as+of+1+October+1995&rft.place=Washington%2C+DC&rft.series=Air+Force+History+and+Museums+Program&rft.pub=Office+of+Air+Force+History&rft.date=1998&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fdp%2FB000113MB2%23id-name%3DASIN&rft.aulast=Endicott&rft.aufirst=Judy+G.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwebapp1.dlib.indiana.edu%2Fvirtual_disk_library%2Findex.cgi%2F4908883%2FFID1533%2Fwings_cd.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A453rd+Bombardment+Group" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFreeman1970" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Roger_A._Freeman" title="Roger A. Freeman">Freeman, Roger A.</a> (1970). <i>The Mighty Eighth: Units, Men and Machines (A History of the US 8th Army Air Force)</i>. London, England, UK: Macdonald and Company. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-87938-638-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-87938-638-2"><bdi>978-0-87938-638-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Mighty+Eighth%3A+Units%2C+Men+and+Machines+%28A+History+of+the+US+8th+Army+Air+Force%29&rft.place=London%2C+England%2C+UK&rft.pub=Macdonald+and+Company&rft.date=1970&rft.isbn=978-0-87938-638-2&rft.aulast=Freeman&rft.aufirst=Roger+A.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A453rd+Bombardment+Group" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMaurer,_Maurer1983" class="citation book cs1">Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) [1961]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/21/2001330256/-1/-1/0/AFD-100921-044.pdf"><i>Air Force Combat Units of World War II</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> (Reprint ed.). Washington, D.C.: Office of Air Force History. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-912799-02-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-912799-02-1"><bdi>0-912799-02-1</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/LCCN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="LCCN (identifier)">LCCN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lccn.loc.gov/61060979">61060979</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Air+Force+Combat+Units+of+World+War+II&rft.place=Washington%2C+D.C.&rft.edition=Reprint&rft.pub=Office+of+Air+Force+History&rft.date=1983&rft_id=info%3Alccn%2F61060979&rft.isbn=0-912799-02-1&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.defense.gov%2F2010%2FSep%2F21%2F2001330256%2F-1%2F-1%2F0%2FAFD-100921-044.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A453rd+Bombardment+Group" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMaurer,_Maurer1982" class="citation book cs1">Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf"><i>Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> (Reprint ed.). Washington, D.C.: Office of Air Force History. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-405-12194-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-405-12194-6"><bdi>0-405-12194-6</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/LCCN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="LCCN (identifier)">LCCN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lccn.loc.gov/70605402">70605402</a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/72556">72556</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Combat+Squadrons+of+the+Air+Force%2C+World+War+II&rft.place=Washington%2C+D.C.&rft.edition=Reprint&rft.pub=Office+of+Air+Force+History&rft.date=1982&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F72556&rft_id=info%3Alccn%2F70605402&rft.isbn=0-405-12194-6&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.defense.gov%2F2010%2FDec%2F02%2F2001329899%2F-1%2F-1%2F0%2FAFD-101202-002.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A453rd+Bombardment+Group" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWatkins2008" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-long-vol">Watkins, Robert (2008). <i>Battle Colors: Insignia and Markings of the Eighth Air Force In World War II</i>. Vol. I (VIII) Bomber Command. Atglen, PA: Shiffer Publishing Ltd. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7643-1987-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7643-1987-7"><bdi>978-0-7643-1987-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Battle+Colors%3A+Insignia+and+Markings+of+the+Eighth+Air+Force+In+World+War+II&rft.place=Atglen%2C+PA&rft.pub=Shiffer+Publishing+Ltd.&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-0-7643-1987-7&rft.aulast=Watkins&rft.aufirst=Robert&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A453rd+Bombardment+Group" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <dl><dt>Further reading</dt></dl> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFreeman1978" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Roger_A._Freeman" title="Roger A. Freeman">Freeman, Roger A.</a> (1978). <i>Airfields of the Eighth: Then and Now</i>. Harlow, England: After the Battle. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-900913-09-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-900913-09-6"><bdi>0-900913-09-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Airfields+of+the+Eighth%3A+Then+and+Now&rft.place=Harlow%2C+England&rft.pub=After+the+Battle&rft.date=1978&rft.isbn=0-900913-09-6&rft.aulast=Freeman&rft.aufirst=Roger+A.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A453rd+Bombardment+Group" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Freeman, Roger A. (1991). <i>The Mighty Eighth: The Colour Record</i>. Cassell & Co. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-304-35708-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-304-35708-1">0-304-35708-1</a>.</li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul 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Ashfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Great_Dunmow" title="RAF Great Dunmow">Great Dunmow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Halesworth" title="RAF Halesworth">Halesworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Hardwick" title="RAF Hardwick">Hardwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Harrington" title="RAF Harrington">Harrington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Hethel" title="RAF Hethel">Hethel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Honington" title="RAF Honington">Honington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Horham" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Horham">Horham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Horsham_St_Faith" title="RAF Horsham St Faith">Horsham St. Faith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Ibsley" title="RAF Ibsley">Ibsley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Keevil" title="RAF Keevil">Keevil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Kimbolton" title="RAF Kimbolton">Kimbolton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Kings_Cliffe" title="RAF Kings Cliffe">Kings Cliffe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Kirton_in_Lindsey" title="RAF Kirton in Lindsey">Kirton In Lindsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Knettishall" title="RAF Knettishall">Knettishall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Lavenham" title="RAF Lavenham">Lavenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Leiston" title="RAF Leiston">Leiston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Little_Walden" title="RAF Little Walden">Little Walden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Martlesham_Heath" title="RAF Martlesham Heath">Martlesham Heath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Membury" title="RAF Membury">Membury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Mendlesham" title="RAF Mendlesham">Mendlesham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Metfield" title="RAF Metfield">Metfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Molesworth" title="RAF Molesworth">Molesworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Mount_Farm" title="RAF Mount Farm">Mount Farm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_North_Pickenham" title="RAF North Pickenham">North Pickenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Nuthampstead" title="RAF Nuthampstead">Nuthampstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Old_Buckenham" title="RAF Old Buckenham">Old Buckenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Podington" title="RAF Podington">Podington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Polebrook" title="RAF Polebrook">Polebrook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Rackheath" title="RAF Rackheath">Rackheath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Ramsbury" title="RAF Ramsbury">Ramsbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Rattlesden" title="RAF Rattlesden">Rattlesden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Raydon" title="RAF Raydon">Raydon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Ridgewell" title="RAF Ridgewell">Ridgewell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Seething" title="RAF Seething">Seething</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Shipdham" title="RAF Shipdham">Shipdham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Snetterton_Heath" title="RAF Snetterton Heath">Snetterton Heath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Steeple_Morden" title="RAF Steeple Morden">Steeple Morden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Sudbury" title="RAF Sudbury">Sudbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Thorpe_Abbotts" title="RAF Thorpe Abbotts">Thorpe Abbots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Thurleigh" title="RAF Thurleigh">Thurleigh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Tibenham" title="RAF Tibenham">Tibenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Wattisham" title="RAF Wattisham">Wattisham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Watton" title="RAF Watton">Watton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Wendling" title="RAF Wendling">Wendling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Westhampnett" title="RAF Westhampnett">Westhampnett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Wormingford" title="RAF Wormingford">Wormingford</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Okinawa_Prefecture" title="Okinawa Prefecture">Okinawa</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bolo_Airfield" title="Bolo Airfield">Bolo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ie_Shima_Airfield" title="Ie Shima Airfield">Ie Shima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kadena_Air_Base" title="Kadena Air Base">Kadena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Air_Station_Futenma" title="Marine Corps Air Station Futenma">Futenma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yontan_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Yontan Airfield">Yontan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible expanded navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><div id="Units" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Units</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Commands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/VIII_Air_Support_Command" title="VIII Air Support Command">VIII Air Support</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VIII_Bomber_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="VIII Bomber Command">VIII Bomber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VIII_Fighter_Command" title="VIII Fighter Command">VIII</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Air Divisions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="1st Strategic Aerospace Division">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Air_Division" title="2nd Air Division">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Air_Division" title="3rd Air Division">3rdf</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Wings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Bombardment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Bombardment_Wing" title="1st Bombardment Wing">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Combat_Bombardment_Wing" title="2nd Combat Bombardment Wing">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Bombardment Wing">3rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Air_Division" title="4th Air Division">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Air_Division" title="5th Air Division">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_Air_Division" title="12th Air Division">12th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/316th_Air_Division" title="316th Air Division">316th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Fighter</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/6th_Air_Division" title="6th Air Division">6th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/65th_Air_Division" title="65th Air Division">65th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/66th_Fighter_Wing" title="66th Fighter Wing">66th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/67th_Fighter_Wing_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="67th Fighter Wing (World War II)">67th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/301st_Fighter_Wing_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="301st Fighter Wing (World War II)">301st</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Groups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Bombardment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/34th_Training_Wing" title="34th Training Wing">34th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/44th_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="44th Operations Group">44th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/91st_Bomb_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="91st Bomb Group">91st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/92nd_Operations_Group" title="92nd Operations Group">92nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/93rd_Operations_Group" title="93rd Operations Group">93rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/94th_Operations_Group" title="94th Operations Group">94th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/95th_Air_Base_Wing" title="95th Air Base Wing">95th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/96th_Air_Base_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="96th Air Base Wing">96th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/97th_Operations_Group" title="97th Operations Group">97th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/100th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="100th Air Refueling Wing">100th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/301st_Operations_Group" title="301st Operations Group">301st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/303rd_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="303rd Air Expeditionary Group">303rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/305th_Operations_Group" title="305th Operations Group">305th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/306th_Flying_Training_Group" title="306th Flying Training Group">306th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/310th_Space_Wing" title="310th Space Wing">310th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/319th_Operations_Group" title="319th Operations Group">319th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/320th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="320th Air Expeditionary Wing">320th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/322nd_Air_Expeditionary_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="322nd Air Expeditionary Group">322nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/323rd_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="323rd Air Expeditionary Wing">323rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/333rd_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="333rd Bombardment Group">333rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/346th_Bombardment_Group" title="346th Bombardment Group">346th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/351st_Operations_Group" title="351st Operations Group">351st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/379th_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="379th Operations Group">379th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/381st_Training_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="381st Training Group">381st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/382nd_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="382nd Bombardment Group">382nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/383rd_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="383rd Bombardment Group">383rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/384th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="384th Air Expeditionary Group">384th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/385th_Strategic_Aerospace_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="385th Strategic Aerospace Wing">385th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/386th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="386th Air Expeditionary Wing">386th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/387th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="387th Air Expeditionary Group">387th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/388th_Operations_Group" title="388th Operations Group">388th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/389th_Strategic_Missile_Wing" title="389th Strategic Missile Wing">389th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/390th_Strategic_Missile_Wing" title="390th Strategic Missile Wing">390th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/392nd_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="392nd Strategic Missile Wing">392nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/398th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="398th Air Expeditionary Group">398th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/401st_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="401st Air Expeditionary Group">401st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/445th_Operations_Group" title="445th Operations Group">445th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/446th_Operations_Group" title="446th Operations Group">446th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/447th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="447th Air Expeditionary Group">447th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/448th_Fighter-Bomber_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="448th Fighter-Bomber Group">448th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/452nd_Operations_Group" title="452nd Operations Group">452nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/453rd_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="453rd Operations Group">453rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/457th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="457th Air Expeditionary Group">457th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/458th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="458th Air Expeditionary Group">458th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/466th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="466th Bombardment Group">466th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/467th_Bombardment_Group" title="467th Bombardment Group">467th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/482nd_Operations_Group" title="482nd Operations Group">482nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/486th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="486th Air Expeditionary Wing">486th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/487th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="487th Air Expeditionary Wing">487th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/489th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="489th Bombardment Group">489th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/490th_Bombardment_Group" title="490th Bombardment Group">490th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/491st_Bombardment_Group" title="491st Bombardment Group">491st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/492nd_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="492nd Bombardment Group">492nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/493rd_Bombardment_Group" title="493rd Bombardment Group">493rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/801st_Bombardment_Group_(Provisional)" class="mw-redirect" title="801st Bombardment Group (Provisional)">801st (Provisional)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Fighter</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Operations_Group" title="1st Operations Group">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Operations_Group" title="4th Operations Group">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/14th_Operations_Group" title="14th Operations Group">14th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/20th_Operations_Group" title="20th Operations Group">20th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/31st_Operations_Group" title="31st Operations Group">31st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/48th_Operations_Group" title="48th Operations Group">48th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/55th_Operations_Group" title="55th Operations Group">55th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/56th_Operations_Group" title="56th Operations Group">56th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/78th_Fighter_Group" title="78th Fighter Group">78th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/318th_Fighter_Group" title="318th Fighter Group">318th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/339th_Fighter_Group" title="339th Fighter Group">339th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/350th_Fighter_Group" title="350th Fighter Group">350th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/352nd_Fighter_Group" title="352nd Fighter Group">352nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/353rd_Fighter_Group" title="353rd Fighter Group">353rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/354th_Operations_Group" title="354th Operations Group">354th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/355th_Fighter_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="355th Fighter Wing">355th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/356th_Fighter_Group" title="356th Fighter Group">356th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/357th_Fighter_Group" title="357th Fighter Group">357th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/358th_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="358th Fighter Group">358th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/361st_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="361st Fighter Group">361st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/362nd_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="362nd Fighter Group">362nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/364th_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="364th Fighter Group">364th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/413th_Flight_Test_Group" title="413th Flight Test Group">413th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/479th_Flying_Training_Group" title="479th Flying Training Group">479th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/495th_Fighter_Training_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="495th Fighter Training Group">495th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/496th_Fighter_Training_Group" title="496th Fighter Training Group">496th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/507th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="507th Air Refueling Wing">507th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Troop Carrier</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/60th_Operations_Group" title="60th Operations Group">60th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/62nd_Operations_Group" title="62nd Operations Group">62nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/315th_Operations_Group" title="315th Operations Group">315th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Reconnaissance</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Reconnaissance_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Reconnaissance Group">3rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Reconnaissance_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="7th Reconnaissance Group">7th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/25th_Tactical_Reconnaissance_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="25th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing">25th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/67th_Network_Warfare_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="67th Network Warfare Group">67th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><b>United States Army Air Forces</b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Air_Force" title="First Air Force">First</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Air_Force" title="Second Air Force">Second</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Air_Force" title="Third Air Force">Third</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Air_Force" title="Fourth Air Force">Fourth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fifth_Air_Force" title="Fifth Air Force">Fifth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Forces_Southern_Command" title="United States Air Forces Southern Command">Sixth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seventh_Air_Force" title="Seventh Air Force">Seventh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eighth_Air_Force" title="Eighth Air Force">Eighth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ninth_Air_Force_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ninth Air Force (World War II)">Ninth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenth_Air_Force" title="Tenth Air Force">Tenth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eleventh_Air_Force" title="Eleventh Air Force">Eleventh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twelfth_Air_Force" title="Twelfth Air Force">Twelfth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirteenth_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Thirteenth Air Force">Thirteenth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourteenth_Air_Force" title="Fourteenth Air Force">Fourteenth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/15th_Expeditionary_Mobility_Task_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="15th Expeditionary Mobility Task Force">Fifteenth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twentieth_Air_Force" title="Twentieth Air Force">Twentieth</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div 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Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/29th_Flying_Training_Wing" title="29th Flying Training Wing">29th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/34th_Training_Wing" title="34th Training Wing">34th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/39th_Air_Base_Wing" title="39th Air Base Wing">39th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/40th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="40th Air Expeditionary Wing">40th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/42nd_Air_Base_Wing" title="42nd Air Base Wing">42nd Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/46th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="46th Bombardment Group">46th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/47th_Operations_Group" title="47th Operations Group">47th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/48th_Operations_Group" title="48th Operations Group">48th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/85th_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="85th Fighter Group">85th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/86th_Operations_Group" title="86th 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