333d Bombardment Group

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unit_name= 333d Bombardment Group


caption= 504th Bombardment Group Insignia
dates= 1942 - 1946
country= United States
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role= Bombardment
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command_structure= Twentieth Air Force
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garrison= Pacific Ocean Theater of World War II
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* World War II: American Campaign (1942-1945): Pacific Theater (1945)
anniversaries=The 333d Bombardment Group was a World War II United States Army Air Forces combat organization. It served primarily in the Pacific Ocean theater of World War II.

History

Assignments

* Second Air Force: 2d (later II) Bomber Command:: 15 Jul 1942 - 1 Apr 1944:: 7 Jul 1944 - 31 Ayg 1945
* Eighth Air Force: 316 Bombardment Wing, Very Heavy, 31 Aug 1945-28 May 1946

Stations assigned

* Topeka AAF, KS 15 Jul 1942
* Dalhart AAF, TX 22 Feb 1943-1 Apr 1944;7 Jul 1944 - 13 Jan 1945
* Great Bend AAF, KS 13 Jan-18 Jun 1945
* Kadena AB, Okinawa 5 Aug 1945-28 May 1946

Operational Units

* 435th Bombardment Squadron 1944-1946 (B-29)
* 436th Bombardment Squadron 1944-1946 (B-29)
* 466th Bombardment Squadron 1942-1944 (B-17)
* 467th Bombardment Squadron 1942-1944 (B-17)
* 468th Bombardment Squadron 1942-1944 (B-17)
* 469th Bombardment Squadron 1942-1944 (B-17)
* 507th Bombardment Squadron 1944-1946 (B-29)

Aircraft Flown

* Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
* Boeing B-29 Superfortress

Operational history

Constituted as 333d Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 9 Jul 1942 and activated on 15 Jul. Assigned to Second Air Force and equipped with B-17's. Served first as an operational training and later as a replacement training unit. Inactivated on 1 Apr 1944.

Redesignated 333d Bombardment Group (Very Heavy). Activated on 7 Jul 1944. Assigned to Second AF. Trained for combat with B-29 aircraft. Moved to the Pacific theater, Jun-Aug 1945, and assigned to Eighth Air Force. AAF operations against Japan terminated before the group could enter combat. For a time after the war the group ferried Allied prisoners of war from Japan to the Philippine Islands.

Inactivated on Okinawa on 28 May 1946.

References

* Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0892010924.

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