346th Bombardment Group

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346th Bombardment Group
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504th Bombardment Group Insignia
Active 1942 - 1946
Country United States
Branch United States Army Air Forces
Role Bombardment
Part of Twentieth Air Force
Garrison/HQ Pacific Ocean Theater of World War II

The 346th 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.

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[edit] History

[edit] Operational Units

  • 461st Bombardment Squadron 1944-1946 (B-29)
  • 462d Bombardment Squadron 1944-1946 (B-29)
  • 463d Bombardment Squadron 1944-1946 (B-29)
  • 502d Bombardment Squadron 1942-1944 (B-17, B-24)
  • 503d Bombardment Squadron 1942-1944 (B-17, B-24)
  • 504th Bombardment Squadron 1942-1944 (B-17, B-24)
  • 505th Bombardment Squadron 1942-1944 (B-17, B-24)

[edit] Aircraft Flown

[edit] Stations assigned

[edit] Operational history

Constituted as 346th Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 3 Sep 1942 and activated on 7 Sep. Assigned to Second AF. Equipped with B-17's and B-24's. Served first as an operational training and later as a replacement training unit. Inactivated on 1 Apr 1944.

Redesignated 346th Bombardment Group (Very Heavy). Activated on 8 Aug 1944. Assigned to Second AF. Prepared for combat with B-29's. Moved to the Pacific theater, Jun-Aug 1945, and assigned to Eighth AF. The war ended before the group could begin combat operations. After the war the group participated in several show-of-force missions over Japan and for a time ferried Allied prisoners of war from Okinawa to the Philippine Islands.

Inactivated on Okinawa on 30 Jun 1946

[edit] 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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