HISTORY:

Constituted as 467th Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 19 May 1943. Activated on 1 Aug 1943. Prepared for combat with B-24's. Moved to England, Feb-Mar 1944, and assigned to Eighth AF. Began operations on 10 Apr 1944 with an attack on an airfield at Bourges. Served chiefly as a strategic bombardment organization, attacking the harbor at Kiel, chemical plants at Bonn, textile factories at Stuttgart, power plants at Hamm, steel works at Osnabruck, the aircraft industry at Brunswick, and other objectives. In addition to strategic operations, engaged occasionally in support and interdictory missions. Bombed shore installations and bridges near Cherbourg on D-Day, 6 Jun 1944. Struck enemy troop and supply concentrations near Montreuil on 25 Jul 1944 to assist the Allied drive across France. Hauled gasoline to France in Sep for mechanized forces. Attacked German communications and fortifications during the Battle of the Bulge, Dec 1944-Jan 1945. Hit enemy transportation to assist the Allied assault across the Rhine in Mar 1945. Flew last combat mission on 25 Apr. Returned to the US, Jun-Jul. Redesignated 467th Bombardment Group (Very Heavy) in Aug 1945. Assigned to Strategic Air Command on 21 Mar 1946. Trained with B-17 and B-29 aircraft. Inactivated on 4 Aug 1946.

Squadrons:

788th: 1943-1944, 1944-1946.
789th: 1943-1946.
790th: 1943-1946.
791st: 1943-1946.

Stations:

Wendover Field, Utah, 1 Aug 1943
Mountain Home AAFld, Idaho, 8 Sep 1943
Kearns, Utah, c. 17 Oct 1943
Wendover Field, Utah, 1 Nov 1943-12 Feb 1944
Rackheath, England, 11 Mar 1944-12 Jun 1945
Sioux Falls AAFld, SD, c. 15 Jul 1945
Fairmont AAFld, Neb, 25 Jul 1945
Alamogordo AAFld, NM, 25 Aug 1945
Harvard AAFld, Neb, 8 Sep 1945
Clovis AAFld, NM, Dec 1945-4 Aug 1946.

Commanders:

Capt Garnet B Palmer, 9 Sep 1943
Col Frederic E Glantzberg, 17 Sep 1943
Col Albert H Shower, 25 Oct 1943-1945
Maj Frank E McCarthy, Sep 1945
Col Audrin R Walker, 16 Sep 1945
Lt Col William W Amorous, Mar 1946
Lt Col Kenneth S Steele, Apr 1946
Col Thomas Gent Jr, 21 Jun-Aug 1946.

Campaigns:

American Theater; Air Offensive, Europe; Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe.

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