Constituted as 383d Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 28 Oct 1942. Activated
on 3 Nov 1942. 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 383d Bombardment Group (Very Heavy). Activated on 28 Aug
1944. Assigned to Second AF. Prepared for combat with B-29's. Moved to the
Pacific theater, Aug-Sep 1945, and assigned to Eighth AF. The war ended
before the group could enter combat. Returned to the US in Dec 1945.
Inactivated on 3 Jan 1946.
Squadrons. 540th: 1942-1944. 541st: 1942-1944. 542d: 1942-1944. 543d:
1942-1944. 876th: 1944-1946. 880th: 1944-1946. 884th: 1944-1946.
Stations. Salt Lake City AAB, Utah, 3 Nov 1942; Rapid City AAB, SD, 12
Nov 1942; Geiger Field, Wash, 20 Jun 1943; Peterson Field, Colo, 26 Oct
1943-1 Apr 1944. Dalhart AAFld, Tex, 28 Aug 1944; Walker AAFld, Kan, 14
Jan-11 Aug 1945; Tinian, 12 Sep-19 Dec 1945; Camp Anza, Calif, 2-3 Jan
1946.
Commanders. Maj Elliot Vandevanter Jr, 27 Nov 1942-unkn. Lt Col John P
Proctor, 1944; Col Richard M Montgomery, 8 Dec 1944-unkn.
Campaigns. American Theater; Asiatic-Pacific Theater.
Decorations. None. Data from Air Force Combat Units of World War II By Maurer, Maurer, Published 1986
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