| 346th Bombardment Group | |
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| 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 |
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The 346th Bombardment Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 316th Bombardment Wing , being stationed at Kadena Airfield, Okinawa. It was inactivated on 30 June 1946.
The unit was initially a World War II B-17 Flying Fortress and B-24 Liberator operational training unit (OTU). Redesignated as a replacement training unit (RTU) in December 1943. Inactivated on 1 April 1944 when Second Air Force switched to B-29 Superfortress training. Late in the war the group was reactivated and trained as a Very Heavy (VH) B-29 Superfortress group and assigned to Eighth Air Force in Okinawa. However, the war ended before the group could enter combat.
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 before its inactivation.
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History
Lineage
- Constituted as 346th Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 3 Sep 1942
- Activated on 7 Sep 1942
- Inactivated on 1 Apr 1944
- Redesignated 346th Bombardment Group (Very Heavy) and activated on 8 Aug 1944
- Inactivated on Okinawa on 30 Jun 1946.
Assignments
- II Bomber Command, 7 Sep 1942-1 Apr 1944; 18 Aug 1944-29 Jun 1945
- 316th Bombardment Wing, Very Heavy, July 31, 1945 – June 30, 1946
Components
- 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)
Stations
- Salt Lake City AAB, Utah September 7, 1942
- Smoky Hill AAF, Kansas October 3, 1942
- Dyersburg AAFld, Tennessee February 26, 1943 – April 1, 1944
- Dalhart AAF, Texas August 18, 1944
- Pratt AAF, Kansas January 18 – June 29, 1945
- Kadena AB, Okinawa August 7, 1945 – June 30, 1946
Aircraft Flown
References
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
- Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0892010924 [Amazon-US | Amazon-UK].
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