Category: 461st Bombardment Group (Heavy), United States Army Air Forces, World War II

Categories: United States Army Air Forces Groups, World War II

The 461st Bombardment Group was a B-24 group that served with the Fifteenth Air Force in Italy, taking part in the strategic bombing campaign and supporting the fighting in the south of France and southern Italy.

The group was inactivated on 18 August, 1945. The 461st Bombardment Group (Heavy) was assigned to:

1943: II Bomber Command Training.

1944: 55th Bombardment Wing; Fifteenth Air Force

1944-45: 49th Bombardment Wing; Fifteenth Air Force

Primary subordinate units were:

764th Bombardment Squadron: 1943-45

765th Bombardment Squadron: 1943-45

766th Bombardment Squadron: 1943-45

767th Bombardment Squadron: 1943-45

For more information on the 461st Bombardment Group (Heavy) See:

• Wikipedia:461st_Operations_Group#World_War_II
• Rickard, J (27 March 2014), 461st Bombardment Group History of War.org
• Maurer, Maurer, Air Force Combat Units of WW II (Reprint. Originally published: Washington, D.C. : U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1961) Page 335
• Rickard, J (27 March 2014), 461st Bombardment Group History of War.org

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