Military unit
The76th Tactical Reconnaissance Group is a disbandedUnited States Army Air Forces organization. It was last active in 1944 as part of theDesert Training Center atThermal Army Air Field , California.
Thegroup was constituted and activated in early 1942 atMacDill Field , Florida as the76th Observation Group shortly after theUnited States enteredWorld War II .[ 1] squadron was the24th Observation Squadron ,[ 2] 23d Observation Squadron when the group moved toKey Field , Mississippi.[ 3]
The group trained inaerial reconnaissance andair support techniques until March 1943 underThird Air Force .[ 1] maneuvers withSecond Army until September 1943 when it moved to Thermal AAF and began participating in desert training in California and Arizona.[ 1] [ 2] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 1]
Constituted on 5 February 1942 as the76th Observation Group Activated on 27 February 1942 Redesignated as the76th Reconnaissance Group on 2 April 1943 Redesignated as the76th Tactical Reconnaissance Group on 11 August 1943 Disbanded on 15 April 1944 MacDill Field, Florida, 27 February 1942 Key Field, Mississippi, c. 3 March 1942 Pope Field , North Carolina, 28 March 1942[ 12] Vichy Army Air Field , Missouri, 10 December 1942[ 12] Morris Field , North Carolina, 10 May 1943[ 13] Thermal Army Air Field, Californiaca . 20 September 1943 – 15 April 1944 ^a b c d Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) [1961].Air Force Combat Units of World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History.ISBN 0-912799-02-1 the original (PDF) on 20 December 2016. ^a b Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969].Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. pp. 161– 162.ISBN 0-405-12194-6 the original (PDF) on 20 December 2016. ^ Maurer,Combat Squadrons , p. 124 ^a b AFHRA Factsheet, 20th Special Operations Squadron Archived 25 February 2013 at theWayback Machine (retrieved 3 Dec 2012)^a b Maurer,Combat Squadrons , pp. 330-331 ^a b Maurer,Combat Squadrons , pp. 348-349 ^a b AFHRA Factsheet, 91st Network Warfare Squadron Archived 20 May 2014 at theWayback Machine (retrieved 3 Dec 2012)^a b AFHRA Factsheet, 97th Intelligence Squadron Archived 13 September 2012 at theWayback Machine (retrieved 3 Dec 2012)^a b Maurer,Combat Squadrons , pp. 184-185 ^ Maurer,Combat Squadrons , pp. 154-155 ^ Maurer,Combat Squadrons , pp. 334-335 ^a b Mueller, Robert (1989).Air Force Bases, Vol. I, Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982 (PDF) . Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. p. 483.ISBN 0-912799-53-6 ^ Abstract, History of Morris Field Nov 1940-Jul 1944 (retrieved 3 Dec 2012)public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) [1961].Air Force Combat Units of World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History.ISBN 0-912799-02-1 the original (PDF) on 20 December 2016. Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969].Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History.ISBN 0-405-12194-6 the original (PDF) on 20 December 2016. Mueller, Robert (1989).Air Force Bases, Vol. I, Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982 (PDF) . Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History.ISBN 0-912799-53-6
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