| 411th Bombardment Group | |
|---|---|
.jpg) A-20G of the 650th Bombardment Squadron[a] | |
| Active | 1943–1944 |
| Country |  United States |
| Branch |  United States Air Force |
| Role | Light Bombardment Replacement Training Unit |
| Part of | Third Air Force |
The411th Bombardment Group is an inactiveUnited States Army Air Forces unit. Its last assignment was withIII Bomber Command atFlorence Army Air Field, South Carolina, where it served as aReplacement Training Unit until it was disbanded on 1 May 1944. In July 1985, the group was reconstituted as the411th Tactical Missile Wing, but has never been active under that name.
The411th Bombardment Group was activated atWill Rogers Field, Oklahoma on 1 August 1943. Its original squadrons were the 648th, 649th, 650th and 651st Bombardment Squadrons.[1][2][3] Two weeks later it moved toFlorence Army Air Field, South Carolina, where it absorbed the personnel of the65th Reconnaissance Group, which had been training observation crews onNorth American B-25 Mitchell aircraft there.[4][5]
The group was aWorld War IIReplacement Training Unit, usingDouglas A-20 Havoc light bombers. Replacement Training Units were oversized units that trained individualaircrews.[6] After graduating, the airmen were assigned to overseas combat units.[4]
However, standard military units, based on relatively inflexibletables of organization were proving poorly adapted to the training mission. Accordingly, theArmy Air Forces adopted a more functional system in which each base was organized into a separate numbered unit.[7] The group was disbanded on 1 May 1944 and its mission, personnel and equipment were transferred to the 334th Army Air Forces Base Unit (Replacement Training Unit, Light Bombardment).[4][8]
On 31 July 1985 the group was reconstituted and redesignated the411th Tactical Missile Wing, but was not activated.[9]
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