Military unit
The74th Reconnaissance Group is an inactiveUnited States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the91st Air Division atStewart AFB , New York.
The unit was first activated atLawson Field , Georgia in February 1942 as the74th Observation Group , shortly after theUnited States entered intoWorld War II .[ 1] group 's first operationalsquadrons , the11th , the newly activated13th , and the22d Observation Squadrons were not assigned until the following month.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] reconnaissance , mapping, artillery adjustment, bombing,dive bombing , andstrafing missions to support ground units in training or on maneuvers.[ 1] [ 1]
The group was reactivated in the reserves in 1946 atStewart Field (later Stewart Air Force Base) , New York. It was inactivated on 27 June 1949
Constituted as74th Observation Group on 5 February 1942 Activated on 27 February 1942 Redesignated as74th Reconnaissance Group on 2 April 1943 Redesignated as74th Tactical Reconnaissance Group on 11 August 1943 Inactivated on 7 November 1945. Redesignated74th Reconnaissance Group , allotted to the reserve, and activated, on 27 December 1946 Inactivated on 27 June 1949. Lawson Field, Georgia, 27 February 1942 DeRidder Army Air Base , Louisiana, C. 14 April 1942Esler Field , Louisiana, c. 13 December 1942Desert Center Army Air Field , California, c. 28 December 1942Morris Field , North Carolina, September 1943Camp Campbell AAF , Kentucky, November 1943DeRidder Army Air Field, Louisiana, April 1944 Stuttgart Army Air Field , Arkansas, February-7 November 1945Stewart Field , New York, 27 December 1946 – 27 June 1949.A-26, 1945 B-18, 1942-1943 F-6 (P-51), 1945 F-10 (B-25), 1944-1945 L-1, 1942-1943 L-3, 1942-1943 L-4, 1942-1943 L-5, 1944-1945 L-6, 1942-1943 O-52, 1942-1943 P-39, 1943 P-40, 1943-1944 P-43, 1942-1943 Sources[ 16]
^a b c Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) [1961].Air Force Combat Units of World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. p. 140.ISBN 0-912799-02-1 the original (PDF) on 15 January 2021. ^a b AFHRA Factsheet, 11th Reconnaissance Squadron Archived 4 March 2016 at theWayback Machine (retrieved 3 Dec 2012)^a b AFHRA Factsheet, 29th Attack Squadron Archived 26 February 2013 at theWayback Machine (retrieved 3 Dec 2012)^a b Maurer,Combat Squadrons , pp. 117-119 ^ This squadron is not related to the5th Observation Squadron that is currently the5th Reconnaissance Squadron ^ 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. 35– 36.ISBN 0-405-12194-6 the original (PDF) on 20 December 2016. ^ Maurer,Combat Squadrons , p. 49 ^ Maurer,Combat Squadrons , pp. 111-112 ^ This squadron is not related to the one previously listed. During World War II it was designated the 22d Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron ^ Maurer,Combat Squadrons , p. 117 ^ Maurer,Combat Squadrons , pp. 184-185 ^ AFHRA Factsheet, 36th Intelligence Squadron Archived 26 February 2013 at theWayback Machine (retrieved 3 Dec 2012)^ Maurer,Combat Squadrons , p. 333 ^ Abstract, Final History of 74th Tactical Reconnaissance Group (retrieved 4 Dec 2012)^ AFHRA Factsheet, 91st Air Division Archived 28 September 2012 at theWayback Machine (retrieved 4 Dec 2012)^ Aircraft flown are based on the sources cited for individual squadrons. Not all squadrons flew the same aircraft while assigned to the group public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
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