The 395th Bombardment Group is an inactive United States Air Force

United States Air Force

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 unit. It was last assigned to the Second Air Force

Second Air Force

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, being stationed at Ardmore Army Air Field, Oklahoma

Oklahoma

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. It was inactivated on 1 April 1944.

Activated during World War II

World War II

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 as a B-17 Flying Fortress operational training unit (OTU). Redesignated as a replacement training unit (RTU) in October 1943. Inactivated in April 1944 when Second Air Force

Second Air Force

The Second Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Air Education and Training Command . It is headquartered at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi....

 switched to B-29 Superfortress

B-29 Superfortress

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 training.

Lineage

• Constituted as 395th Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 29 January 1943

Activated on 16 February 1943.

Inactivated on 1 April 1944

Components

• 588th Bombardment Squadron
  588th Bombardment Squadron
  The 588th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last was assigned to the 395th Bombardment Group, stationed at Ardmore Army Air Field, Oklahoma. It was inactivated on 1 April 1944-History:...
  
  : 16 February 1943 – 1 April 1944
• 589th Bombardment Squadron
  589th Bombardment Squadron
  The 589th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last was assigned to the 395th Bombardment Group, stationed at Ardmore Army Air Field, Oklahoma. It was inactivated on 1 April 1944.-History:...
  
  : 16 February 1943 – 1 April 1944
• 590th Bombardment Squadron
  590th Bombardment Squadron
  The 590th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last was assigned to the 395th Bombardment Group, stationed at Ardmore Army Air Field, Oklahoma. It was inactivated on 1 April 1944-History:...
  
  : 16 February 1943 – 1 April 1944
• 591st Bombardment Squadron
  591st Bombardment Squadron
  The 591st Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last was assigned to the 395th Bombardment Group, stationed at Ardmore Army Air Field, Oklahoma. It was inactivated on 1 April 1944-History:...
  
  : 16 February 1943 – 1 April 1944

Stations assigned

• Ephrata Army Air Base, Washington, 16 February 1943
• Ardmore Army Air Field, Oklahoma
  Oklahoma
  Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...
  
  , 25 October 1943 – 1 April 1944.