The 418th 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 Alamogordo Army Air Field, New Mexico

New Mexico

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. It was inactivated on 1 April 1944.

Activated during World War II

World War II

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 initially as a Third Air Force

Third Air Force

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 A-20 Havoc aircrew replacement training unit (RTU). It was inactivate, then reactivated under 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....

 as a B-29 Superfortress

B-29 Superfortress

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 replacement training unit, but had no equipment or personnel assigned.

Lineage

• Constituted as 418th Bombardment Group (Light) on 16 July 1943

Activated on 1 August 1943

Disbanded on 15 September 1943

• Consolidated with the 418th Bombardment Group (Very Heavy) in April 1958

418th Bombardment Group (Very Heavy) was constituted on 28 February 1944

Activated on 11 March 1944

Disbanded on 1 April 1944

Assignments

• III Bomber Command
  III Bomber Command
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  , 1 August-15 September 1943
• II Bomber Command
  II Bomber Command
  The II Bomber Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to Second Air Force, based at Fort George Wright, Washington. It was inactivated on 6 October 1943....
  
  , 28 February-1 April 1944

Components

• 696th Bombardment Squadron: 1943
• 697th Bombardment Squadron: 1943
• 698th Bombardment Squadron: 1943
• 699th Bombardment Squadron: 1943

Stations

• Lake Charles Army Air Field, Louisiana
  Louisiana
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  , 1 August-15 September 1943
• Alamogordo Army Air Field, New Mexico
  New Mexico
  New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...
  
  , 28 February-1 April 1944.