This is a, believed to be comprehensive, list of military units to use the Martin B-26 Marauder

B-26 Marauder

The Martin B-26 Marauder was a World War II twin-engine medium bomber built by the Glenn L. Martin Company. First used in the Pacific Theater in early 1942, it was also used in the Mediterranean Theater and in Western Europe....

 during World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

. This list was created using the public content located at B26.com, the content from the B-26 Martin Marauder Historical Society, and data from the United States Air Force Historical Research Agency.

Verification of this list with records supplied by the United States Air Force

United States Air Force

The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...

 and Royal Air Force

Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...

 is ongoing.

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---- French Air Force • Royal Air Force • South African Air Force ---- Other units • References

United States Army Air Corps/Army Air Forces

From the date the first B-26 Marauder

B-26 Marauder

The Martin B-26 Marauder was a World War II twin-engine medium bomber built by the Glenn L. Martin Company. First used in the Pacific Theater in early 1942, it was also used in the Mediterranean Theater and in Western Europe....

 was shipped to the United States War Department in 1939, the B-26 began operation for the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 Army Air Corps

United States Army Air Corps

The United States Army Air Corps was a forerunner of the United States Air Force. Renamed from the Air Service on 2 July 1926, it was part of the United States Army and the predecessor of the United States Army Air Forces , established in 1941...

. It would remain in operation for them until 20 June 1941 when it was renamed the Army Air Forces

United States Army Air Forces

The United States Army Air Forces was the military aviation arm of the United States of America during and immediately after World War II, and the direct predecessor of the United States Air Force....

; it would operate for them until the end of World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

. During this period the B-26 Marauder and its many variants were operated by many units on many continents and serving in many different theaters of conflict. Amazingly the B-26 which had a poor reputation among pilots would end the war with the lowest casualty rating

World War II casualties

World War II was the deadliest military conflict in history. Over 60 million people were killed, which was over 2.5% of the world population. The tables below give a detailed country-by-country count of human losses.-Total dead:...

 of any medium range bomber

Medium bomber

A medium bomber is a bomber aircraft designed to operate with medium bombloads over medium distances; the name serves to distinguish them from the larger heavy bombers and smaller light bombers...

 flown by these forces.

Fifth Air Force

Fifth Air Force

The Fifth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Pacific Air Forces . It is headquartered at Yokota Air Base, Japan....

22d Bomb Group

Reference Link: http://www3.uakron.edu/ul/archives/b26/bg-22nd.html

Location: US & SW Pacific

Bomb Squadrons:

• 2d (1941–1943)
• 19th (1941–1944)
• 33d (1941–1943)
• 408th (1941–1943)

Stations:

• Mitchel Field, NY - 1 February 1940
• Lanley Field, VA - 14 November 1940
• Muroc, Calif - 9 December 1941-31 January 1942
• Brisbane, Australia - 25 February 1942
• Ipswich, Australia - 7 March 1942
• Townsville, Australia - 7 April 1942
• Woodstock, Australia - 5 July 1942
• Iron Range, Australia - 29 September 1942
• Woodstock, Australia - 4 February 1943
• Dobodura, New Guinea - Oct. 1943
• Nadzab, New Guinea - Jan. 1944
• Owi, Schouten Islands - 17 August 1944
• Leyte - 15 November 1944
• Angaur - 26 November 1944
• Samar - 21 January 1945
• Clark Field, Luzon - March 1945
• Okinawa - 15 August 1945
• Luzon - Nov. 1945

Decorations:

• Distinguished Unit Citations: Papua (23 July 1942 - 23 January 1943) and New Guinea (5 November 1943)
• Philippine Presidential Unit Citation

25th Bomb Group

Reference Link: http://www.rafwatton.info/timeline/american/25bghist.htmlhttp://usaaf.com/8thaf/bomber/25bg.HTM

Location: European Theater (OSS

Office of Strategic Services

The Office of Strategic Services was a United States intelligence agency formed during World War II. It was the wartime intelligence agency, and it was a predecessor of the Central Intelligence Agency...

 Reconnaissance Unit)

Bomb Squadrons:

• 654th

Stations:

• Station 376, at RAF Watton, Norfolk, England - Apr '44 - Jul '45

Decorations:

First Pathfinder Squadron

Pathfinders (military)

A pathfinder is a paratrooper who is inserted or dropped into place in order to set up and operate drop zones, pickup zones, and helicopter landing sites for airborne operations, air resupply operations, or other air operations in support of the ground unit commander...

Reference Link: http://www.b26.com/

Location: European Theater, England and France. Provisional, flew last ever B-26 Mission May 3, 1945.

Bomb Squadrons: 1st Pathfinder Squadron (Provisional), detached.(1944–1945)

Stations: Great Saling (Station #485), England (Feb. 1944 - Sept. 1944);

Beauvais-Tille (Station #A-61), France (Sept. 1944-1945)

Decorations:

322d Bomb Group

Reference Link: http://www3.uakron.edu/ul/archives/b26/bg-322nd.html

Location: European Theater (Originally part of the Eighth Air Force, Transferred Oct. 1943)

Bomb Squadrons:

• 449th (1942–1945)
• 450th (1942–1945)
• 451st (1942–1945)
• 452d (1942–1945)

Stations:

• MacDill Field, FL - 17 July 1942
• Drane Field, FL - 22 September.- Nov. 1942
• Rougham, England - 1 December 1942
• Great Saling, England - Jan. 1943
• Beauvais/Tille, France - Sept. 1944
• Le Culot, Belgium - March 1945
• Fritzlar, Germany - June-Sept. 1945
• Camp Kilmer, NJ - 14–15 December 1945

Decorations:

• Distinguished Unit Citation: ETO (14 May 1943-24 July 1944)

See also:

• Flak Bait
  Flak Bait
  Flak Bait was a B-26 Marauder aircraft that holds the record within the United States Army Air Forces for number of bombing missions survived during World War II. A B-26B manufactured in Baltimore, Maryland, by Martin, this aircraft was completed in April, 1943. It was christened Flak Bait by one...
  
  

323d Bomb Group

Reference Link: http://www3.uakron.edu/ul/archives/b26/bg-323rd.html

Location: European Theater (Originally part of the Eighth Air Force, Transferred Oct. 1943)

Bomb Squadrons:

• 453d (1942–1945)
• 454th (1942–1945)
• 455th (1942–1945)
• 456th (1942–1945)

Stations:

• Columbia AAB, SC - 4 August 1942
• MacDill Field, FL - 21 August 1942
• Myrtle Beach Bombing Range, SC - 2 November 1942-25 April 1943
• Horham, England - 12 May 1943
• Earls Colne, England - 14 June 1943
• Beaulieu, England - 21 July 1944
• Lessay, France - 21 September 1944
• Laon/Athies, France - 9 February 1945
• Gablingen, Germany - 15 May 1945
• Landsberg, Germany - 16 July 1945
• Clastres, France - Oct.- Dec. 1945
• Camp Myles Standish, MA - 11–12 December 1945

Decorations:

• Distinguished Unit Citation: Belgium and Germany (24–27 December 1944)

344th Bomb Group

Reference Link: http://www3.uakron.edu/ul/archives/b26/bg-344th.html

Location: European Theater

Bomb Squadrons:

• 494th (1942–1946)
• 495th (1942–1945)
• 496th (1942–1945)
• 497th (1942–1945)

Stations:

• MacDill Field, FL - 8 September 1942
• Drane Field, FL - 28 December 1942
• Hunter Field, GA - 19 December 1943-26 January 1944
• Stansted, England - 9 February 1944
• Cormeilles-en-Vexin, France - 30 September 1944
• Florennes/Juzaine, Belgium - 5 April 1945
• Schleissheim, Germany - 15 September 1945-15 February 1946
• Bolling Field, DC - 15 February.-31 March 1946

Decorations:

• Distinguished Unit Citation: France (24–26 July 1944)

386th Bomb Group

Reference Link:http://www3.uakron.edu/ul/archives/b26/bg-386th.html

Location: European Theater (Originally part of the Eighth Air Force, Transferred Oct. 1943)

Bomb Squadrons:

• 552d (1942–1945)
• 553d (1942–1945)
• 554th (1942–1945)
• 555th (1942–1945)

Stations:

• MacDill Field, FL - 1 December 1942
• Lake Charles AAB, LA - 9 February.- 8 May 1943
• Snetterton Heath, England - 3 June 1943
• Boxted, England - 10 June 1943
• Great Dunmow, England - 24 September 1943
• Beaumont-sur-Oise, France - 2 October 1944
• St-Trond, Belgium - 9 April–July 1945
• Seymour Johnson Field, NC - 7 August 1945
• Westover Field, MA - 30 September.-7 November 1945

Decorations:

• Distinguished Unit Citation: ETO (30 July 1943 - 30 July 1944)

387th Bomb Group

Reference Link: http://www3.uakron.edu/ul/archives/b26/bg-387th.html

Location: European Theater (Originally part of the Eighth Air Force, Transferred Oct. 1943)

Bomb Squadrons:

• 556th (1942–1945)
• 557th (1942–1945)
• 558th (1942–1945)
• 559th (1942–1945)

Stations:

• MacDill Field, FL - 1 December 1942
• Drane Field, FL - 12 April 1943
• Godman Field, KY - 11 May-10 June 1943
• Chipping Ongar, England - 25 June 1943
• Stony Cross, England - 18 July 1944
• Chateaudun, France - 18 September 1944
• Clastres, France - 30 October 1944
• Beek, Holland - 29 April 1945
• Rosieres-en-Santerre, France - 24 May-Nov. 1945
• Camp Kilmer, NJ - 14–17 November 1945

Decorations:

• Distinguished Unit Citation: Germany (23 December 1944)

391st Bomb Group

Reference Link: http://www3.uakron.edu/ul/archives/b26/bg-391st.html

Location: European Theater

Bomb Squadrons:

• 572d (1943–1945)
• 573d (1943–1945)
• 574th (1943–1945)
• 575th (1943–1945)

Stations:

• MacDill Field, FL - 21 January 1943
• Myrtle Beach Bombing Range, SC - 24 May 1943
• Godman Field, KY - 4 September.-31 December 1943
• Matching, England - 25 January 1944
• Roye/Amy, France - 19 September 1944
• Assche, Belgium - 16 April 1945
• Vitry-en-Artois, France - 27 May-27 July 1945
• Camp Shanks, NY - Oct.- 25 October 1945

Decorations:

• Distinguished Unit Citation: Germany (23–26 December 1944)

394th Bomb Group

Reference Link: http://www3.uakron.edu/ul/archives/b26/bg-394th.html

Location: European Theater

Bomb Squadrons:

• 584th (1943–1946)
• 585th (1943–1946)
• 586th (1943–1946)
• 587th (1943–1945)

Stations:

• MacDill Field, FL - 5 March 1943
• Ardmore AAFld, OK - 12 July 1943
• Kellogg Field, MI - 19 August 1943-15 February 1944
• Boreham, England - 11 March 1944
• Holmsley, England - 24 July 1944
• Tour-en-Bessin, France 24 August 1944
• Bricy, France - 8 October 1944
• Venlo, Holland - 2 May 1945
• Kitzgingen, Germany - Sep 1945 -15 February 1946

Decorations:

• Distinguished Unit Citation: France (7–9 August 1944)
• French Croix de Guerre with Palm: France (6 June - 14 September 1944)

397th Bomb Group

Reference Link: http://www3.uakron.edu/ul/archives/b26/bg-397th.html

Location: European Theater

Bomb Squadrons:

• 596th (1943–1945)
• 597th (1943–1946)
• 598th (1943–1945)
• 599th (1943–1945)

Stations:

• MacDill Field, FL - 20 April 1943
• Avon Park Bombing Range, FL - 12 October 1943
• Hunter Field, GA - 1 November 1943-13 March 1944
• Gosfield, England - 5 April 1944
• Rivenhall, England - 15 April 1944
• Hurn, England - 5 August 1944
• Gorges, France - Aug. 1944
• Dreux, France - 11 September 1944
• Peronne, France - 6 October 1944
• Venlo, Holland - 25 April 1945
• Camp Kilmer, NJ - 5–6 January 1946

Decorations:

• Distinguished Unit Citation: Eller, Germany (23 December 1944)

410th Bomb Group

Reference Link: http://www.web-birds.com/9th/410/410.html

Location: European Theater

Bomb Squadrons:

• 644th
• 645th
• 646th (only operated B-25's)
• 647th

Stations:

• Birch, England - April 1944
• Gosfield, England - April 1944 - Sept. 1944
• Coulommiers, France - Sept. 1944 - Feb. 1945
• Juvincourt, France - Feb 1945 - May 1945
• Beaumont-sur-Oise, Belgium - May 1945 - end World War II

Decorations:

• Distinguished Unit Citation: Germany, 23–25 December 1944

28th Bomb Group (Composite)

Reference Link: http://www3.uakron.edu/ul/archives/b26/bg-28th.html

Location: Alaska

Alaska

Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...

 and the Aleutians

Bomb Squadrons:

• 73d (1941–1943)
• 77th (1942–1945)

Stations:
73rd:

• Elmendorf Field, AK - 14 March 1941 (operated from Ft. Randall, Umnak, Adak, and Amchitka, 1942–1943)
• Umnak - April 1943;
• Amchitka - June-30 August 1943
• Paine Field
  Paine Field
  Paine Field, also known as Snohomish County Airport is a public airport located in unincorporated Snohomish County, between Mukilteo and Everett, Washington...
  
  , WA - 14 September 1943

77th:

• Elmendorf Field, AK - 29 December 1941 (operated from Umnak beginning 30 May 1942)
• Adak - 3 October 1942 (operated from Adak beginning 12 December 1942 and from Attu beginning 22 July 1943)
• Amchitka - 11 September 1943

Decorations:

• Distinguished Unit Citation: Kuril Islands (1 April 1944 - 13 August 1945)

Twelfth Air Force

17th Bomb Group

Reference Link: http://www3.uakron.edu/ul/archives/b26/bg-17th.html

Location: North African Theater

Bomb Squadrons:

• 34th (1931–1945)
• 37th (1931–1945)
• 95th (1931–1945)
• 432d (1942–1945)

Stations:

• March Field, CA - 15 July 1931
• McChord Field, WA - 24 June 1940
• Pendleton, OR - 29 July 1941
• Lexington County Aprt, SC - 9 February 1942
• Barksdale Field, LA - 23 June-Nov. 1942
• Telergma, Algeria - Dec. 1942
• Sedrata, Algeria - 10 May 1943
• Djedeida, Tunisia - 23 June 1943
• Sardinia - Nov. 1943
• Corsica - 14 September 1944
• Dijon, France - 20 November 1944
• Horshing, Austria - June 1945
• Clastres, France - 3 October.-Nov. 1945

Decorations:

• Distinguished Unit Citations: Italy (13 January 1944) and Schweinfurt, Germany (10 April 1945)
• French Croix de Guerre with Palm: April, May, and June 1944

Location: North African Theater

Bomb Squadrons:

• 437th (1942–1945)
• 438th (1942–1945)
• 439th (1942–1945)
• 440th (1942)

Stations:

• Barksdale Field, LA - 26 June 1942
• Harding Field, LA - 8–27 August 1942
• Shipdham, England - 12 September 1942
• Horseham St. Faith, England - 4 October 1942
• St. Leu, Algeria - 11 November 1942
• Tafaraoui, Algeria - 18 November 1942
• Maison Blanche, Algeria - 24 November 1942
• Telergma, Algeria - 12 December 1942
• Oujda, French Morocco - 25 April 1943
• Sedrata, Algeria - 1 June 1943
• Djedeida, Tunisia - 26 June 1943
• Sardinia - 1 November 1943
• Corsica - 21 September 1944- 1 January 1945
• Bradley Field, CT - 25 January 1945
• Columbia AAB, SC - 28 February.- 27 April 1945
• Kadena, Okinawa - 21 July-21 November 1945
• Ft. Lewis, WA - 17–18 December 1945

Decorations:

• Distinguished Unit Citations: Rome, Italy (3 March 1944) and Florence, Italy (11 March 1944)
• French Croix de Guerre with Palm: Apr, May, and June 1944

320th Bomb Group

Reference Link: http://www3.uakron.edu/ul/archives/b26/bg-320th.html

Location: North African Theater

Bomb Squadrons:

• 441st (1942–1945)
• 442d (1942–1945)
• 443d (1942–1945)
• 444th (1942–1945)

Stations:

• MacDill Field, FL - 23 June 1942
• Drane Field, FL - 8–28 August 1942
• Hethel, England - 12 September 1942
• La Senia, Algeria - 2 December 1942
• Tafaraoui, Algeria - 28 January 1943
• Montesquieu, Algeria - 9 April 1943
• Massicault, Tunisia - 29 June 1943
• El Bathan, Tunisia - 28 June 1943
• Sardinia - 1 November 1943
• Corsica - 18 September 1944
• Dijon/Longvic, France - 11 November 1944
• Dole/Tavaux, France - 1 April 1945
• Herzogenaurach, Germany - 18 June 1945
• Clastres, France - Oct.-Nov. 1945
• Camp Myles Standish, MA - 3–4 December 1945

Decorations:

• Distinguished Unit Citations: Italy (12 May 1944) and ETO (15 March 1945)
• French Croix de Guerre with Palm: April, May and June 1944

42d Bomb Group

Reference Link: http://www.web-birds.com/13th/42/42nd.htmhttp://permanent.access.gpo.gov/websites/dodandmilitaryejournals/www.maxwell.af.mil/42abw/42abw_history_42nd_group.php.htm

Location: SW Pacific

Bomb Squadrons:

• 69th (1943–1946)
• 70th (1943–1946)
• 75th (1941–1946)
• 76th (1942)
• 77th (1942)
• 390th (1942)
• 406th (1942)

Stations:

• Fort Douglas, UT - Jan 1941 - June 1941
• Gowen Field, Boise, ID - June 1941 - Jan 1942
• McChord Field, Tacoma, WA - Jan 1942 - Mar 1943
• Camp Stoneman, CA - Mar 1943 - April 1943
• Fiji Is. - April 1943 - June 1943
• Guadalcanal - June 1943 - Oct 1943
• Russell Is. - Oct 1943 - Jan 1944
• Sterling, Solomon Is. - Jan 1944 - Aug 1944
• Hollandia - Aug 1944 - Sept 1944
• Sansapor, New Guinea - Sept 1944 - Feb 1945
• Morotai - Feb 1945 - March 1945)
• Puerto Princesa, Palawan - March 1945 - end World War II )

Decorations:

• Distinguished Unit Citation: Balikpapan, Borneo 23–30 June 1945
• Philippine Presidential Unit Citation

USAAF training/support units

• 21st Bomb Group (Operational Training Unit) – MacDill Field, FL
  • 313th, 314th, 315th, 398th Bomb Squadrons

• 38th Bomb Group (Operational Training Unit) – US & SW Pacific
  • 69th, 70th, 71st Bomb Squadrons
  • 15th Reconnaissance Squadron

• 40th Bomb Group (Operational Training Unit) – Caribbean
  • 25th, 44th, 45th Bomb Squadrons

• 335th Bomb Group (Replacement Training Unit) – Barksdale, Field, LA
  • 474th, 475th, 476th, 477th Bomb Squadrons

• 336th Bomb Group (Replacement Training Unit) – MacDill, Ft. Meyers, Avon Park, Lake Charles, LA
  • 478th, 479th, 480th, 481st Bomb Squadrons

Pilot transition training

• Tarrant Field, Texas
  Carswell Air Force Base
  Carswell Air Force Base, was a United States Air Force Strategic Air Command base located about northwest central of Fort Worth, Texas, United States; the air force base is mostly within the Fort Worth city limits and has portions within Westworth and White Settlement...
  
  
• Del Rio, Texas
  Del Rio, Texas
  Del Rio is a border city in and the county seat of Val Verde County, Texas, United States.. Del Rio is connected with Ciudad Acuña via the Lake Amistad Dam International Crossing and Del Río-Ciudad Acuña International Bridge...
  
  
• Laughlin Field, Texas
  Laughlin Air Force Base
  Laughlin Air Force Base is a facility of the United States Air Force located five miles east of the central business district of Del Rio, Texas.-Overview:...
  
  
• Dodge City, Kansas
  Dodge City, Kansas
  Dodge City is a city in, and the county seat of, Ford County, Kansas, United States. Named after nearby Fort Dodge, the city is famous in American culture for its history as a wild frontier town of the Old West. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 27,340.-History:The first settlement of...
  
  

Tow target squadrons

• 1st Tow Target Squadron (Romulus Field, Romulus, Michigan
  Romulus, Michigan
  Romulus is a suburban city of Metro Detroit, located in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 23,989 at the 2010 census, an increase from 22,979 in 2000. Romulus is home to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport and a General Motors plant that opened in 1976...
  
   & Bradley Field
  Bradley International Airport
  Bradley International Airport is a joint civil-military public airport located in Windsor Locks on the border with East Granby and Suffield, in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. It is owned by the State of Connecticut....
  
  , Hartford, Connecticut
  Hartford, Connecticut
  Hartford is the capital of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960, it is the second most populous city on New England's largest river, the Connecticut River. As of the 2010 Census, Hartford's population was 124,775, making...
  
  )
• 2d Tow Target Squadron (Baltimore, Maryland)
• 6th Tow Target Squadron (Biggs Field, El Paso, Texas
  El Paso, Texas
  El Paso, is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States, and lies in far West Texas. In the 2010 census, the city had a population of 649,121. It is the sixth largest city in Texas and the 19th largest city in the United States...
  
  )
• 7th Tow Target Squadron (Wheeler Field, Oahu, Hawaii)
• 12th Tow Target Squadron (Eglin Field
  Eglin Air Force Base
  Eglin Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located approximately 3 miles southwest of Valparaiso, Florida in Okaloosa County....
  
  , Santa Rosa, California
  Santa Rosa, California
  Santa Rosa is the county seat of Sonoma County, California, United States. The 2010 census reported a population of 167,815. Santa Rosa is the largest city in California's Wine Country and fifth largest city in the San Francisco Bay Area, after San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland, and Fremont and 26th...
  
  )
• 13th Tow Target Squadron (Bradley Field)
• 15th Tow Target Squadron (Elmendorf Field
  Elmendorf Air Force Base
  Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson is a United States military facility adjacent to Anchorage, the largest city in Alaska. It is an amalgamation of the former United States Air Force Elmendorf Air Force Base and the United States Army Fort Richardson, which were merged in 2010.-Overview:The...
  
  , Anchorage, Alaska
  Anchorage, Alaska
  Anchorage is a unified home rule municipality in the southcentral part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the northernmost major city in the United States...
  
  )
• 17th Tow Target Squadron (Wheeler Field)
• 19th Tow Target Squadron (Biggs Field)
• 20th Tow Target Squadron (Ellsworth Field
  Ellsworth Air Force Base
  Ellsworth Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located approximately northeast of Rapid City, South Dakota just north of Box Elder, South Dakota....
  
  , Casper, Wyoming
  Casper, Wyoming
  Casper is the county seat of Natrona County, Wyoming, United States.. Casper is the second-largest city in Wyoming , according to the 2010 census, with a population of 55,316...
  
  )
• 21st Tow Target Squadron (Felts Field
  Fairchild Air Force Base
  Fairchild Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located approximately southwest of Spokane, Washington.The host unit at Fairchild is the 92d Air Refueling Wing assigned to the Air Mobility Command's 15th Expeditionary Mobility Task Force...
  
  , Spokane, Washington
  Spokane, Washington
  Spokane is a city located in the Northwestern United States in the state of Washington. It is the largest city of Spokane County of which it is also the county seat, and the metropolitan center of the Inland Northwest region...
  
  )
• 23d Tow Target Squadron (Howard Field
  Howard Air Force Base
  Howard Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force base located in Panama. It was closed on 1 November 1999 as a result of the Torrijos-Carter Treaties which specified that United States military facilities in the former Panama Canal Zone be closed and the facilities be turned over to the...
  
  , Panama
  Panama
  Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...
  
  )
• 27th Tow Target Squadron (Biggs Field & Deming Field, Deming, New Mexico
  Deming, New Mexico
  Deming is a city in Luna County, New Mexico, United States, located 60 miles west of Las Cruces. The population was 14,116 at the 2000 census. Deming is the county seat and principal town of Luna County.-History:...
  
  )
• 28th Tow Target Squadron
• 29th Tow Target Squadron

Utility Squadrons

VJ-1 VJ-2 VJ-4 VJ-7 VJ-8	VJ-9 VJ-10 VJ-12 VJ-13 VJ-14	VJ-15 VJ-16 VJ-17 VJ-18 VJ-19

Photographic Squadron

VD-2 – Placed into operation at the U.S. Naval Air Station

Naval Station Norfolk

Naval Station Norfolk, in Norfolk, Virginia, is a base of the United States Navy, supporting naval forces in the United States Fleet Forces Command, those operating in the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and Indian Ocean...

, Atlantic Fleet

U.S. Atlantic Fleet

The United States Fleet Forces Command is an Atlantic Ocean theater-level component command of the United States Navy that provides naval resources that are under the operational control of the United States Northern Command...

 Air Base, Norfolk, Virginia

Norfolk, Virginia

Norfolk is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. With a population of 242,803 as of the 2010 Census, it is Virginia's second-largest city behind neighboring Virginia Beach....

 late in 1942, Fleet Air Photographic

Photography

Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...

 Reconnaissance

Reconnaissance

Reconnaissance is the military term for exploring beyond the area occupied by friendly forces to gain information about enemy forces or features of the environment....

 VD-2 became a photographic training squadron, which did equipment testing and specialized assignments by direct orders from the Director, of the Photography Division, of the Bureau of Aeronautics

Bureau of Aeronautics

The Bureau of Aeronautics was the U.S. Navy's material-support organization for Naval Aviation from 1921 to 1959. The bureau had "cognizance" for the design, procurement, and support of Naval aircraft and related systems...

, Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

 This photographic squadron operated from the Atlantic Fleet Air Base at Norfolk during World War II, with a hodge-podge collection of airplanes that were not equipped or suited for overseas war time operations.

VMJ-1

Commissioned 21 March 1945 at Barking Sands

Barking Sands

Barking Sands is a beach on the island of Kauaʻi in the US state of Hawaiʻi. It is the location of Pacific Missile Range Facility, a rocket launch site and also an official Missile Defense Testing Area, both controlled by the United States Navy....

, Kauai

Kauai

Kauai or Kauai, known as Tauai in the ancient Kaua'i dialect, is geologically the oldest of the main Hawaiian Islands. With an area of , it is the fourth largest of the main islands in the Hawaiian archipelago, and the 21st largest island in the United States. Known also as the "Garden Isle",...

, Hawaii

Hawaii

Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...

 as VMTD-1 and on 1 May 1945 was redesignated as VMJ-1 and assigned to the 3rd Marine Division

U.S. 3rd Marine Division

The 3rd Marine Division is an infantry division in the United States Marine Corps based at Camp Courtney, Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler, Okinawa, Japan. It is one of three active duty divisions in the Marine Corps, and together with the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing and the 3rd Marine...

, towing targets for Marine AA batteries

Anti-aircraft warfare

NATO defines air defence as "all measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action." They include ground and air based weapon systems, associated sensor systems, command and control arrangements and passive measures. It may be to protect naval, ground and air forces...

 over the Hawaiian Islands. The squadron was deactivated on Kauai in October 1945.^{http://b-26marauderarchive.org/NL/Thunder/V8/V8N1.pdf(PDF)}

VMJ-2

Commissioned 10 October 1944 at Marine Corps Air Station Ewa

Marine Corps Air Station Ewa

Marine Corps Air Station Ewa was a United States Marine Corps air station that was located west of Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. The base was hit during the attack on Pearl Harbor, and later served as the hub for all Marine aviation units heading into combat in the Pacific Theater...

, Hawaii

Hawaii

Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...

 as VMTD-2 to train in towing aerial targets and tracking missions for Marine AA batteries. After two months in Hawaii towing for the 5th Marine Division

U.S. 5th Marine Division

The 5th Marine Division was an infantry division in the United States Marine Corps. Created during World War II, the division saw its first action at the Battle of Iwo Jima where it sustained the highest number of casualties amongst the invasion force. They were also to be part of the planned...

, the entire detachment of 6 JM-1s (Navy Version of the B-26) left 24 November 1944 for Agana, Guam

Hagåtña, Guam

Hagåtña , formerly English Agana and in Spanish Agaña, is the capital of the United States island territory of Guam. It is the island's second smallest village in both area and population. From the 18th through mid 20th century, it was Guam's population center...

. They daily towed targets and carried out tracking for Army AA units on Guam

Guam

Guam is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States located in the western Pacific Ocean. It is one of five U.S. territories with an established civilian government. Guam is listed as one of 16 Non-Self-Governing Territories by the Special Committee on Decolonization of the United...

, Tinian

Tinian

Tinian is one of the three principal islands of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.-Geography:Tinian is about 5 miles southwest of its sister island, Saipan, from which it is separated by the Saipan Channel. It has a land area of 39 sq.mi....

 and Saipan

Saipan

Saipan is the largest island of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands , a chain of 15 tropical islands belonging to the Marianas archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean with a total area of . The 2000 census population was 62,392...

. It was redesignated VMJ-2 on 1 May 1945. Following the war, the squadron returned to the West Coast

West Coast of the United States

West Coast or Pacific Coast are terms for the westernmost coastal states of the United States. The term most often refers to the states of California, Oregon, and Washington. Although not part of the contiguous United States, Alaska and Hawaii do border the Pacific Ocean but can't be included in...

 and was deactivated on 6 March 1946. ^{http://b-26marauderarchive.org/NL/Thunder/V8/V8N1.pdf(PDF)}

VMJ-3

Commissioned 1 October 1944 at the Marine Corps Air Station Ewa

Marine Corps Air Station Ewa

Marine Corps Air Station Ewa was a United States Marine Corps air station that was located west of Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. The base was hit during the attack on Pearl Harbor, and later served as the hub for all Marine aviation units heading into combat in the Pacific Theater...

, Hawaii as VMTD-3 to provide towing and tracking for Marine AA battalions which had been formerly performed by Navy Squadrons attached to the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing

3rd Marine Aircraft Wing

The 3d Marine Aircraft Wing is the major west coast aviation unit of the United States Marine Corps. It is headquartered at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California and provides the aviation combat element for I Marine Expeditionary Force...

 and operated in practice beach assaults with the 4th Marine Division

U.S. 4th Marine Division

The 4th Marine Division is a reserve division in the United States Marine Corps. It is the ground combat element of the Marine Forces Reserve and is headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana and has units throughout the United States.-Mission:...

. The squadron was redesignated VMJ-3 on 1 May 1945 at Ewa. In August 1945 the detachment was sent to Midway

Midway Atoll

Midway Atoll is a atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, near the northwestern end of the Hawaiian archipelago, about one-third of the way between Honolulu, Hawaii, and Tokyo, Japan. Unique among the Hawaiian islands, Midway observes UTC-11 , eleven hours behind Coordinated Universal Time and one hour...

 to tow for Marine defense battalions. Following the end of the war, the squadron returned to MCAS Ewa and was deactivated in October, 1945. ^{http://b-26marauderarchive.org/NL/Thunder/V8/V8N1.pdf(PDF)}

French Air Force

French Air Force

The French Air Force , literally Army of the Air) is the air force of the French Armed Forces. It was formed in 1909 as the Service Aéronautique, a service arm of the French Army, then was made an independent military arm in 1933...

All six squadrons below were operating under command of 42nd Bombardment Wing of the US 12th Air Force.

• 31e escadre
  • GBM 1/19 Gascogne
  • GBM 2/20 Bretagne
  • GBM 1/22 Maroc
• 34e escadre
  • GBM 1/32 Bourgogne
  • GBM 2/52 Franche-Comté
  • GBM 2/63 Sénégal

Royal Air Force

Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...

• No. 14 Squadron RAF
  No. 14 Squadron RAF
  No. 14 Squadron of the Royal Air Force currently operates the Beechcraft Shadow R1 in the ISTAR role from RAF Waddington.-World War I:...
  
  
• No. 39 Squadron RAF
  No. 39 Squadron RAF
  No. 39 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the MQ-9 Reaper since 2007, operating from Creech AFB, Nevada, USA.-World War I:39 Squadron was founded at Hounslow Heath Aerodrome in April 1916 with B.E.2s and Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.12s in an attempt to defend against German Zeppelin raids on...
  
  , Balkan Air Force
• No.70 Operational Training Unit
• North African Air Forces

South African Air Force

South African Air Force

The South African Air Force is the air force of South Africa, with headquarters in Pretoria. It is the world's second oldest independent air force, and its motto is Per Aspera Ad Astra...

• 3rd Wing, North African Air Forces
• 12 Squadron
  12 Squadron SAAF
  12 Squadron was a South African Air Force squadron that served in World War II in East Africa and the Western Desert as a medium bomber squadron...
  
  , North African Air Forces
• 21 Squadron
  21 Squadron SAAF
  21 Squadron SAAF is a squadron of the South African Air Force. It is currently a VIP transport squadron.* Motto: Onoorwinklik * First formed: 8 May 1941...
  
  , North African Air Forces
• 24 Squadron
  24 Squadron SAAF
  24 Squadron SAAF is a disbanded squadron of the South African Air Force. Its last role was as an attack aircraft squadron. The squadron was first formed on 5 March 1941 by renumbering 14 Squadron SAAF in Egypt....
  
  , North African Air Forces
• 25 Squadron
  25 Squadron SAAF
  25 Squadron was a maritime patrol and later medium bomber squadron of the South African Air Force during World War II. It was re-constituted twice between 1951 and 1990 as a medium transport squadron and was finally disbanded in October 1990....
  
  , Balkan Air Force
• 30 Squadron, North African Air Forces

Unsorted other units

• 1st Gunnery & Tow Target Flight
• 2nd Gunnery & Tow Target Flight
• 3rd Gunnery & Tow Target Flight
• 6th Combat Crew Replacement Centre
• 1st Base Air Depot
• 2nd Tactical Air Depot
• Bomber Command Training Unit, Telergma, Algeria
  Algeria
  Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
  
  
• Air Corps Ferry Command
• 54th Bomb Squadron, AF Proving Ground
• 4th Tactical Recon - Antilles Air Command
• 76th Service Group

Bomb group homepages

• http://www.redraiders22bg.com/ - 22nd Bomb Group Homepage
• http://320thbg.org/ - 320th Bomb Group Homepage
• http://www.319thbombgroup.com/ - 319th Bomb Group Homepage