387th Bomber Group
Squadrons of the 387th BG
556th Bombardment Squadron - Medium557th Bombardment Squadron - Medium
558th Bombardment Squadron - Medium
559th Bombardment Squadron - Medium
Assigned 8th AAF: June 25 1943
Wing/Command Assignment
VIII ASC, 3 BW: 25 Jun 1943
Combat Aircraft:
B-26B
B-26C
B-26C
Stations
CHIPPING ONGAR 21 Jun 1943 to 18 Jul 1944
Group COs
Col. Carl R. Storrie 19 Jan 1943 to 8 Nov 1943
First Mission: 15 Aug 1943
Last Mission: 9 Oct 1943
Missions: 29
Aircraft MIA: 2
First Mission: 15 Aug 1943
Last Mission: 9 Oct 1943
Missions: 29
Aircraft MIA: 2
Major Awards:
None
Early History:
Activated 1 December 1942 at MacDill Field in Florida. Formed and trained there
with B-26s. Moved to Drane Field on the 12th of April 1943 and to Godman Field
Kentucky in early May 1943. The ground unit left for Port of embarkation on
the 10th of June 1943 and sailed on the Queen Mary on the 23rd of June 1943,
and arrived at Clyde on the 29th of June 1943. The aircraft flew via the northern
ferry route to the United Kingdom in early June of 1943.
Subsequent History:
Transferred to the 9th AF, IX BC, on the 16th of October 1943. Moved to Stony
Cross in July 1944 and to France in late August of 1944. The unit flew tactical
bombing missions in support of Allied land forces. The group was inactivated
in the US on November 1945.