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448th Supply Chain Management Group
The 448th Supply Chain Management Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was to the 448th Supply Chain Management Wing at Tinker Air Force Base, Texas, where it was inactivated on 30 June 2010.
The group was first organized during World War II, as the 448th Bombardment Group. The group engaged in the strategic bombing campaign against Germany with Eighth Air Force, flying Consolidated B-24 Liberators from RAF Seething. The group flew its last combat mission on 25 April 1945, attacking a marshalling yard at Salzburg, Austria.
It returned to the United States in July 1945, and was assigned to Second Air Force for Boeing B-29 Superfortress conversion and training at McCook Army Air Field. It moved to Fort Worth Army Air Field, where it became one of the original ten B-29 bombardment groups assigned to Strategic Air Command. The group was inactivated on 4 August 1946 and its aircraft and personnel were reassigned another unit.
Reactivated in 1947 in the Air Force reserve, in 1949 it was reorganized as a light bomber group, It was mobilized in 1951 with its personnel and aircraft being used to bring other units up to full strength before inactivating. The group was again active in the reserve from 1955 to 1957 as the 448th Fighter-Bomber Group.
The group was redesignated the 448th Combat Sustainment Group and activated at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma in 2006, but was inactivated as the 448th Combat Sustainment Group in 2010.
The group was first activated as the 448th Bombardment Group on 1 May 1943 at Gowen Field, Idaho. Its original components were the 712th, 713th, 714th, and 715th Bombardment Squadrons After completing initial training with Consolidated B-24 Liberators, it moved to Wendover Field, Utah for Phase 2 training, and to Sioux City Army Air Base, Iowa for final training. The ground echelon moved to Camp Shanks, New York and sailed for England aboard the RMS Queen Elizabeth on 23 November. The air echelon completed final processing at Herington Army Air Field, Kansas and deployed with their Liberators via the southern ferry route.
The group was established at RAF Seething in early December 1943 and flew its first combat mission on 22 December 1943. it was primarily engaged in the strategic bombing campaign against Germany, attacking ball bearing plants in Berlin, marshalling yards at Cologne, a V-1 flying bomb assembly plant at Fallersleben, aircraft factories in Gotha, an airfield at Hanau, a chemical plant at Ludwigshafen, synthetic oil refineries near Pölitz, aircraft engine plants at Rostock, among other strategic targets. The squadron participated in Big Week, an intensive campaign against German aircraft manufacturing plants from 20 to 25 February 1944.
The squadron was occasionally diverted from its strategic bombing mission to fly interdiction and close air support missions. It bombed V-weapon launch sites, airfields and transportation facilities to support Operation Overlord, the invasion of Normandy, and on D-Day attacked coastal defenses and choke points on German lines of communication. It struck enemy positions to assist the allied attacks on Caen and Operation Cobra, the breakout at Saint Lo. It dropped supplies to allied troops during Operation Market Garden, the attempt to seize a bridgehead across the Rhine in the Netherlands. During the Battle of the Bulge, it attacked transportation and communications targets in December 1944 and January 1945. In the spring of 1945, it again dropped supplies to airborne troops in Operation Varsity, the airborne assault across the Rhine near Wesel. The squadron flew its last combat mission on 25 April 1945, an attack on a railroad yard near Salzburg, Austria. The group flew 262 combat missions, on which it lost 101 bombers, while claiming the destruction of 44 enemy fighters. Joseph C. McConnell the leading United States Air Force fighter ace during the Korean War, served as a navigator with the group.
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448th Supply Chain Management Group
The 448th Supply Chain Management Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was to the 448th Supply Chain Management Wing at Tinker Air Force Base, Texas, where it was inactivated on 30 June 2010.
The group was first organized during World War II, as the 448th Bombardment Group. The group engaged in the strategic bombing campaign against Germany with Eighth Air Force, flying Consolidated B-24 Liberators from RAF Seething. The group flew its last combat mission on 25 April 1945, attacking a marshalling yard at Salzburg, Austria.
It returned to the United States in July 1945, and was assigned to Second Air Force for Boeing B-29 Superfortress conversion and training at McCook Army Air Field. It moved to Fort Worth Army Air Field, where it became one of the original ten B-29 bombardment groups assigned to Strategic Air Command. The group was inactivated on 4 August 1946 and its aircraft and personnel were reassigned another unit.
Reactivated in 1947 in the Air Force reserve, in 1949 it was reorganized as a light bomber group, It was mobilized in 1951 with its personnel and aircraft being used to bring other units up to full strength before inactivating. The group was again active in the reserve from 1955 to 1957 as the 448th Fighter-Bomber Group.
The group was redesignated the 448th Combat Sustainment Group and activated at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma in 2006, but was inactivated as the 448th Combat Sustainment Group in 2010.
The group was first activated as the 448th Bombardment Group on 1 May 1943 at Gowen Field, Idaho. Its original components were the 712th, 713th, 714th, and 715th Bombardment Squadrons After completing initial training with Consolidated B-24 Liberators, it moved to Wendover Field, Utah for Phase 2 training, and to Sioux City Army Air Base, Iowa for final training. The ground echelon moved to Camp Shanks, New York and sailed for England aboard the RMS Queen Elizabeth on 23 November. The air echelon completed final processing at Herington Army Air Field, Kansas and deployed with their Liberators via the southern ferry route.
The group was established at RAF Seething in early December 1943 and flew its first combat mission on 22 December 1943. it was primarily engaged in the strategic bombing campaign against Germany, attacking ball bearing plants in Berlin, marshalling yards at Cologne, a V-1 flying bomb assembly plant at Fallersleben, aircraft factories in Gotha, an airfield at Hanau, a chemical plant at Ludwigshafen, synthetic oil refineries near Pölitz, aircraft engine plants at Rostock, among other strategic targets. The squadron participated in Big Week, an intensive campaign against German aircraft manufacturing plants from 20 to 25 February 1944.
The squadron was occasionally diverted from its strategic bombing mission to fly interdiction and close air support missions. It bombed V-weapon launch sites, airfields and transportation facilities to support Operation Overlord, the invasion of Normandy, and on D-Day attacked coastal defenses and choke points on German lines of communication. It struck enemy positions to assist the allied attacks on Caen and Operation Cobra, the breakout at Saint Lo. It dropped supplies to allied troops during Operation Market Garden, the attempt to seize a bridgehead across the Rhine in the Netherlands. During the Battle of the Bulge, it attacked transportation and communications targets in December 1944 and January 1945. In the spring of 1945, it again dropped supplies to airborne troops in Operation Varsity, the airborne assault across the Rhine near Wesel. The squadron flew its last combat mission on 25 April 1945, an attack on a railroad yard near Salzburg, Austria. The group flew 262 combat missions, on which it lost 101 bombers, while claiming the destruction of 44 enemy fighters. Joseph C. McConnell the leading United States Air Force fighter ace during the Korean War, served as a navigator with the group.