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416th Bombardment Group
Air Force: 9th Air Force
Division: 9th Bomb. Division (Medium)
Wing: 97th Bomb. Wing (1944-1945)
Active: 1943-1945
Theater Europe
Motto: Ignus Arum Probat (Fire Tests Gold)
Aircraft: A-20: Feb 43 - Feb 45 A-26: Nov 44 - Oct 45
COMMANDERS
Group CO: LtCol Richard D. Dick: FEB 43 Col Harold L. Mace: OCT 43 Col Theodore R. Aylesworth: 3 AUG 44-OCT45
MAIN BASES
Air fields: Will Rogers Field, Okla: 5 Feb 1943 Lake Charles AAFld, La: 4 Jun 1943 Laurel AAFld, Miss: Nov 1943- c.1 Jan 1944 Wethersfield, England: Feb 1944 Melun, France: Sep 1944 Laon/ Athies, France: Feb 1945 Cormeilles-en- Vexin, France: May-Jul 1945 Camp Myles Standish, Mass: c. 23-24 Oct 1945
COMPONENTS
Squadrons: 668th: 1943-1945 669th: 1943-1945 670th: 1943-1945 671st: 1943-1945