Portfolio Tag: 446 Operations

Besides strategic missions, the group often carried out support and air interdiction operations. It supported the Normandy invasion in June 1944 by attacking strong points, bridges, airfields, transportation, and other targets in France. The 446th aided ground forces at Caen and Saint-Lô during July by hitting bridges, gun batteries, and enemy troops. It dropped supplies [...]

The group was first activated on 1 April 1943 at Davis-Monthan Field, Arizona as the 446th Bombardment Group with an initial cadre drawn from the 39th Bombardment Group.[4] Its original squadrons were the 704th,[5] 705th,[6] 706th,[7] and 707th Bombardment Squadrons.[8][9] The cadre departed for Orlando AAB, Florida for training with the Army Air Forces School [...]