The 471st Bombardment Group is an inactive United States Air Force

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 unit, last assigned to the First Air Force

First Air Force

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, stationed at Westover Field, Massachusetts

Massachusetts

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, it was inactivated on 10 April 1944.

The unit was a World War II

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 B-24 Liberator

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 replacement training unit (RTU), with graduates being assigned as replacement units to combat units worldwide. Originally a Second Air Force

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 unit, it was reassigned to First Air Force

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 when Second AF began B-29 Superfortress

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 training, but was de-activated in 1944 when the need for B-24 aircrews diminished.

Lineage

• Constituted as 471st Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 22 April 1943

Activated on 1 May 1943

Disbanded on 10 April 1944

Components

• 804th Bombardment Group: 1943–1944
• 805th Bombardment Group: 1943–1944
• 806th Bombardment Group: 1943–1944
• 807th Bombardment Group: 1943–1944

Stations

• Alexandria Army Airbase, Louisiana
  Louisiana
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  , 1 May 1943
• Pueblo Army Airbase, Colorado
  Colorado
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  , 7 May 1943
• Westover Field, Massachusetts
  Massachusetts
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  , 28 January-10 April 1944