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Consolidated B-24D-160-CO Liberator 42-72815 "Strawberry Bitch" on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. The B-24D on display flew combat missions from North Africa in 1943–1944, and was eventually sent to storage after the war to Davis-Monthan Field, Arizona. In 1959 the aircraft was taken out of storage and flown to ...
15th Air Force org chart, 1947 Boeing B-50D of Fifteenth Air Force displaying while on detachment to England in May 1953. The 15 AF returned to a combat-ready role as a result of the 1948 Berlin Crisis, a squadron from the 301st Bombardment Group was deployed with its B-29s at Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base, Germany.
In late June 1943, the three B-24 Liberator groups of the 8th Air Force were sent to North Africa on temporary duty with the 9th Air Force: the 44th Bomb Group joined the 93rd and the 389th Bomb Groups. These three units then joined the two 9th Air Force B-24 Liberator groups for low-level attack on the Romanian oil complex at Ploiești.
451st Bomb Group B-24 # 44-50443 displaying 49th Bomb Wing markings over Germany 19 March 1945. The upper tail surface and circle were red in color. In June, 1944, the Fifteenth Air Force adopted a color-symbol scheme to identify its groups and wings.
456th Bombardment Group. Activated in June 1943 as a heavy bombardment group. Trained with B-24 Liberators for duty overseas. Moved to Italy, December 1943 – January 1944. Began combat with Fifteenth Air Force in February 1944, operating chiefly against strategic targets until late in April 1945.
Inactivated 1944, Consolidated with 469th Tactical Fighter Squadron (19 September 1985) 470th Bombardment Squadron, Medium. Greenville Army Air Base. B-25. Consolidated 19 September 1985 with the 70th Air Refueling Squadron, Medium (1955) 471st Bombardment Squadron (Medium) Greenville AAB. B-25.
Bombardment group. A bombardment group or bomb group was a unit of organizational command and control group of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) during World War II. A bombardment group was normally commanded by a colonel. The table of allowances (TOA) for personnel, aircraft and equipment grew steadily over the course of the war ...
Assigned to: Fifteenth Air Force. Equipment: B-29s. Reassigned to: Fifteenth Air Force, 57th Air Division on 16 April 1951. (Attached to the 3rd Air Division from 16 October 1954 to 12 January 1955). (Attached to the 3rd Air Division from 26 April 1956 to 6 July 1956). Changed equipment in: 1951 to B-29, B-36s. Changed equipment in: 1953 to B-36s.