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6 April 2024

April 6, 1942 – 306th Begins Training at Wendover Field, Utah

Personnel moved to Wendover Army Air Field, Utah and began flying training, where it trained for bombardment operations using 40 B-17E aircraft. Group left Wendover on August 1 to begin movement to the United Kingdom.

The Ground Unit first moved to Richmond Army air Base, Virginia and remained a week before leaving for Fort Dix, New Jersey on August 13. The Group’s personnel sailed on the RMS Queen Elizabeth on August 30 and arrived on September 5 at Greenock, Scotland.

The aircraft flew from Wendover to Westover Field, Massachusetts on August 2. The remainder of the Group departed for the United Kingdom on September 1 via Gander-Prestwick ferry route.