378th Bombardment Group

The 378th Bombardment Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command, based in Langley Field, Virginia. It was inactivated on 14 December 1942.

Lineage

 * Constituted as 378th Bombardment Group (Medium) on 13 October 1942
 * Activated on 14 December 1942

Assignments

 * Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command, 13 October-14 December 1942

Squadrons

 * 2d Antisubmarine, 18 October-14 November 1942
 * 15th Antisubmarine: 18 October-14 December 1942
 * Assigned to: Jacksonville Municipal Airport, Florida


 * 17th Antisubmarine: 20 November-14 December 1942
 * Assigned to: Palm Beach County Park (Lantana Airport), Florida


 * 521st Bombardment: 18 October-14 December 1942
 * Assigned to: Charleston AAF, South Carolina

Stations

 * Langley Field, Virginia, 13 October-14 December 1942

Operations
Organized in late 1942 as an antisubmarine group with a mission to search for German U-Boats in the coastal waters of the Atlantic and to fly aerial coverage of friendly convoys off the east coast with Douglas O-46 and North American O-47 light observation planes. Assigned squadrons assigned to airfields and airports in several locations along the southeastern coastline. After the group was inactivated, its component squadrons were reassigned to the 25th Antisubmarine Wing.