378th Bombardment Group

378th Bombardment Group
Active	1942
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Antisubmarine warfare

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.

History

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.

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

• Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.