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RT
Heavy Bombardment Group training
Wendover's mission was to train heavy bomb groups. The training of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and Consolidated B-24 Liberator groups began in April 1942, with the arrival of the 306th Bomb Group flying B-17s.
From March 1942 through April 1944 Wendover AAF hosted twenty newly-formed B-17 and B-24 groups during one phase of their group training. In March 1942, heavy bomber training was a two-phase program, with each phase being six weeks. Later, the training was changed to a three-phase program, and each stage lasted four weeks. Wendover would do the second-phase training.
At Wendover, these groups utilized the huge Wendover Bombing and Gunnery Range southeast of the airfield.
Heavy Bomb Groups Trained at Wendover Army Air Base
Group Type Destination Training dates
306th Bomb Group B-17 Eighth Air Force April–August 1942
302d Bomb Group B-24 Operational Conversion Unit July–September 1942
308th Bomb Group B-24 Fourteenth Air Force October–November 1942
100th Bomb Group B-17 Eighth Air Force November 1942 – January 1943
379th Bomb Group B-17 Eighth Air Force December 1942 – February 1943
384th Bomb Group B-17 Eighth Air Force January–April 1943
388th Bomb Group B-17 Eighth Air Force February–May 1943
393d Bomb Group B-17 Operational Conversion Unit April–June 1943
399th Bomb Group B-24 Operational Conversion Unit April–December 1943
445th Bomb Group B-24 Eighth Air Force June–July 1943
448th Bomb Group B-24 Eighth Air Force July–September 1943
451st Bomb Group B-24 Fifteenth Air Force July–September 1943
458th Bomb Group B-24 Eighth Air Force July 1943 – September 1943
461st Bomb Group B-24 Fifteenth Air Force July 1943
464th Bomb Group B-24 Fifteenth Air Force August 1943
467th Bomb Group B-24 Eighth Air Force August–September 1943
489th Bomb Group B-24 Eighth Air Force October 1943 – April 1944
490th Bomb Group B-24 Eighth Air Force October 1943
494th Bomb Group B-24 Seventh Air Force December 1943 – April 1944
457th Bomb Group B-17 Eighth Air Force December 1943 – January 1944
Source: Hill Aerospace Museum