The
411th Bombardment Group was activated at
Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma on 1 August 1943. Its original squadrons were the 648th, 649th, 650th and 651st Bombardment Squadrons. Two weeks later it moved to
Florence Army Air Field, South Carolina, where it absorbed the personnel of the
65th Reconnaissance Group, which had been training observation crews on
North American B-25 Mitchell aircraft there. The group was a
World War II Replacement Training Unit, using
Douglas A-20 Havoc light bombers. Replacement Training Units were oversized units that trained individual
aircrews. After graduating, the airmen were assigned to overseas combat units. The group was disbanded on 1 May 1944 and its mission, personnel and equipment were transferred to the 334th Army Air Forces Base Unit (Replacement Training Unit, Light Bombardment). On 31 July 1985 the group was reconstituted and redesignated the
411th Tactical Missile Wing, but was not activated. ==Lineage==