401st BG

The 401st Bombardment Group (BG) was activated in April 1943 as part of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. Assigned to the Eighth Air Force and based at Deenethorpe, England, the group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses in strategic bombing missions over Nazi-occupied Europe. The 401st BG participated in key operations, including the bombing of industrial targets in Germany and support for the Normandy invasion. The unit earned two Distinguished Unit Citations for its heroic actions before being inactivated in August 1945 after the war’s end.