THE 95th BOMB GROUP

Activated 15 June 1942 at Barkesdale Field in LA. Formation did not commence until late August of 1942 at Geiger Field in Washington. The unit moved to Ephrata Washington on the 31st of October 1943 and back to Geiger Field on the 24th of November 1943. Final training was conducted at Rapid City AAB, SD from 14 Dec 1942 to 11 Mar 1943. the air echelon moved to Kearney Field Neb for there final processing prior to overseas duty. Aircraft took the southern route via Florida, Trinidad, Brazil, Dakar, and Marrakesh to the United Kingdom, arriving early in April 1943. The ground elements arrived at Camp Kilmer on the 21st of April 1943 and sailed on the Queen Elizabeth on the 5th of May 1943, arriving in Greenock on the 11th of May 1943.
Read the Framlingham (Parham)- Sufflk- UK Air Field story here.