22d Bombardment Group, Medium & 22d Bombardment Group, Heavy

Constituted as 22 Bombardment Group (Medium) on 22 Dec 1939. Activated on 1 Feb 1940. Redesignated as: 22 Bombardment Group, Heavy, on 11 Feb 1944; 22 Bombardment Group, Very Heavy, on 15 Jun 1946; 22 Bombardment Group, Medium, on 28 Jul 1948. Inactivated on 16 Jun 1952.

Insignia Australian embroidery.

Each of the four squadrons in the 22d Bomb Group had a variation of the "Red Raiders" insignia, the border color its assigned color used on aircraft markings. Squadrons. 2nd (Red), 19th (White), 33rd (Yellow) and 408th (Green)

Stations. Mitchel Field, NY, 1 Feb 1940; Langley Field, VA, 14 Nov 1940; Muroc, CA, c. 9 Dec 1941-31 Jan 1942; Amberley Field, Australia, 1 Mar 1942; Garbutt Field, Australia, 5 Apr 1942; Woodstock, Australia, 5 Jul 1942; Iron Range, Australia, 2 Oct 1942; Woodstock, Australia, 4 Feb-3 Oct 1943; Dobodura, New Guinea, 9 Oct 1943; Nadzab, New Guinea, c. 13 Jan 1944; Owi Island, New Guinea, 11 Aug 1944; Leyte, Philippine Islands, 15 Nov 1944; Angaur, Palau Islands, 26 Nov 1944; Samar, Philippine Islands, 20 Jan 1945; Clark Field, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 12 Mar-4 Aug 1945; Motobu, Okinawa, 15 Aug 1945; Fort William McKinley, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 23 Nov 1945; Kadena AAB, Okinawa, 15 May 1946-29 Jun 1948; Smoky Hill AFB, KS, c. 29 Jun 1948 (detached to Marham and Lakenheath RAF Stations, England, 15 Nov 1948-Feb 1949); March AFB, CA, 1 May 1949-16 Jun 1952.