The 308th was deactivated as a bomber group in 1946.

The bomber group was due to move out in a couple of days and that had pushed him to the brink.

He talked his way into a training command and, finally, an assignment to a bomber group in England.

Replacement crews are pouring in from the States into the other bomber groups.

After word got out, bomber groups began asking specifically for the 332nd to escort their planes.

Over 850 personnel and 40 helicopters were assigned, in addition to bomber groups from throughout the province.

With three runways, the airfield was home to the 486th Bomber Group.

This meant when Jones's B-52 started dropping its bombs, the rest of the bomber group would follow suit.

The bomber group, with about 350 crew members, suffered heavy losses: four killed, four wounded and 54 missing.