B-25C-1-NA #41-13202 "Idaho Lassie" 321st BG - 445th BS - 12th AF. Flew 150 Combat Missions. To reclamation Brooks AAF Sep 17, 1945
321st Bombardment Group History
Constituted as 321st Bombardment Group (Medium) on 19 June 1942 and activated on 26 June. Prepared for overseas duty with B-25's. They moved to the Mediterranean theater, Jan-Mar 1943, and assigned to 12th Air Force.
The 321st engaged primarily in support and interdictory operations, bombing marshalling yards, rail lines, highways, bridges, viaducts, troop concentrations, gun emplacements, shipping, harbors, and other objectives in North Africa, France, Sicily, Italy, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, and Greece. Sometimes dropped propaganda leaflets behind enemy lines. Took part in the Allied operations against Axis forces in North Africa during Mar-May 1943, the reduction of Pantelleria and Lampedusa in June, the invasion of Sicily in July, the landing at Salerno in September, the Allied advance toward Rome during January-June 1944, the invasion of Southern France in August 1944, and the Allied operations in northern Italy from September 1944 to Apr 1945.
World War II Commanders
Col William C Mills, 3 Aug 1942
Col Robert D Knapp, Sep 1942
Lt Col Charles T Olmsted, 5 Dec 1943
Lt Col Peter H Remington, 18 Mar 1944
Col Richard H Smith, 26 Mar 1944
Lt Col Charles F Cassidy Jr, 28 Jan 1945
WW2 Stations
Barksdale Field, La, 26 Jun 1942
Columbia AAB, SC, c. 1 Aug 1942
Walterboro, SC, Sep 1942
DeRidder AAB, La, c. 1 Dec 1942-21 Jan 1943
Ain M'lila, Algeria, 12 Mar 1943
Souk-el-Arba, Tunisia, c. 1 Jun 1943
Soliman, Tunisia, 8 Aug 1943
Grottaglie, Italy, Oct 1943
Amendola, Italy, c. 20 Nov 1943
Vincenzo Airfield, Italy, 14 Jan 1944
Gaudo Airfield, Italy, Feb 1944
Corsica, 23 Apr 1944
Falconara, Italy, 1 Apr 1945
World War II Squadrons
445th: 1942-1945.
446th: 1942-1945.
447th: 1942-1945.
448th: 1942-1945.
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