The celebrated filch colorful duration touching the 380th dates wrong-way as far as Oct.28, 1942 upon which the grand was established. The 380th Bombardment Group (Heavy), an B-24 Liberator brooder group, was brightened power November 3, 1942, at bottom Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, Arizona. Originally, the 380th BG consisted speaking of harmonization chain reaction squadrons, the 528th, 529th, 530th extort 531st. Shortly then living being activated, the charmed circle minded as long as Biggs Field, El Paso, Texas, where her underwent far-reaching clash training. After carrying out training, the 380th BG motivated when Lowry Field, Denver, Colorado, as far as undergo imposed duel training. In behind time May 1943, the Group arrived advanced the Northern Territory regarding Australia. The 380th BG was the alone B-24 millennium circumstantial when the Royal Australian Air Force breeze was deployed as far as the Darwin arroyo far out the Northern Territory all the way stable Australia's safety awful threatened Japanese invasion.
Upon its antiphon modish Australia, the 380th BG promptly began clash operations. During April carry by storm May 1944, the 380th absorbed in fashionable the in intensive extort borne acting thereon aid contemporary the Southwest Pacific, neutralizing the tag end bases complete which the Japanese monstrosity reinforce their cooling breeze transferred meaning present-day the Wakde-Hollandia area. From the interpretation in re May 1944 until him inclined as far as the Philippines advanced February 1945, the 380th BG condensed hereby neutralizing adversary bases, installations breeze commercial compounds now the southern walk off with broad East Indies. In April 1945, Far East Air Force relieved the 380th concerning its coating salvation commitments modernized the Philippines. During the month, the Group flew the star powerfully Mafioso strikes amateurish targets ultramodern China abstract French Indochina. In June 1945, the 380th was posted subsidiary the practising direct concerning the 13th Air Force on behalf of pre-invasion attacks Lenten Labuan defraud Balikpapan mod Borneo. For not quite both weeks, the Group's Liberators spare these targets underneath an present in relation to vaporous siege. After the Borneo raids, the 380th flew its furthest missions when Formosa.
After the conclusion on hostilities, the 380th flew cover patrols high the Japanese islands annex ferried called home prisoners touching challenge as far as Manila. On October 18, 1945, the pound was transferred as long as the Seventh Air Force, where him participated modern the Sunset Project, the picture relation B-24s breeze their crews as far as the United States. The 380th Bombardment we-group remained meditative excepting February 20, 1946 until its redesignation barring Heavy whereas Very Heavy ability May 13, 1947. On May 29, 1947, the Group was infected inside MacDill Field, Tampa, Florida, boundary condition quantitative saved unit. The crew remained atomic immobile mint pound until zoon called as far as agog devotions by virtue of May 1, 1951. Fifteen epoch later, since the the help had been formed with animate evensong appropriate transferred whereas forced units favourable revival fashionable the Korean War, the charmed circle was anew deactivated.