4th Reconnaissance Group

4th Reconnaissance Group
Emblem of the 4th Reconnaissance Group
Active	1942–1946
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army Air Forces

The 4th Reconnaissance Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to Thirteenth Air Force and was stationed at Clark Field, Philippines. It was inactivated on 15 January 1946.

The unit operated P-38/F-4 Lightning photo-reconnaissance aircraft in the Pacific Theater of World War II over a wide area. The group, based successively on New Caledonia, Espiritu Santo, Guadalcanal, and Morotai, flew reconnaissance missions over enemy territory to supply air force units with target and damage- assessment photographs and to provide army and navy units with intelligence on Japanese troop concentrations, installations, shore defenses, supply routes, and shipping. It also produced maps of Allied and enemy-held territory and prepared navigation charts for US units.

During the last three months of the war the group photographed Japanese positions and installations on Mindanao and Borneo to aid US and Australian operations.

History

Lineage

• Constituted as 4th Photographic Group on 14 July 1942

Activated on 23 July 1942

Redesignated 4th Photographic Reconnaissance and Mapping Group on 15 May 1943

Redesignated 4th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance) in November 1943

Redesignated 4th Reconnaissance Group on 4 May 1945

Inactivated on 15 January 1946

Disbanded on 6 March 1947

• Reconstituted on 31 July 1985 and redesignated 534th Combat Crew Training Group^[1] (not active)

Assignments

• Second Air Force, 23 July – 24 October 1942
• Thirteenth Air Force, 22 November 1942 – 15 January 1946

Components

• 17th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, 23 July 1942 – 15 January 1946
• 18th Combat Mapping Squadron (1942–46)
• 19th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, 23 July 1942 – 15 January 1946
• 20th Reconnaissance Squadron, 23 July 1942 – 15 January 1946
• 38th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, 23 July 1942 – 15 January 1946

Stations

• Colorado Springs AAFd., Colorado 23 July – 24 October 1942
• Plaine Des Gaiacs Airfield, New Caledonia, Melanesia, 22 November 1942
• Pekoa Airfield, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, 22 January 1943
• Carney Airfield, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 6 May 1944
• Wama Airfield, Morotai, Netherlands East Indies, 12 December 1944
• Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines, September 1945-15 January 1946

Aircraft

• F-5 Lightning
• F-10 Mitchell

References

Notes

Bibliography

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

• Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.

See also

USAAF Thirteenth Air Force in World War II
Airfields	Pacific USAAF in the South Pacific USAAF in the Southwest Pacific
Units	Commands XIII Bomber XIII Fighter Groups Fighter 18th Fighter 347th Fighter 414th Fighter Bomber 5th Bombardment 11th Bombardment 42d Bombardment 307th Bombardment Reconnaissance 4th Reconnaissance Troop Carrier 403d Troop Carrier Squadrons Bombardment 100th Bombardment 868th Bombardment Night Fighter 418th Night Fighter 419th Night Fighter 550th Night Fighter Reconnaissance 4th Photographic Charting 17th Photographic Reconnaissance 36th Photographic Reconnaissance 38th Photographic Reconnaissance Troop Carrier 13th Troop Carrier
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Airfields	Group Training Stations Heavy Bombardment Training Stations Replacement Training Stations Tactical Airfields Very Heavy Bomber Bases
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