The 76th Reconnaissance Group was a World War II United States Army Air Forces organization. It served primarily in the American Theatre.

The unit was constituted on 5 February 1942 and activated on 27 February. The group was a Third Air Force training unit for Reconnaissance and Observation aircraft pilots. It also served as part of the Desert Training Center in Southern California as an instructional unit, assisting Second Army on maneuvers, May September 1943; participated in maneuvers with ground forces in the California-Arizona desert training area beginning in September 1943.

It was redesignated as the 6th Reconnaissance Group in April 1943, and 76th Tactical Reconnaissance Group in August 1943. It was disbanded on 15 April 1944.

Operational Units

• 20th Reconnaissance Squadron
• 23d Reconnaissance Squadron
• 24th Reconnaissance Squadron
• 70th Reconnaissance Squadron
• 91st Reconnaissance Squadron

• 97th Reconnaissance Squadron
• 101st Reconnaissance Squadron
• 102d Reconnaissance Squadron
• 106th Reconnaissance Squadron
• 121st Reconnaissance Squadron

Stations Assigned

• MacDill Field, FL 27 February 1942
• Key Field, MS c. 3 March 1942
• Pope Field, NC c. 28 March 1942
• Vichy, MO December 1942
• Morris Field, NC May 1943
• Thermal AAF, CA 1943 15 April 1944

Aircraft Flown

• North American B-25 Mitchell
• Douglas A-20 Havoc
• L-1,L-4,L-5,L-6 Light Observation Aircraft
• Bell P-39 Airacobra
• Curtiss P-40 Warhawk

References

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

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