page_title: 41st Tactical Group
hierarchical_section_title: 41st Tactical Group
caption_attribution_description: English: Rag Wings and Radials' B-25J is restored as "Panchito." It served with the 396th Bomb Squadron, 41st Bomb Group, 7th Air Force, stationed in the Central Pacific. In April 18, 1942, sixteen B-25s, under the command of U.S. Army Air Corps Lt. Col. James "Jimmy" Doolittle, attacked Tokyo and other Japanese cities in a daring raid. Photo by: Cpl. Ezekiel R. Kitandwe Photo ID: 2006519125849 Submitting Unit: MCAS New River Photo Date:05/15/2006
context_page_description: The 41st Tactical Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 7217th Air Division at Cigli Air Base, Turkey, where it was inactivated in 1970. From 1966 to 1970 the group controlled deployed fighter squadrons.
  During World War II, the unit was a North American B-25 Mitchell unit serving with Seventh Air Force in the Pacific. It was inactivated in January 1946 at Manila, Philippines.
  During the Okinawa Campaign, the group began the first sustained medium bombardment strikes against the main islands of Japan. It established its facilities and operated its aircraft under the most hazardous field conditions. Undeterred by either the constant rain during April and May or by heavy enemy artillery shelling and repeated day and night aerial bombing of the air strips, the unit succeeded in carrying out highly effective aerial operations against the enemy from Kyushu to the southern-most island of the Ryukyu Group, flying reconnaissance and search missions, escort missions, day and night bomber strikes.
context_section_description: The 41st Tactical Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit.  Its last assignment was with the 7217th Air Division at Cigli Air Base, Turkey, where it was inactivated in 1970.  From 1966 to 1970 the group controlled deployed fighter squadrons.
  During World War II, the unit was a North American B-25 Mitchell unit serving with Seventh Air Force in the Pacific.  It was inactivated in January 1946 at Manila, Philippines.
  During the Okinawa Campaign, the group began the first sustained medium bombardment strikes against the main islands of Japan. It established its facilities and operated its aircraft under the most hazardous field conditions. Undeterred by either the constant rain during April and May or by heavy enemy artillery shelling and repeated day and night aerial bombing of the air strips, the unit succeeded in carrying out highly effective aerial operations against the enemy from Kyushu to the southern-most island of the Ryukyu Group, flying reconnaissance and search missions, escort missions, day and night bomber strikes.
caption: Rag Wings and Radials' B-25J is restored as "Panchito." It served with the 396th Bomb Squadron, 41st Bomb Group, 7th Air Force, stationed in the Central Pacific.
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