The 402d Bombardment Group was activated in China and assigned to Fourteenth Air Force in early 1943.

Programmed for North American B-25 Mitchell medium bombers, however no aircraft or squadrons were assigned and its headquarters apparently was never fully manned.

[1][2][3][4] Less than two weeks later, the group moved to Seymour Johnson Field, North Carolina.

[1] Planned as an F-100 Super Sabre group, however decision was made to keep Greenville AFB as an Air Training Command base.

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency