[11] The group trained with its A-20s until 10 February 1944 when it moved to RAF Little Walden, England, arriving on 7 March 1944, when it became part of Ninth Air Force.

However, the group was busy flying medium-altitude bombing runs from 10,000 ft.[citation needed] Over 100 missions were flown by the group,[citation needed] attacking coastal defenses, V-1 and V-2 launch sites, airfields and other targets in France in preparation for Operation Overlord, the invasion of Normandy.

The group supported ground forces during the Battle of Normandy by hitting gun batteries, rail lines, bridges, communications, and other objectives.

During July 1944, it aided the Allied offensive at Caen and Operation Cobra, the breakout at Saint-Lô with attacks on enemy troops, flak positions, fortified villages, and supply dumps.

[6] The group moved to Bretigny Airfield, France on 10 September to support United States Third Army's advance toward Germany.

[6] After V-E Day, the group began its return to the United States in June and gathered at Seymour Johnson Field North Carolina in August.

[citation needed][note 3] Later, the group participated in RESCUER/MEDCEUR 03, a regional multinational exercise held in the spirit of "Partnership for Peace" at Vaziani Military Base, Georgia, in September 2003.

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