It participated in combat in the European Theater of Operations with B-17 Flying Fortress at RAF Rattlesden as part of Eighth Air Force.

During Big Week, 20–25 February 1944, the 447th took part in the intensive campaign of heavy bombers against the German aircraft industry.

2d Lieutenant Robert E. Femoyer, of the 711th Bombardment Squadron, was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions during a mission over Merseburg, Germany, on 2 November 1944.

It moved to Castle Air Force Base, California in 1949, where it became a corollary unit of the active duty 93d Bombardment Group.

The cadre trained at Brooksville Army Air Field with the 1st Bombardment Squadron, engaging in simulated attacks against Mobile, Charleston and New Orleans.

The group lost three planes during training, two due to a mid-air collision in August 1943, and one to adverse weather in October.

[1] It assaulted marshalling yards, railroad bridges and communication centers during the Battle of the Bulge from December 1944 to January 1945.

He refused morphine to relieve the pain of his injuries in order to keep his mind alert to navigate the plane out of the danger from heavily defended flak areas and then to a place of safety for his crew.

Because he was too weak to climb back in his seat, he asked other crew members to prop him up so he could read his charts and instruments.

[18] One of the group's planes, named "Milk Wagon" flew 129 missions without turning back,[note 1] a record for the 3d Air Division.

It was activated in the Air Force Reserve on 12 August 1947, at Bergstrom Field Texas, and equipped with Boeing B-29 Superfortresses.

[20] As of 2008, Sather was one of the busiest airports in Iraq, leading in number of passengers handled, and placing second in the amount of cargo.

The airfield was a joint civilian-military airport, with a military ramp on the west side and a civilian runway and terminal on the other used for international civil flights.

[11] The 447 AEG was reactivated on 18 December 2015 at Incirlik Air Base with a complement of Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II (A-10Cs) and KC-135R aerial refueling aircraft as part of Operation Inherent Resolve.