During World War II, the group was an Eighth Air Force B-24 Liberator unit in England assigned to RAF Rackheath.

They destroyed a German battery at Pointe de Grave, on the west coast of France and scored a 100 per cent strike.

Established as a B-24 Liberator heavy bombardment group in mid-1943 at Mountain Home Army Air Field, Idaho, and activated on 8 September.

After the German Capitulation in May 1945, the group was ordered back to the United States for B-29 transition and redeployment to the Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO).

Upon arrival, most of the group was demobilized due to their combat service in Europe; a cadre of officers and men was formed at Sioux Falls Army Air Field, South Dakota on 25 August.

At Sioux Falls, the unit was redesignated as the 467th Bombardment Group (Very Heavy) in August and was reformed with newly trained pilots, aircrews and ground personnel.

The unit, however was inactivated on 4 August due to personnel shortages and funding reductions in the immediate postwar Air Force.

The equipment and remaining personnel were reassigned to other SAC units, primarily the 301st Bombardment Group at Smoky Hill Army Airfield, Kansas.