The group was assigned to the VIII Air Support Command 3d Bombardment Wing and flew Martin B-26B/C Marauders.

Operational squadrons of the 322d were: Missions of the 386th concentrated on airfields but also bombed marshalling yards and gun positions during the first months of combat.

In common with other Marauder units of the 3d Bomb Division, the 386th was transferred to Ninth Air Force 98th Bombardment Wing on 16 October 1943.

The runway layout and the airfield perimeter track are easily identified in aerial photography, but no substantial amount of concrete remains.

[9] There is a small museum in Great Dunmow which holds some exhibits of the airfield and the 386th Bomb Group, along with a stained glass window memorial in Little Easton church.