 The 92d Bombardment Group was activated on 1 March 1942 at Barksdale Field, Louisiana.After training at Sarasota Army Airfield, Florida from May–July 1942, the Air Echelon left for Westover Army Airfield, Massachusetts and moved to Dow Army Airfield, Maine on 29 June 1942.In August, the squadrons flew to Newfoundland and then direct across the Atlantic to Prestwick, Scotland.