Based in other areas of England during the Battle
7th Reconnaissance Group
Based at Mount Farm Oxfordshire, the group “Provided reconnaissance support for the airborne attack in the Battle of the Bulge. Used P-51s to escort its own reconnaissance planes during the last months of the war as the group supported the Allied drive across the Rhine.”
4th Fighter Group
Known as the Debden Eagles because it was created from three Eagle squadrons of the RAF, the group participated in the Battle of the Bulge and the airborne assault over the Rhine.
55th Fighter Group
Based at Wormingford, Essex “provided cover for B-17s and B-24s that bombed transportation facilities during the Battle of the Bulge. Strafed trucks, locomotives, and oil depots near Wesel when the Allies crossed the Rhine in Mar 1945.”
56th Fighter Group
Based in Boxted, Essex, “participated in the Battle of the Bulge. Helped to defend the Remagen Bridgehead against air attacks in Mar 1945”.
20th Fighter Group
Based at Kings Cliffe, Northamptonshire “Took part in Battle of the Bulge by escorting bombers to the battle area. Flew patrols to support the airborne attack across the Rhine.”
92nd Bombardment Group
Based at Podington the group “participated in the Battle of the Bulge by attacking bridges and marshalling yards in and near the battle zone. Bombed airfields near the landing zone to cover the airborne assault across the Rhine.”
94th Bombardment Group
Spent time at Earls Colne which was later used for the filming of the Memphis Belle file, was based at Milton Keynes during the Battle of the Bulge for which it “hit marshalling yards, airfields, and strong points near the combat area. Bombed transportation, communications, and oil targets in the final push over the Rhine”.
305th Bombardment Group
Based at Chelveston, Northamptonshire the group took part in the Battle of the Bulge by “bombing military installations in the battle zone. It also supported the assault across the Rhine”.
306th Bombardment Group Heavy
Based at Thurleigh, Bedfordshire the group “Helped stop the advance of German armies in the Battle of the Bulge, by attacking airfields and marshalling yards. Also bombed enemy positions in support of the airborne assault across the Rhine.”
351st Bombardment Group
Based at Polebrook, Northamptonshire. The group “Struck front-line positions, communications, and airfields to help stop the German counteroffensive in the Battle of the Bulge and flew missions in support of the airborne assault across the Rhine”
355th Fighter Group
Base at Steeple Morden was involved in the Ardennes-Alsace campaign but no specific details available.
381st Bombardment Group
Based at RAF Ridgewell, near Halstead Essex, the group “Struck airfields and communications near the battle zone during the Battle of the Bulge. Supported the Allied crossing across the Rhine”
384th Bombardment Group
Was based at Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire. Struck enemy communications and fortifications during the Battle of the Bulge. Aided the allied assault across the Rhine by attacking marshalling yards, railroad junctions, and bridges to cut off enemy supplies.
398th Bombardment Group
Based at Nuthampstead near Royston Hertfordshire, the group participated in raids against “power stations, railroads, and bridges during the Battle of the Bulge and attacked airfields to aid the Allied assault across the Rhine”.
401st Bombardment Group
Based at Deenethorpe, Northamptonshire “Participated in the Battle of the Bulge, Dec 1944- Jan 1945, by assaulting transportation targets and communications centers in the battle area. Also supported the airborne attack across the Rhine”.
434th Troop Carrier Group
Stationed at Aldermaston in Berkshire, the group “resupplied troops at Bastogne in Dec 1944 in the effort to stop the German offensive in the Ardennes. Also engaged in numerous transport missions hauling mail, rations clothing and other supplies from England to bases in France and Germany, and evacuating the Allied wounded”.
436th Troop Carrier Group
Based in Bottesford and then Membury, Berkshire despite moving overseas returned. The group operated in four major airborne operations.
“Towed gliders to Wesel on 24 Mar 1945 to provide troops for the airborne assault across the Rhine; carried gasoline to the front lines and evacuated patients, 30-31 Mar. Flew transport missions almost daily when not engaged in airborne operations; hauled such things as gasoline, ammunition, medical supplies, rations, and clothing; evacuated the wounded to hospitals in England and France.
438th Troop Carrier Group
Previously being based at Welford and then Greenham Common the group “Flew supply missions to battle areas, including two flights to Bastogne, during the Battle of the Bulge.” Before moving to France Feb-Mar 1945 when the group then “Dropped paratroops during the airborne attack across the Rhine in Mar.”
Source / Copyright: https://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/21/2001330256/-1/-1/0/AFD-100921-044.pdf
