The 417th Bombardment Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with V Bomber Command, being stationed at Itami Airfield, Japan, where it was inactivated on 5 November 1945.
During World War II, the group operated primarily in the Southwest Pacific Theater as a light bombardment unit during the New Guinea and Philippines Campaigns. It was awarded both the United States Distinguished Unit Citation and the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation for its combat service.
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