sentences:  The group was a Douglas A-20 Havoc light bomb group assigned to Ninth Air Force in Western Europe.It was awarded a Distinguished Unit Citation for its actions in France when, in spite of intense resistance, the group bombed bridges, railways, rolling stock, and a radar station to disrupt the German retreat through the Falaise-Argentan gap.It converted to Douglas A-26 Invaders while engaged in combat and continued to support ground forces through the end of the war.