 Existing as a separate entity the 2nd Bomb Wing started operations on 7 November 1942, was reorganized as the 2nd Bomb Division on 13 September 1943, and redesignated the 2nd Air Division in January 1945.The division continued operations until the end of the war, flying the last combat sortie on 25 April 1945.The group completed 493 operational missions in Europe during World War Two consisting of 95,948 individual aircraft sorties.