page_title: RAF Chipping Ongar
section_title: 387th Bombardment Group (Medium)
hierarchical_section_title: RAF Chipping Ongar / History / United States Army Air Forces use / 387th Bombardment Group (Medium)
caption_attribution_description: English: 387th Bomb Group B-26 Marauders parked at RAF Chipping Ongar, England.
context_page_description: Royal Air Force Chipping Ongar or more simply RAF Chipping Ongar is a former Royal Air Force station located 2 miles northeast of Chipping Ongar; about 20 miles northeast of London.
  Opened in 1943, it was used by both the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces. During the war it was used primarily as a bomber airfield. After the war it was closed in 1959 after many years of being a reserve airfield.
  Today the remains of the airfield are located on private property being used as agricultural fields.
context_section_description: Parts of the airfield were still under construction when the 387th Bombardment Group (Medium) arrived from Goodman AAF, Kentucky on 25 June 1943.  The group was assigned to the 3d Bomb Wing and flew B-26B/C Marauders.  Operational squadrons of the 387th were:
  556th Bombardment Squadron (FW)
  557th Bombardment Squadron (KS)
  558th Bombardment Squadron (KX)
  559th Bombardment Squadron (TQ)
  The 387th Bomb Group began combat on 15 August 1943 by joining with three other B-26 groups attacking coastal defences on the French Coast near Boulogne, and was mounted in thick fog.  In common with other Marauder units of the 3d Bomb Wing, the 387th was transferred to Ninth Air Force on 16 October 1943.
  The 387th Bomb Group moved to RAF Stoney Cross in Hampshire on 21 July 1944 when Ninth Air Force moved the 98th Bomb Wing's four Marauder groups into the New Forest area at the earliest opportunity to place them closer to the French Normandy Invasion beaches.
  During September 1944, the airfield was used temporarily by IX Troop Carrier Command as advanced C-47 base during Operation Market-Garden.
caption: 387th Bomb Group B-26 Marauders parked at RAF Chipping Ongar England, 1944
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