 On 20 August the Fifteenth US Air Force bombed the base killing six and wounded 18 personnel.It had 34 bombers on 1 September which it evacuated to Pilsen, Czechoslovakia on 1 and 2 September.The "Gruppe" lost its identity on 21 November 1944 with 12 and 13 "Staffeln" and renamed 4. and 3. respectively of Erg.Gr.