Air Force Combat Units of WWII

376 AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS OF WORLD WAR I1\1no groups assigned until the spring of 1943and was not manned from 29 Sep 1942 to19 Jan 1943. Began combat in May 1943and received a DUC for a mission on 17Aug 1943 when the wing attacked an aircraftfactory at Regensburg. Brig GenFrederick W Castle, wing commander,was posthumously awarded the Medal ofHonor for action on 24 Dec 1944 when hekept a burning B-17 from crashing untilother members of the crew had parachutedto safety. The wing remained in combatuntil Apr 1945. Disbanded in England on18 Jun 1945,Reconstituted, redesignated 4th BombardmentWing (Light), and allotted tothe reserve. Activated in the US on 20Dec 1946. Redesignated 4th Air Division(Bombardment) in Apr 1948. Znactivatedon 27 Jun 1949.Redesignated 4th Air Division. Organizedon 10 Feb 1951. Assigned toStrategic Air Command.COMPONENTS. Groups. 34th: 1941.43d: 1941. 94th: 1943-1945. 95th: 1943.96th: 1943. 100th: 1943. 319th: 1946-1949. 320th: 1947-1949. 385th: 1943-1945. 388th: 1943. 390th: 1943. 447th:1943-1945. 486th: 1945. 487th: 1945.Wings. gzst Reconnaissance: 1951. 301stBombardment: 1951-. 376th Bombard-ment: 1951-.STATIONS. Mitchel Field, NY, 18 Dec1940; Westover Field, Mass, 20 Mar-I Oct1941. Westover Field, Mass, 7 Jun 1942;Bolling Field, DC, c. 28 Jul-c. 28 Aug1942; Camp Lynn, England, 12 Sep 1942;Marks Hall, England, 18 Jan 1943; CampBlainey, England, Jun 1943; Bury St Edmunds,England, 13 Sep 1943-18 Jun 1945.Mitchel Field, NY, 20 Dec 1946-27 Jun1949. Barksdale AFB, La, 10 Feb 1951-.COMMANDERS. Brig Gen John B Brooks,c. 18 Dec 1940-c. 31 Jul 1941. Brig GenJames H Doolittle, c. Jun 1942; ColCharles T Phillips, c. I Aug 1942-unkn;Lt Col Thomas L Dawson, c. 19 Jan 1943;Lt Col Charles C Bye Jr, c. 27 Jan 1943;Brig Gen Frederick L Anderson, 19 Apr1943; Col Curtis E LeMay, 18 Jun 1943;Brig Gen Russell A Wilson, 14 Sed1943;Brig Gen Frederick W Castle, c. 6 Mar1944; Col Charles B Dougher, 25 Dec1944; Col Robert W Burns, 29 Jan 1945-unkn. Col Thomas W Steed, 10 Feb1951 ; Brig Gen Henry K Mooney, 22 May1951 ; Brig Gen Fay R Upthegrove, 22 Oct1952; Maj Gen Frederic E Glantzberg, 6Jan 1953; Brig Gen Maurice A Preston, 14Jan 1954--