Air Force Combat Units of WWII

378 AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS OF WORLD WAR I1Morocco, 25 May 1951; Sidi Slimane,French Morocco, 29 May 1954-.COMMANDERS. Brig Gen Carlyle HWash, c. Dec 1940-1941. Maj Charles RSimpson, 28 Jul 1942; Col John W Monahan,11 Sep 1942; Brig Gen Joseph H Atkinson,5 Jan 1943; Brig Gen Charles WLawrence, 24 Jan 1944; Col Wallace EWhitson, c. 22 May 1945-unkn. Maj GenArchie J Old Jr, 25 May 1951; Maj GenDavid W Hutchison, 15 Jan 1953; BrigGen Charles B Dougher, 5 Mar 1954; BrigGen Joseph J Nazzaro, 6 Jul 1955-.CAMPAIGNS. Air Combat, EAME Theater;Air Offensive, Europe; Tunisia; Sicily; Naples-Foggia; Rome-Arno; Normandy;Northern France; SouthernFrance; North Apennines; Rhineland ;Central Europe; Po Valley.DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. Shield: Gules, a stylized silhouettedaircraft volant, nose to the chiefargent; on a chief per fess gules and argent,five stars argent in chief, and a ribbonof the firmament, sky blue, in basecharged with semee of stars of the second.(Approved 3 Nov 1954.)6th FIGHTER WINGConstituted as 6th Pursuit Wing on 19Oct 1940. Activated on 18 Dec 1940.Inactivated on 7 Dec 1941.Redesignated 6th Fighter Wing. Activatedon 7 Jun 1942. No combat groupswere assigned. Moved to England in Aug1942 for duty with Eighth AF. Trainedreplacement pilots for fighter organiza-tions. Disbanded in England in 13 Sep1943.Reconstituted on 5 Aug 1946 and activatedin the Panama Canal Zone on 25Aug. Inactivated in the Canal Zone on 28Jul 1948.Redesignated 6th Air Division. Organizedin the US on 10 Feb 1951. Assignedto Strategic Air Command.COMPONENTS. Groups. zst Pursuit:1940-1941. 3zst Pursuit: 1940-1941. 36thFighter: 1946-1948. 52d Pursuit: 1941.Wings. 305th Bombardment: 1951-.306th Bombardment: 1951-. 307th Bombardment:1951-1953.STATIONS. Selfridge Field, Mich, 18 Dec19401 Dec 1941. Harrisburg Mun Aprt,Pa, 7 Jun-c. 4 Aug 1942; Bushey Hall,England, c. 16 Aug 1942; Atcham, England,c. 24 Aug 1942-13 Sep 1943. HowardField, CZ, 25 Aug 1946-28 Jul 1948.MacDill AFB, Fla, 10 Feb 1951-.COMMANDERS. Brig Gen Henry BClagett, c. 16 Jan 1941-unkn; Col LawrenceP Hickey, c. 8 Apr-c. 7 Dec 1941. Lt