Air Force Combat Units of WWII

AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS-WINGS 383CAMPAIGNS. Air Offensive, Europe;Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland;Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe.DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. None.14th BOMBARDMENT WINGConstituted as 14th Pursuit Wing on19 Oct 1940. Activated in Hawaii on INov 1940. Suffered heavy losses duringthe Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on7 Dec 1941 but managed to shoot downseveral enemy aircraft. Inactivated inHawaii on 23 Jan 1942.Redesignated 14th Bombardment Wing.Activated in the US on I Oct 1942. Redesignated14th Bombardment Wing(Heavy) in Feb 1943. Moved to England,May-Jun 1943. Redesignated 14th CombatBombardment Wing (Heavy) in Aug1943. Received groups in Sep 1943 andserved in combat in the European theateruntil Apr 1945. Redesignated 14th BombardmentWing (Heavy) in Jun 1945.Returned to the US in Aug. Znactivatedon 7 Nov 1945.Redesignated 14th Air Division. Organizedon 10 Feb 1951. Assigned toStrategic Air Command.COMPONENTS. Groups. 25th Pursuit :1940-1942. 28th Pursuit: 1940-1942. 44thBombardment: 1943, 1943-1945. 94thBombardment: 1945. 392d Bombardment:1943-1945. 447th Bombardment:1945. 486th Bombardment: 1945. 487thBombardment: 1945. 49zst Bombardment:1944-1945. 492d Bombardment:1944. Wings. 5th Bombardment: 1951-.9th Bombardment: 1951-1953.STATIONS. Wheeler Field, TH, I Nov1940-23 Jan 1942. MacDill Field, Fla, IOct 1g42-c. g May 1943; Camp Lynn,England, c. 4 Jun 1943; Hethel, England,c. g Jun 1943; Camp Thomas, England,c. I Jul 1943; Shipdham, England, 13 Sep1943; Bury St Edmunds, England, 13 Jun-26 Aug 1945; McChord Field, Wash, 6Sew Nov 1945. Travis AFB, Calif, 10Feb 1g51-.COMMANDERS. Col Harvey S Burwell,Nov 1940; Brig Gen Howard C Davidson,7 May 1g41-c. 23 Jan 1942. Maj Alan WDetweiler, 16 Dec 1942-unkn; Lt Col RoderickOtt, 1943; Brig Gen Leon W Johnson,c. 14 Sep 1943; Brig Gen Robert WBurns, c. 16 Jun 1945; Lt Col Charles DBirdsall, c. 4 Jul 1945-unkn. Brig GenJ W Kelly, 10 Feb 1951; COl John MSterling, 16 Sep ISI ; Brig Gen Richard H