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386 AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS OF WORLD WAR I11944; Sioux City AAB, Iowa, Feb 1945;Ft Worth AAFld, Tex, Dec 1945-9 Apr1946.COMMANDERS. Maj Gen Lewis H Brereton,Dec 194o-unkn; Col Asa N Duncan,c. 7 Aug-c. I Sep 1941. Brig Gen WalterR Peck, 5 Jul 1942; Col Allen W Reed,14 Sep-c. 15 Nov 1943. Brig Gen FrankA Armstrong Jr, 12 Apr 1944; Brig GenRobert F Travis, c. 7 Nov 1944; Col KermitD Stevens, Aug 1945; Brig Gen HugoP Rush, 7 Sep 1945; Brig Gen Robert FTravis, 5 Nov 1945-unkn.CAMPAIGNS. American Theater.DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. None.18th REPLACEMENT WINGConstituted as 18th Composite Wing on8 May 1929. Activated in Hawaii on IMay 1931. Served as part of the defenseforce for the Hawaiian Islands. Redesignated18th Wing in 1937, and 18th BombardmentWing in 1940. lnactivated inHawaii on 29 Jan 1942.Redesignated 18th Replacement Wing.Activated in the US on 23 Jun 1942. Assignedto Second AF. Processed personnelentering Second AF for assignments tounits. Disbanded on 11 Apr 1944.GROUPS. 5th Bombardment: 1931-1942.11th Bombardment: 1940-1942. 18thPursuit: 1931-1940.STATIONS. Ft Shafter, TH, I May 1931;Hickam Field, TH, 30 Oct 1937-29 Jan1942. Salt Lake City, Utah, 23 Jun 1942-11 Apr 1944.COMMANDERS. Lt Col Gerald C Brant,May 1931; Lt Col Delos C Emmons, Aug1934; Lt Col John C McDonnell, Jul1936;Lt Col Hume Peabody, Jul 1936; Lt ColJohn C McDonnell, Jul 1936; Brig GenBarton K Yount, Sep 1936; Col Millard FHarmon, Jul 1937; Brig Gen Barton KYount, Jul 1937; Brig Gen Walter HFrank, Sep 1938; Col Shepler W Fitz-Gerald, Jul 1940; Col Howard C Davidson,Oct 1940; Brig Gen Jacob H Rudolph,unkn; Brig Gen Willis H Hale, 20-29 Jan1942. Col Henry W Harms, 23 Jun 1942;Col Frank W Wright, 30 Jan 1944; ColHenry W Harms, 27 Mar-11 Apr 1944.CAMPAIGNS. American Theater ; CentralPacific.DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. None.20th BOMBARDMENT WINGConstituted as 20th Bombardment Wingon 19 Oct 1940. Activated on I8 Dec 1940.lnactivated on I Sep 1941.Activated on I Nov 1942. Redesignated20th Bombardment Wing (Heavy) in Feb1943. Moved to England, May-Jun 1943,for duty with Eighth AF. Redesignated20th Combat Bombardment Wing(Heavy) in Aug 1943. Received its firstgroups in Nov 1943 and served in combatin the European theater from Dec 1943until Apr 1945. Redesignated 20th BombardmentWing (Heavy) in Jun 1945. Returnedto the US in Aug 1945. Redesignated20th Bombardment Wing (VeryHeavy) in Aug, and VIII Bomber Com-
AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS-WINGS 387mand (Very Heavy) in Oct 1945. Apparentlyhad no combat components assignedafter Aug 1945. Inactivated on 10 Nov1946. Disbanded on 8 Oct 1948.GROUPS. 7th: 1940-1941. 3#h: 1945.pd: 1941. 93d: 1943-1945. 385th: 1945.388th: 1945. 446th: 1943-1945. 448th:1943-1945. 45ad: 1945. 489th: 1944.STATIONS. Ft Douglas, Utah, 18 Dec1940-1 Sep 1941. MacDill Field, Fla, INov 1942-c. 8 May 1943; Camp Lynn,England, c. g Jun 1943; Cheddington,England, c. I Jul 1943; Horsham St Faith,England, c. 14 Sep 1943; Hethel, England,24 Sep 1943; Hardwick, England, c. 7 Nov1943; Snetterton Heath, England, c. 13Jun-6 Aug 1945; Sioux Falls AAFld, SD,c. 15 Aug 1945; Peterson Field, Colo, 17Aug 1945; MacDill Field, Fla, 14 May-IoNov 1946.COMMANDERS. Col Shepler W Fitz-Gerald, 16 Jan 1941; Brig Gen Walter HFrank, 6 Feb 1941; Brig Gen Ralph Royce,2 Mar 1941; Col Lowell H Smith, 6 Mayc.I Sep 1941. Col John H Hayden, c. 30Oct 1943; Col Jack W Wood, 29 Dec 1943;Brig Gen Edward J Timberlake Jr, 25 Sep1944; Col Leland G Fiegel, 17 May 1945;Brig Gen Archie J Old Jr, 18 Jun 1945-unkn; Col Brooke E Allen, c. 18 Aug 1945;Col John W Warren, 22 Aug 1945; BrigGen Hugo P Rush, 2 Nov 1~5-unkn; ColNeil B Harding, 14 May 1946; Maj GeneA Nelson, 16 Aug 1946; Maj Leroy S English,10 Sep 1946; Lt Col Ermanno DGrana, 3-c. 10 Nov 1946.CAMPAIGNS. American Theater; AirOffensive, Europe; Normandy; NorthernFrance; Rhineland ; Ardennes-Alsace ;Central Europe.DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. None.21st BOMBARDMENT WING1Constituted as 21st Bombardment Wingon 16 Dec 1942 and activated on 22 Dec.Assigned to Second AF. Functionedthroughout the war as a staging wing,processing heavy bombardment crews andaircraft to prepare them for overseas movement;in Apr 1944 began processing menreturning to the US from combat zones.Redesignated I Staging Command in Sep1945. Assigned to Fourth AF in Nov. Inactivatedon 3 Apr 1946.Redesignated 2 I st Bombardment Wing(Very Heavy). Allotted to the reserve.Activated on 20 Dec 1946. Redesignated21st Air Division (Bombardment) in Apr1948. Inactivated on 27 Jun 1949.
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