Air Force Combat Units of WWII

388 AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS OF WORLD WAR I1Redesignated 21st Air Division. Acti- the hilt and pommel of the sword, threevated on 16 Feb 1951. Assigned to and two. (Approved 17 Jul 1952.)Strategic Air Command.(This wing is not related to a 21st BombardmentWing that was constituted on 19Oct 1940, activated at Barksdale Field on INov 1940, inactivated on I Nov 194.1, anddisbanded on 15 Dec 1942.)24th COMPOSITE WINGConstituted as 24th Composite Wing on19 Nov 1942. Activated in. Iceland on 25Dec 1942. Served in the defense of Ice-COMPONENTS. Groups. 95th: 1947- land. Disbanded on 15 Jun 1944.1949. 384th: 1947-1949. Wings. Mh Reconstituted on .5 Aug 1946 and acti-Bombardment: 1951-1952. 55th Recon- vated in Puerto Rico on 25 Aug. Assignednaissance: 1952-. 90th Reconnaissance: to Caribbean Air Command. No tactical1951-.groups were assigned, but the wing super-STATIONS. Smoky Hill AB, Kan, 22 Dec1942; Topeka AAFld, Kan, May 1943;Merced AAFld, Calif, c. 7 Oct 1945-3 Apr1946. Memphis Mun Aprt, Tenn, 20 Dec1946-27 Jun 1949. Forbes AFB, Kan, 16Feb 1g51-.vised various air force units and bases inthe Antilles. Znactivated in Puerto Ricoon 28 Jul1948.GROUPS. 342d: 1942-1944.STATIONS. Iceland, 25 Dec 1942-15 Jun1944. Borinquen Field, PR, 25 Aug 1946-COMMANDERS. Brig Gen Albert F 28 Jul1948.Hegenberger, 22 Dec 1942; Col Henry W COMMANDERS. Brig Gen George PHarms, Feb 1944; Col Cornelius W Cous- Tourtellot, c. 25 Dec 1942; Brig Gen Earlyland, 26 Dec 1944; Col Wallace S Dawson,E W Duncan, c. 5-15 Jun 1944. Brig Gen21 Jan 1945; Col Ralph E Koon, 29 MayJohn A Samford, c. Jan 1g47-c. 28 Jul1g48.CAMPAIGNS. Air Combat, EAME1945; Brig Gen James M Fitzmaurice, 19Theater.Jul 1945-c. Apr 1946. Maj Gen DavidDECORATIONS. None.W Hutchison, 16 Mar 1951; Brig GenINSIGNE. None.Joseph D C Caldara, 4 Dec 1952; Brig GenDavid Wade, 15 Apr 1954; Brig GenHenry R Sullivan Jr, 25 Jul 1g55-. 25 th ANTISUBMARINE WINGCAMPAIGNS. American Theater.Constituted as 25th AntisubmarineDECORATIONS. None.Wing on 17 Nov 1942 and activated on 20INSIGNE. Shield: Per bend enhanced, Nov. Assigned to AAF Antisubmarineazure and argent, in base a branch of olive Command and later (Aug 1943) to Firstproper, over all a sword bend sinisterwiseproper, hilt and pommel or, point to dex-AF. Conducted patrols, primarily off theeastern coast of the US. Disbanded on 15ter base, in chief five stars or, encircling Oct 1943.