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402 AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS OF WORLD WAR I1Apr 1952. Assigned to Northeast AirCommand.COMPONENTS. Groups. 27th Fighter :1943, 19461947. 3zst Fighter: 1943. 33dFighter: 1943. 36th Fighter: 1945-1946.52d Fighter: 1946-1947. 86th Fighter:19439 1945-1946, 19464947. 324thFighter: 1943, 1945. 354th Fighter: 1945-1946. 355th Fighter: 1946. 363d Reconnaissance:1945. 366th Fighter: 1945-1946. 370th Fighter: 1945. 404th Fighter :1945. 406th Fighter: 1945-1946. Squadrom.59th Fighter: 1g52-. 6zst Fighter:1953-. 79th Fighter: 1954-. 318thFighter: 1953-1954.STATIONS. Mitchel Field, NY, 12 Dec1942-c. 7 Feb 1943; Oran, Algeria, 23 Feb1943; Tunisia, Mar 1943; Licata, Sicily, c.10 Jul 1943; Gela, Sicily, c. Aug 1943;Milazzo, Sicily, I Sep 1943; Frattamaggiore,Italy, 7 Oct 1943; Orbetello, Italy,Jun 1944; Santa Maria di Capua, Italy, 19Jul 1944; St Tropez, France, 15 Aug 1944;Dole, France, 19 Sep 1944; Ludres, France,3 Nov 1944; Nancy, France, 15 Jan 1945;Edenkoben, Germany, I Apr 1945;Schwabisch-Hall, Germany, 29 Apr 1945;Darmstadt, Germany, 7 Jul 1945; BadKissingen, Germany, I Dec 1945-5 Jun1947. Pepperrell AFB, Newfoundland, 8Apr 19p.COMMANDERS. Col Robert S Israel Jr,17 Dec 1942; Brig Gen John R Hawkins,24 Jul 1943; Brig Gen Glenn 0 Barcus, 30Apr 1944; Col Nelson P Jackson, 29 Jan1945; Brig Gen Ned Schramm, Sep 1945;Col Henry W Dorr, c. 2 Jun 1946-c. Jun1947. Col William S Magalhaes, 8 Apr1952; Col Charles R Bond Jr, 12 Sep 1952;Col Charles B Downer, 20 May 1954; ColJoseph Myers, Feb 1955; Col Carroll WMcColpin, 23 Jul 1955-.CAMPAIGNS. Tunisia ; Sicily ; Naples-Foggia; Anzio; Rome-Arno; NorthernFrance; Southern France; Rhineland;Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe.DECORATIONS. None,INSIGNE. Shield: Or, issuing from basea demi-sphere with line markings azure,snow capped, surmounted with a radarantenna, proper; in front of a representationof the Aurora Borealis argent, edgesgules, in chief, surmounting the AuroraBorealis a stylized aircraft azure, in bend,with trailing flames proper. (Approved8 Aug 1952.)65th FIGHTER WINGConstituted as 4th Air Defense Wing on25 Mar 1943 and activated on 27 Mar.
AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITSWINGS 403Moved to England, May-Jun 1943, forduty with Eighth AF. Redesignated 65thFighter Wing in Jul1g43. Served in combatin the European theater from Jul 1943to late in Apr 1945. Inactivated in Englandon 21 Nov 1945.Redesignated 65th Air Division (Defense).Organized in Iceland on 24 Apr1952. Assigned to Military Air TransportService. Served in the air defense ofIceland, its combat elements being fightersquadrons temporarily deployed from theUS. Discontinued on 8 Mar 1954.Activated in Spain on 8 Apr 1957. Assignedto Sixteenth AF. No combatelements were assigned at the time ofactivation.GROUPS. 4th: 1943-1945. 56th: 1943-1945. 78th: 1943. 355th: 1943-1945.356th: 1943-1944- 361st: 1944-1945, 1945.479th: 1944-1945-STATIONS. Hamilton Field, Calif, 27Mar-c. 6 May 1943; Debden, England, 4Jun 1943; Saffron Walden, England, c. 17Jun 1943; Elveden Hall, England, c. I Sep1945; Troston, England, c. 25 Oct-21 Nov1945. Keflavik Aprt, Iceland, 24 Apr1952-8 Mar 1954. Madrid, Spain, 8 Apr'957-.COMMANDERS. Col Jesse Auton, Apr1943; Brig Gen Ross G Hoyt, 4 Jun 1943;Brig Gen Jesse Auton, c. 6 Sep 1943; ColWilliam L Curry, 29 Jul 1~5-unkn. 1stLt John J Brody, 24 Apr 1952; Col MeredithH Shade, 10 Oct 1952; Col EmmettS Davis, 5 Sep 1953-unkn. Capt Newel1H Beaty, 8 Apr 1957-.CAMPAIGNS. Air Offensive, Europe;Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland;Ardennes-Alsace ; Central Europe.DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. None.66th FIGHTER WINGConstituted as 5th Air Defense Wingon 25 Mar 1943 and activated on 27 Mar.Moved to England, May-Jun 1943, andassigned to Eighth AF. Redesignated66th Fighter Wing in Jul 1943. Participatedin combat in the European theaterfrom Nov 1943 to late in Apr 1945. Inactivatedin England on 21 Nov 1945.Allotted to ANG (Ill) on 24 May 1946.Extended federal recognition on 26 Nov1946. Inactivated on 31 Oct 1950.GROUPS. 4th: 1945. 55th: 1943-1945.56th: 1945. 78th: 1943-1945. 339th:1944-1945- 353d: 1943-1945- 357th:1944-1945- 358th: 1943-1944- 359th:1943. 36152: 1943-1944, 1945- 479th: 1945.STATIONS. Norfolk Mun Aprt, Va, 27Mar-c. 11 May 1943; Duxford, England,c. 3 Jun 1943; Sawston, England, 20 Aug1943; Troston, England, c. 25 Oct-21 Nov1945.COMMANDERS. Brig Gen Murray CWoodbury, I Apr 1943; Col Glenn E Duncan,9 Sep-c. 8 Oct 1945.CAMPAIGNS. Air Offensive, Europe;Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland;Ardennes-Alsace ; Central Europe.DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. None.
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