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410 AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS OF WORLD WAR I1groups were reassigned in Sep 1944. Disbandedin Italy on I Apr 1945.GROUPS. 57th: 1944. 79th: 1944. 86th:1944.STATIONS. Mitchel Field, NY, 25 Oct-15 Dec 1943; Nouvion, Algeria, 11 Jan1944; Caserta, Italy, g Feb 1944; Bastia,Corsica, 28 Mar 1944; Vescovato, Corsica,g May 1944; Furiani, Corsica, 13 Jul 1944;Caserta, Italy, 22 Sep 1944; Florence, Italy,25 Dec 1944-1 Apr 1945.COMMANDERS. Lt Col Gladwyn E Pinkston,30 Oct 1943; Brig Gen Laurence CCraigie, 22 Nov 1943; Lt Col Gladwyn EPinkston, 6 Mar 1944; Brig Gen ThomasC Darcy, 18 Apr 1944; Lt Col TheodoreV Prochazka, c. 20 Sep 1944-c. 31 Mar1945-CAMPAIGNS. Rome-Arno ; SouthernFrance; North Apennines.DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. None.90th RECONNAISSANCE WINGConstituted as 90th Photographic Wing(Reconnaissance) on 11 Oct 1943. Activatedin North Africa on 22 Nov 1943.Provided photographic reconnaissance forboth Twelfth AF and Fifteenth until thewing’s groups were reassigned on I Oct1944. Afterward, aided in establishing aphotographic library for use in the Europeanand Mediterranean theaters. Returnedto the US in Apr 1945. Redesignated90th Reconnaissance Wing in Tun.Inactivated on 23 Oct 1945.Allotted to the reserve. Activated on20 Dec 1946. Redesignated goth Air Division(Reconnaissance) in Apr 1948. Inactivatedon 27 Jun 1949.GROUPS. 3d: 1943-1944, 5th: 1943-1944. 26th: 1947-1949. 65th: 1946-1949.STATIONS. La Marsa, Tunisia, 22 Nov1943; San Severo, Italy, 14 Dec 1g43-c. 4Apr 1945; Buckley Field, Colo, Apr-23Oct 1945. Niagara Falls Mun Aprt, NY,20 Dec 1946-27 Jun 1949.COMMANDERS. Col Elliott Roosevelt, 22Nov 1943; Col Karl L Polifka, 25 Jan1944; Col George G Northrup, 30 Jan1945; Lt Col James D Berry, 26 Jul 1945;Col Karl L Polifka, 8 Sep 1945; Maj ClairE Cheney, Oct-23 Oct 1945.CAMPAIGNS. Air Combat, EAME Theater;Air Offensive, Europe ; Naples-Foggia;Anzio; Rome-Arno; Southern France;North Apennines.DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. None.9 1st RECONNAISSANCE WINGConstituted as gIst Photographic Wing(Reconnaissance) on g Oct 1943 and activatedon 20 Oct. Redesignated gIst ReconnaissanceWing in Jun 1945. Moved to theSouthwest Pacific, Feb-Mar 1944, andserved with Fifth AF until the end of thewar. Znactivated in Japan on 27 Jan 1946.Allotted to the reserve. Activated in theUS on 20 Dec 1946. Redesignated gIst AirDivision (Reconnaissance) in Apr 1948.Znactivated on 27 Jun 1949.
AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS-WINGS 411GROUPS. 6th: 1944-1945. 66th: 1946-1949. 7ZSt.. 1944-1945- 74th: 1946-1949.STATIONS. Will Rogers Field, Okla, 20Oct 1943; Birmingham AAB, Ala, 9 Nov1943-20 Feb 1944; Nadzab, New Guinea,30 Mar 1944; Biak, 10 Aug 1944; Leyte, 12Nov 1944; Mindoro, 28 Jan 1945; ClarkField, Luzon, 24 Mar 1945; Okinawa, 30JuI’1g45; Japan, Oct 1945-27 Jan 1946.Newark AAB, NJ, 20 Dec 1946-27 Jun1949.COMMANDERS. Lt Col James E Ilgenfritz,13 Nov 1943; Col Elvin F Maughan,18 Dec 1943; Col David W Hutchison, 12Apr 1944; Col Ralph 0 Brownfield, 22Apr 1944; Col John T Murtha, 23 Aug1944; Col William C Sams, 16 Oct 1944-unkn.CAMPAIGNS. Air Offensive, Japan ;China Defensive; New Guinea; BismarckArchipelago; Western Pacific; Leyte;Luzon; Southern Philippines; Ryukyus;China Offensive.DECORATIONS. Philippine PresidentialUnit Citation.INSIGNE. None.92d BOMBARDMENT WINGConstituted as 92d Combat BombardmentWing (Heavy) on 25 Oct 1943. Activatedin England on I Nov 1943. Assignedto Eighth AF. Entered combaton 11 Dec 1943 but its group were reassignedon 15 Dec. Re-entered combatwith new groups in May 1944 and continuedoperations until the groups weretaken away in Feb 1945. Moved to theUS in Jul. Disbanded on 28 Aug 1945.GROUPS. 35zst: 1943. 40z~t: 1943.486th: 1944-1945. 487th: 1944-1945.STATIONS. Polebrook, England, I Nov1943; Camp Blainey, England, c. 12 Dec1943; Sudbury, England, c. 2 Mar 1944;Bury St Edmunds, England, c. 18 Nov1944; Elveden Hall, England, 12 Feb-c.13 Jul 1945; Sioux Falls AAFld, SD, 23Ju1-28 Aug 1945.COMMANDERS. Col Julius K Lacey, 24Nov-12 Dec 1943; Col Harold Q Huglin,c. I Apr-19 Nov 1944; Col HunterHarris Jr, c. 12 Feb-11 May 1945.CAMPAIGNS. Air Offensive, Europe;Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace.DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. None.93d BOMBARDMENT WINGConstituted as 93d Combat BombardmentWing (Heavy) on 25 Oct 1943. Activatedin England on I Nov 1943. Didnot receive groups until the spring of 1944.Served in combat with Eighth AF in theEuropean theater from May 1944 untilApr 1945. Moved to the US in Jul 1945.Disbanded on 28 Aug 1945.GROUPS. 34th: 1944-1945. 385th: 1945.490th: 1944-1945s 493d: 1944-1945-STATIONS. Horsham St Faith, England,I Nov 1943; Elveden Hall, England, c.10 Jan 1944; Mendlesham, England, c. 30
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