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412 AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS OF WORLD WAR I1Mar 1944-11 Jul 1945; Sioux Falls AAFld,SD, c. 27 Jul-28 Aug 1945.COMMANDERS. Brig Gen Walter R Peck,c. 27 Dec 1943-1 I Jan 1944; Brig Gen JohnK Gerhart, Apr 1944-23 May 1945.CAMPAIGNS. Air Offensive, Europe;Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland;Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe.DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. None.94th BOMBARDMENT WINGConstituted as 94th Combat BombardmentWing (Heavy) on 2 Nov 1943. Activatedin England on 12 Dec 1943. Assignedto Eighth AF. Served in combatin the European theater until Apr 1945.Received a DUC for an attack on Germanaircraft factories on 11 Jan 194. Disbandedin England on 18 Jun 1945.GROUPS. 35ZSt: 1943-2945. 4OZSt.' 1943-1945. 457th: 1944-1945-STATIONS. Polebrook, England, 12 Dec1943; Alconbury, England, 12-18 Jun 1945.COMMANDERS. Brig Gen Julius K Lacey,12 Dec 1943; Col Eugene A Romig,6-15 Jun 1945.CAMPAIGNS. Air Offensive, Europe ;Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland;Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe.DECORATIONS. Distinguished Unit Citation:Germany, 11 Jan 1944.INSIGNE. None.95th BOMBARDMENT WINGConstituted as 95th Combat BombardmentWing (Heavy) on 2 Nov 1943. Ac-tivated in England on 12 Dec 1943. Assignedto Eighth AF. Had no groupsuntil Apr 1944. Flew in combat in theEuropean theater from 2 Jun until 14 Aug1944 when its groups were taken away.Moved to the US in Jul 1945. Disbandedon 28 Aug 1945.GROUPS. 489th: 1944. 49zst: 1944.STATIONS. Attlebridge, England, 12 Dec1943; Ketteringham, England, Feb 1944;Halesworth, England, c. 5 May 1944; Ketteringham,England, Aug 1944-c. 12 Jul1945; Sioux Falls AAFld, SD, c. 23 Jul-28 Aug 1945.COMMANDERS. Maj Albert W Osbourn,c. 6 Jan 1944; Lt Col Milton K Lockwood,c. 12 Jan 1944; Lt Col John H Diehl Jr,c. 26 Jan 1944; Col Frederick R Dent Jr,c. I Apr 1944; Col Irvine A Rendle, 30 Jun194; Col Frederick R Dent Jr, c. 15 Aug1944; Col Troy W Crawford, c. 20 Aug1g44-unkn; Col Jack W Wood, c. 21 Oct1944; Col Perry Norris, c. 18 Nov 1g44-c.May 1945.CAMPAIGNS. Air Offensive, Europe ;Normandy; Northern France.DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. None.96th BOMBARDMENT WINGConstituted as 96th Combat BombardmentWing (Heavy) on 8 Nov 1943.Activated in England on 11 Jan 1944.Served in combat in the European theaterwith Eighth AF from Mar 1944 until Apr1945. Redesignated 8th BombardmentWing (Heavy) in Jun. Moved to the US
AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS--WINGS 413in Aug. Redesignated 96th BombardmentWing (Very Heavy) in Aug. Inactivatedon 17 Oct 1945.Allotted to the reserve. Activated on 12Jun 1947. Redesignated 96th Air Division(Bombardment) in Apr 1948. Znactivatedon 27 Jun 1949.GROUPS. #h: 1945. 93d: 1945. 3jzst:1948-1949. 381~t: 1947-1948. 392d: 1945.446th: 1945. 448th: 1945. 458th: 1944-1945. 466th: 1944-1945. 467th: 1944-1945. 49ZSt.' 1945.STATIONS. Horsham St Faith, England,11 Jan 1944; Ketteringham, England, c. IJun-c. 5 Aug 1945; Sioux Falls AAFM,SD, c. 14 Aug 1945; Peterson Field, Colo,16 Aug-17 Oct 1945. Scott Field, Ill, 12Jun 1947-27 Jun 1949.COMMANDERS. Brig Gen Walter R Peck,11 Jan 1944; Col Irvine A Rendle, c. 10May 1945; Brig Gen Walter R Peck, I Tun~gqj-unkn; Col Fred Feasel, 31 Aug 1945-unkn.CAMPAIGNS. Air Offensive, Europe ;Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland;Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe.DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. None.97th BOMBARDMENT WINGConstituted as 97th Combat Bombardmentkv ing (Medium) on 2 Nov 1943 andactivated in England on 12 Nov. Assignedto Ninth AF. Redesignatcd 97thCombat Bombardment Wing (Light) inJul 1944. Participated in combat operationsin the European theater, Apr 1944-May 1945. Redesignated 97th BombardmentWing (Medium) in Jun 1945.Moved to the US in Oct. Znactivated onI1 OCt 1945.GROUPS. 409th: 1944-1945. 410th: 1944-1945. 416th: 1944-1945.STATIONS. Marks Hall, England, 12 Nov1943; Little Walden, England, 13 Mar1944; Voisenon, France, 13 Sep 1944; Marchais,France, 13 Feb 1945; Arrancy,France, 25 Apr 1945; Sandricourt, France,24 May-1 Oct 1945; Camp Shanks, NY,10-11 OCt 1945.COMMANDERS. Capt Donald S Moloney,26 Nov 1943; Lt Col Chris H W Rueter,2 Mar 1944; Brig Gen Edward N Backus,1 APr 1944-1945.CAMPAIGNS. Air Offensive, Europe;Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland;Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe.DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. None.98th BOMBARDMENT WINGAuthorized on the inactive list as 3dWing on 24 Mar 1923. Redesignated 3dAttack Wing in 1929. Activated on 15Jun 1932. Redesignated 3d Wing in 1935.Became one of the original wings ofGHQAF. Redesignated 3d BombardmentWing in 1940. Inactivated on 5 Sep1941-Activated on 7 Jun 1942. Assigned toEighth AF. Moved to the European theater,Aug-Sep 1942, and entered combat inMay 1943. Redesignated 98th CombatBombardment Wing (Medium) in Nov
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