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414 AIR FOR( :E COMBAT UNITS OF WORLD WAR I11943. Assigned to Ninth AF and continuedcombat operations until Apr 1945.Redesignated 98th Bombardment Wing(Medium) in Jun 1945. Znactivated inEurope on 27 Nov 1945.Redesignated 3d Bombardment Wing(Light) and allotted to the reserve. Activatedin the US on 20 Dec 1946. Redesignated3d Air Division (Bombardment) inApr 1948. Inactivated on 27 Jun 1949.GROUPS. 3d Bombardment : 1932-1940.13th Bombardment: 1941. 20th Pursuit:1932-1939. 29th Bombardment: 1940-1941. 44th Bombardment: 1941. 305thBombardment : 1945. 306th Bombardment:1945. 3zoth Bombardment: 1947-1949. 322d Bombardment : 1942-1943.323d Bombardment : 1942-1945. 34zstBombardment: 1947-1949. 344th Bombardment:1945. 386th Bombardment:1942-1943, 1945. 387th Bombardment:1942-1945. jgzst Bombardment: 1945.394th Bombardment: 1944-1945. 397thBombardment : 1944-1945.STATIONS. Ft Crockett, Tex, 15 Jun1932; Barksdale Field, La, 27 Feb 1935;MacDill Field, Fla, 2 Oct 1940-5 Sep 1941.Detrick Field, Md, 7 Jun-Aug 1942; ElvedenHall, England, c. 12 Sep 1942;Marks Hall, England, 12 Jun 1943; EarlsColne, England, Nov 1943; Beaulieu, England,18 Jul-19 Aug 1944; Lessay, France,23 Aug 1944; Chartres, France, 24 Sep1944; Laon/Athies, France, 3 Oct 1944;Havrincourt, France, I Feb 1945; Venlo,Holland, c. 3 May 1945; Tirlemont, Belgium,c. Jul 1945; Kitzingen, Germany,Aug 1945; Namur, Belgium, c. Oct-Nov1945. Bedford AAFld, Mass, 20 Dec1946-27 Jun 1949.COMMANDERS. Unkn, to I Mar 1935;Brig Gen Gerald C Brant, I Mar 1935;Brig Gen Frederick L Martin, I Apr 1937;Brig Gen Clarence L Tinker, c. Jan 1941;Brig Gen Follett Bradley, 1941-5 Sep1941. Maj John P Carson, 7 Jun 1942;Maj William A Turner, 14 Jul 1942; MajThomas B Scott, 29 Jul 1942; Maj Jack ECaldwell, 29 Aug 1942; Col Charles TPhillips, 15 Sep 1942; Brig Gen HaywoodS Hansel1 Jr, 6 Dec 1942; Brig Gen FrederickL Anderson, 27 Feb 1943; Brig GenFrancis M Brady, 27 Apr 1943; Col SamuelE Anderson, 12 Jul 1943; Col Carl RStorrie, Nov 1943; Col Millard Lewis, 21Jan 1944; Brig Gen Harold L Mace, c. 2Aug 1944-1945-CAMPAIGNS. Air Offensive, Europe ;Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland;Ardennes-Alsace ; Central Europe.DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. None.99th BOMBARDMENT WINGConstituted as 44th Bombardment Wing(Heavy) on 15 Feb 1943. Activated on IMar 1943. Moved to England in Jul 1943and assigned to Eighih AF. Combat elementsapparently were not assigned andwing headquarters was not fully mannedprior to Nov 1943. Redesignated 99thCombat Bombardment Wing (Medium).Served in combat with Ninth AF untilMay 1945. Redesignated 99th BombardmentWing (Medium) in Jun 1945. Re-
AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS-WINGS 41 5turned to the US, Sep-Oct 1945.Inactivated on 4 Oct 1945.Redesignated 44th Bombardment Wing(Very Heavy) and allotted to the reserve.Activated on 26 Jun 1947. Redesignated44th Air Division (Bombardment) in Apr1948. Inactivated on 27 Jun 1949.GROUPS. 312th: 1947-1949. 322d: 1943-1945. 344th: 1943-1945. 386th: 1944-1945-391st: 1944-1945. 394th: 1945. 40zst:1947-1949. 447th: 1947-1949-STATIONS. Salt Lake City AAB, Utah,I Mar 1943; Biggs Field, Tex, May-Jul1943; Aldermaston, England, Jul 1943;Great Duumow, England, 12 Nov 1943-Sep 1944; Beaumont, France, 25 Sep 1944;Tirlemont, Belgium, Apr 1945; Namur,Belgium, I Jul-Aug 1945; Camp MylesStandish, Mass, 3-4 Oct 1945. BrooksField, Tex, 26 Jun 1947-27 Jun 1949.COMMANDERS. Brig Gen Herbert BThatcher, 12 Nov 1943; Col Reginald F CVance, 7 Nov 1944; Maj Charles F Salter,I Jul 1945; Lt Col William W Brier, 13Jul 1945; Brig Gen Richard C Sanders, 12Aug-Oct 1945.CAMPAIGNS. Air Offensive, Europe;Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland;Ardennes-Alsace ; Central Europe.DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. None.100th FIGHTER WINGConstituted as 100th Fighter Wing on8 Nov 1943 and activated in England on 24Nov. Assigned to Ninth AF. Engagedin combat in the European theater fromApr 1944 to May 1945. Moved to the US,Aug-Sep 1945. Inactivated on 7 Nov 1945.GROUPS. 48th: 1944. 354th: 1943, 1944,1945. 358th: 1944. 361st: 1944-1945.362d: 1944, 1945. 363d: 1944. 365th:1944-1945. 367th: 1944, 1945. 368th:1944-1945. 371st: 1944, 1945. 405th:1945. 406th: 1945. 474th: 1944.STATIONS. Boxted, England, 24 Nov1943; Greenham Common, England, 6Dec 1943; Ibsley, England, 13 Jan 1944;Lashenden, England, c. 15 Apr-Jun 1944;Criqueville, France, I Jul 1944; St-Pierre-Eglise, France, 10 Jul1944; Rennes, France,8 Aug 1944; Le Mans, France, 30 Aug1944; St-Dizier, France, 19 Sep 1944; Metz,France, 29 Dec 1944; Konigstein, Germany,14 Apr-Aug 1945; Seymour JohnsonField, NC, 6 Sep-7 Nov 1945.COMMANDERS. Col David B Lancaster,Nov 1943; Brig Gen Homer L Sanders, c.2 Jan 1944; Col Harry B Young, 23 May1945-un kn.CAMPAIGNS. Air Offensive, Europe;Normandy ; Northern France; Rhineland;Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe.DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. None.301st FIGHTER WINGConstituted as 301st Fighter Wing on 5Oct 1944 and activated on 15 Oct. Movedto Ie Shim% May-Jul 1945. Assigned toTwentieth AF. Engaged in combat duringthe last few days of the war. Assignedto Eighth AF in Aug 1945 and to Far East
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