Air Force Combat Units of WWII

418 AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS OF WORLD WAR I1CAMPAIGNS. Air Combat, EAMETheater; Rome-Arno; Normandy; NorthernFrance; Southern France; NorthApennines; Rhineland; Central Europe;Po Valley.DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. None.307th BOMBARDMENT WINGConstituted as 307th BombardmentWing (Heavy) on 7 Dec 1943. Activatedin Italy on 15 Jan 1944. No combat elementswere assigned. Disbanded in Italyon 15 Jun 1944.Reconstituted, redesignated 307th BombardmentWing (Very Heavy), and allottedto the reserve, on 10 Feb 1947. Activatedin the US on 31 Mar 1947. Redesignated307th Air Division (Bombardment)in Apr 1948. Znactivated on 27 Jun 1949.GROUPS. 482d: 1947-1949.STATIONS. Bari, Italy, 15 Jan-15 Jun1944. New Orleans, La, 31 Mar 1947-27Jun 1949.COMMANDERS. Unkn.CAMPAIGNS. European-African-MiddleEastern Theater.DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. None.308th BOMBARDMENT WINGConstituted as 308th BombardmentWing (Heavy) on 20 Jan 1944. Activatedin New Guinea on I Feb 1944. Served incombat with Fifth AF from Feb 1944 toAug 1945, operating with various groupsthat were attached for brief periods.Moved to Korea late in 1945 and, as a componentof Far East Air Forces, became partof the occupation force. Redesignated308th Bombardment Wing (Light) inMay 1946. Transferred, without personneland equipment, to Japan in 1947 andwas not remanned. Inactivated on 30 Jun1948.GROUPS. 475th Fighter : 1945-1947,STATIONS. Oro Bay, New Guinea, I Feb1944; Owi, Schouten Islands, 2 Jul 1944;Hollandia, New Guinea, 10 Aug 1944;Leyte, 22 Oct 1944; Luzon, 11 Jan 1945;Okinawa, 16 Jun 1945; Seoul, Korea, 22Sep 1945; Kimpo, Korea, 7 Jan 1946;Nagoya, Japan, Mar 1947-30 Jun 1948.COMMANDERS. Col Dwight Divine 11,I Feb 1944; Brig Gen David W Hutchison,22 Apr 1944; Col Frank R Cook, 16May 1946; Brig Gen David W Hutchison,18 Jul 1946; Brig Gen AubreyHornsby, 22 Jul1946; Col Leland S Stranathan,I Oct 1946-22 Mar, 1947.CAMPAIGNS. Air Offensive, Japan;China Defensive; New Guinea; BismarckArchipelago; Western Pacific;Leyte; Luzon ; Ryukyus ; China Offensive.DECORATIONS. Philippine PresidentialUnit Citation.INSIGNE. None.307th BOMBARDMENT WINGConstituted as 309th BombardmentWing (Heavy) on 20 Jan 1944. Activatedin New Guinea on I Feb 1944. Assignedto Fifth AF. Served in combat until the