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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
AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS-WINGS 419end of the war, operating with variousgroups that were attached for short periodsof time. Znmtivated in Japan on 25 Mar1946.Redesignated 309th Bombardment Wing(Very Heavy). Allotted to the reserve.Activated in the US on 10 Jan 1947. Redesignated309th Air Division (Bombardment)in Apr 1948. Znactivated on 27Jun 1949.GROUPS. 3d Air Commando: 1946.446th Bombardment : 1947-1949. 455thBombardment : 1947-1949.STATIONS. Lae, New Guinea, I Feb 1944;Saidor, New Guinea, c. Mar 1944; Noemfoor,28 Jul 1944; Owi, Schouten Islands,g Nov 1944; San Marcelino, Luzon, 8 Feb1945; Lingayen, Luzon, May 1945; Chitose,Japan, Oct 1945-25 Mar 1946. HensleyField, Tex, 10 Jan 1947-27 Jun 1949.COMMANDERS. Brig Gen Paul B Wurtsmith,I Feb 1944; Col Nee1 E Kearby, 26Feb 1944; Maj Gen St Clair Streett, 3 Mar1944; Lt Col Robert R Rowland, 5 Apr1944; Col Jack W Saunders, 13 May 1944;Col Norman D Sillin, 16 Dec 1944; ColHerbert L Grills, 20 Oct 1g45-unkn.CAMPAIGNS. China Defensive; NewGuinea; Western Pacific; Leyte; Luzon;China Offensive.DECORATIONS. Philippine PresidentialUnit Citation.INSIGNE. None.3 10th BOMBARDMENT WINGConstituted as 310th BombardmentWing (Medium) on 20 Jan 1944. Acti-vated in New Guinea on I Feb 1944. Assignedto Fifth AF. Engaged in combatfrom Feb 1944 until the end of the war,operating with various groups that wereattached for short periods. laactivatedin Japan on 25 Mar 1946.Redesignated 310th Bombard me n tWing (Light). Allotted to the reserve.Activated in the US on 26 Tun 1947. Redesignated310th Air Division (Bombardment)in Apr 1948. Inactivated on 27 Jun1949.GROUPS. 42d Bombardment: 1946.323d Bombardment : 1947-1949. 340thBombardment: 1947-1949. 348th Fighter:1946.STATIONS. Gusap, New Guinea, I Feb1944; Hollandia, New Guinea, May 1944;Morotai, 18 Sep 1944; Leyte, 14 Nov 1944;San Jose, Mindoro, 15 Dec 1944; ClarkField, Luzon, 23 Aug 1945; Itami, Japan,21 Oct 1945-25 Mar 1946. Tinker Field,Okla, 26 Jun 1947-27 Jun 1949.COMMANDERS. Brig Gen Donald RHutchinson, I Feb 1944; Col John TMurtha, 16 Oct 1944; Col Jack A Wilson,15 Dec 1944; Col William M Morgan, 22Mar 1945; Col Jack A Wilson, 17 Jul1g45;Col William M Morgan, 29 Aug 1945 ; ColOthel R Deering, 16 Dec 1945-unkn.CAMPAIGNS. China Defensive; NewGuinea; Western Pacific; Leyte; Luzon;Southern Philippines; China Offensive.DECORATIONS. Philippine PresidentialUnit Citation.INSIGNE. None.
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