Air Force Combat Units of WWII

420 AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS OF WORLD WAR I13 1 1 th RECONNAISSANCEWINGConstituted as 311th Photographic Wing(Mapping and Charting) on 31 Jan 194.Acaivated on I Feb 1944. Assigned directlyto AAF. Redesignated 311th ReconnaissanceWing in Jul 1945. Operated in theUS and sent detachments to various areasof the world to perform mapping andcharting duties. Assigned to ContinentalAir Forces in Dec 1945. Became the majorreconnaissance organization of StrategicAir Command in Mar 1946. Redesignated31 I th Air Division (Reconnaissance) inApr 1948, and 311th Air Division in Jan1949. Znactiuated on I Nov 1949.COMPONENTS. Groups. zst: 1944.11th: 194. 55th: 1947-1948. .gZst: 1947-1948. Wings. 5th: 1949. 9th: 1949.55th: 1948-1949. gISt: 1948-1949.STATIONS. Bdling Field, DC, I Feh1944; Buckley Field, Colo, c. q Nov 1944;MacDill Field, Fla, c. 17 Apr 1946; AndrewsField, Md, c. I Jun 1947; TopekaAFB, Kan, c. 20 Jul 1948; Barksdale AFB,La, c. 28 Oct-1 Nov 1949.COMMANDERS. Col George G Northrup,I Feb 1944; Lt Col Roy W Gustafson, 16Jan 1945; Col Karl L Polifka, 12 Feb 1945;Col James F Setchell, 16 Jul1g45; COl KarlL Polifka, 22 Oct 1945; Lt Col Albert MWelsh, c. 23 Feb 1946; Brig Gen DonaldR Hutchinson, 23 May 1946; Brig GenPaul T Cullen, c. 18 Jun 1947; Maj GenJoseph H Atkinson, 17 Mar-1 Nov 1949.CAMPAIGNS. American Theater.DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. None.312th FIGHTER WINGConstituted as 312th Fighter Wing on7 Mar 1944 and activated in China on 13Mar. Assigned to Fourteenth AF. Servedin combat in China from Jul 1944 untilAug 1945. Moved to the US, Oct-Nov1945. Znactiuated on 5 Nov 1945.GROUPS. 33d: 1944. 8zst: 1944-1945.3ZZth: 1944-1945.STATIONS. Kunming, China, 13 Mar1944; Chengtu, China, c. 25 Mar 1944-c.I Oct 1945; Camp Kilmer, NJ, c. 3-5 Nov1945.COMMANDERS. Brig Gen Adlai H Gilkeson,c. 25 Mar 1944; Brig Gen RussellE Randall, c. 4 Sep 1944-c. Oct 1945.CAMPAIGNS. China Defensive; ChinaOffensive.