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426 AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS OF WORLD WAR I1sion (Troop Carrier) in Apr 1948. Znactivatedon 27 Jun 1949.Redesignated 323d Air Division. Activatedon I Jul 1958. Assigned to MilitaryAir Transport Service.GROUPS. 58th Fighter: 1943. 79thFighter: 1942. 325th Fighter: 1942-1943. 359th Fighter: 1943. 434th TroopCarrier: 1947-1949. 436th Troop Carrier :1947-1948. (Other groups assigned forshort periods for operations or training,1942-1944- )STATIONS. Boston, Mass, 11 Aug 1942;MacDill Field, Fla, Feb 1945-8 Apr 1946.Stout Field, Ind, I Aug 1947-27 Jun 1949.Travis AFB, Calif, I Jul 195%.COMMANDERS. Col Minthorne W Reed,11 Aug 1942; Col Glenn 0 Barcus, 25Mar 1943; Col Laurence C Craigie, 6 Apr1943; Lt Col Ringham T Kleine, 11 Jun1943; Col Louis M Merrick, 22 Jul 1943;Lt Col J Marshall Booker, 29 Apr-c. 31Jul 1944; Col Howard Moore, 22 Feb1945; Col Frank Allen, 29 May 1945-unkn. Unkn, 1958-.CAMPAIGNS. American Theater.DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. None.325th RECONNAISSANCEWINGConstituted as 325th Photographic Wing(Reconnaissance) on 17 Jul 1944. Activatedin England on g Aug 1944. Assignedto Eighth AF. Served in the Europeantheater until after V-E Day. Redesignated325th Reconnaissance Wing in Jun1945. Znactivated in England on 20 Oct1945.Allotted to the reserve. Activated in theUS on g Apr 1947. Redesignated 325thAir Division (Reconnaissance) in Apr1948. Inactivated on 27 Jun 1949.GROUPS. 7th Reconnaissance : 1944-1945. 25th Bombardment (Reconnaissance): 1944-1945. 68th Reconnaissance:1947-1949. 70th Reconnaissance: 1947-1949. 72d Reconnaissance : 1947-1949.STATIONS. High Wycombe, England, gAug 1944-20 Oct 1945. Hamilton Field,Calif, g Apr 1947-27 Jun 1949.COMMANDERS. Col Elliott Roosevelt, gAug 1944; Brig Gen Charles Y Banfill, 17Jan 1945; Brig Gen Elliott Roosevelt, 22Jan 1945; Col Leon W Gray, 13 Apr1945; Col George W Humbrecht, 19 Jun-c.OCt 1945.CAMPAIGNS. Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe.DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. None.LOS ANGELES FIGHTER WINGConstituted as Los Angeles Air DefenseWing on 6 Aug 1942 and activated on 20Aug. Assigned to Fourth AF. RedesignatedLos Angeles Fighter Wing in Jul1943. Provided air defense for the LosAngeles area. Also trained fighter groupsand personnel. Disbanded on 7 Jun 1944.GROUPS. 20th : 1943. 329th: 1943-1944.360th: 1943-1944. 364th: 1943-1944.422th: 1943-1944. 473d: 1943-1944-474th: 1943-1944- 479th: 1943-1944-
AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS-WINGS 427STATIONS. Los Angeles, Calif, 20 Aug19427 Jun 1944-COMMANDERS. Csl Robert S Israel Jr,Aug 1942; Maj Henry G Thorne Jr, c. 11Dec 1942; Brig Gen Edward M Morris,c. 6 Jan 1943; Lt Col Henry G Thorne Jr, c.21 Mar 1943; Col Ralph A Snavely, c. 25Mar 1943; Lt Col Merrick Bayer, c. 4 Aug1943; Col Romulus W Puryear, c. 16 Aug1943; Col Ralph A Snavely, c. 8 Dec 1943;Lt Col Edward G Hillery, c. 26 Mar 1944;Lt Col John 0 Zahn, 5 Apr 1944; MajGomer Lewis, I May-c. 7 Jun 1944.CAMPAIGNS. American Theater.DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. None.NEW YORK FIGHTER WINGConstituted as New York Air DefenseWing on 6 Aug 1942 and activated on 11Aug. Assigned to First AF. RedesignatedNew York Figh!ter Wing in Jul1943. Served in defense of the New Yorkarea and also trained fighter groups andpersonnel. Evidently not manned afterJul1g44. Inactivated on 3 Apr 1946. Disbandedon 8 Oct 1948.GROUPS. 56th: 1942. 58th: 1943. 80th:1942-1943. 326th: 1942-1943. 348th:1942-1943. 352d: 1942-1943. 356th: 1943.359th: 1943. 362d: 1943. 368th: 1943.370th: 1943. 373d: 1943. 402d: 1943.STATIONS. New York, NY, 11 Aug 1942-3 APr 1946.COMMANDERS. Col Davis D Graves, Aug1942; Lt Col Othel R Deering. c. 19 Dec1942; Col Morley F Slaght, c. 17 Jan 1943;Lt Col Othel R Deering, c. 19 Jan 1943;Brig Gen Earle E Partridge, c. 27 Jan 1943;Col Othel R Deering, c. 20 Apr 1943; BrigGen Laurence C Craigie, Tun 1943; MajClayton J Larson, c. 22 Nov 1943; ColStewart W Towle Jr, 2 Dec 1943-c. 29 Jul1944.CAMPAIGNS. American Theater.DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. None.NORFOLK FIGHTER WINGConstituted as Norfolk Air DefenseWing on 6 Aug 1942 and activated on 11Aug. Assigned to First AF. RedesignatedNorfolk Fighter Wing in Jul1g43. Servedin the defense of the Norfolk area. Notmanned after Jul 1944. Znactivated on 3Apr 1946. Disbanded on 8 Oct 1948.COMPONENTS. (Operated with attachedAAF organizations and cooperating navalaircraft.)STATIONS. Norfolk, Va, 11 Aug 1942-3Apr 1946.COMMANDERS. Col Malcolm N Stewart,11 Aug 1942; Col Murray C Woodbury,24 Sep 1942; Maj Earl H Dunham, Apr1943; Col Burton M Hovey Jr, c. 29 Tun1943-unkn; Lt Col Earl H Dunham, 14Aug 1943; Lt Col Otis F Tabler, c. 25 Nov1943; Lt Col Charles A Gayle, c. 2 Apr-c.26 Jul 1944.CAMPAIGNS. American Theater.DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. None.
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