Air Force Combat Units of WWII

432 AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS OF WORLD WAR I1Beaman, 26 Sep 1945-unkn. Brig GenPatrick W Timberlake, 7 Jun 1946; MajGen Albert F Hegenberger, Sep 1946;Maj Gen Charles T Myers, Dec 1947-1Dec 1948. Lt Col Robert G Bradley, c.Jan 1955-unkn. Maj Gen William PFisher, 15 Apr 1955-20 May 1956. ColWilliam A Sheppard, 15 Apr 1957-.CAMPAIGNS. Air Offensive, Europe ;Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe.DECORATIONS. Distinguished Unit Citation:Germany, 11 Jan 1944.INSIGNE. Shield: Per fess nebuly abasedazure and or fimbriated argent, issuantfrom base a demi-sphere with grid linesand land masses of the third, the latteroutlined of the first and water areasproper, heightened and encircled by twoolive branches vert nerved of the second;surmounting the sphere in pale, a lightningflash gules terminating in chief accostedby two smaller flashes of the likein base radiant from the sphere; in dexterchief a descending nose cone in bendproper, with seven streaks of the third, insinister chief four mullets of the like, allwithin a diminished border of the last.(Approved 17 Aug 1959.)I TACTICAL AIR DIVISIONConstituted as IV Air Support Commandon 21 Aug 1941. Activated on 3Sep 1941. Redesignated IV Ground AirSupport Command in Apr 1942, IV AirSupport Command in Sep 1942, I11 TacticalAir Division in Aug 1943, and I Tac-tical Air Division in Apr 1944. At varioustimes, supervised heavy bomber flights toHawaii, gave air support to ground unitsin training, participated in air-groundmaneuvers, and put on air support demonstrations.Znactivated on 22 Dec 1945.Disbanded on 8 Oct 1948.COMPONENTS. (Omitted because oflarge number and frequent changes.)STATIONS. Fresno, Calif, 3 Sep 1941;Hamilton Field, Calif, 11 Sep 1941; Presidioof San Francisco, Calif, Feb 1942;Thermal AAFld, Calif, Jan 1943; CampYoung, Calif, c. Sep 1943; ThermalAAFld, Calif, c. 15 Dec 1943; Esler Field,La, Apr 1944; Alexandria AAFld, La, Sep1945; Barksdale Field, La, c. 16 Nov 1945;Biggs Field, Tex, c. 23 Nov-22 Dec 1945.COMMANDERS. Col Robert C Candee,Sep 1941; Lt Col Errol H Zistel, 27 Dec1941; Brig Gen Jacob H Rudolph, 11 Apr1942; Lt Col James R Gunn Jr, 23 Jan1943; Col Clarence E Crumrine, 16 Feb1943; Col Aubrey W Scholfield, g Nov1943; Lt Col John T Shields, 18 Dec 1943;Brig Gen Ford L Fair, 24 Dec 1943; ColCharles G Chandler Jr, I May 1945; ColJoseph W Baylor, 15 Aug 1945-unkn.CAMPAIGNS. American Theater.DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. None.2d AIR DIVISIONConstituted as 2d Bombardment Divisionon 30 Aug 1943. Activated in Englandon 13 Sep 1943. Assigned to EighthAF. Redesignated 2d Air Division in Dec