Air Force Combat Units of WWII

434 AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS OF WORLD WAR I1ton, 29 Sep 1943; Col Clarence D Wheeler,5 May 1944; Col Yancey S Tarrant, 18 Jul1945; Col Charles G Chandler Jr, 20 AugI 945-un kn .CAMPAIGNS. American Theater.DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. A disc per fess, dovetailedazure and vert, within a border argent.(Approved 15 Mar 1943.)3d AIR DIVISIONipated in various air-ground maneuvers,supported ground units in training, andput on air support demonstrations. Znactivatedon 22 Dec 1945. Disbanded on8 Oct 1948.COMPONENTS. (Omitted because oflarge number and frequent changes.)STATIONS. Ft Douglas, Utah, I Sep1941; Will Rogers Field, Okla, c. Oct1941; Birmingham, Ala, c. I Apr 1942;Geiger Field, Wash, 26 May 1942; Reno,Nev, 27 May 1942; Colorado Springs,Colo, Jul 1942; Barksdale Field, La, 15Mar 1943; DeRidder AAB, La, c. 31 Mar1944; Stuttgart AAFld, Ark, Feb 1945;Barksdale Field, La, c. 12 Nov 1945; BiggsField, Tex, c. 23 Nov-22 Dec 1945.COMMANDERS. Lt Col Bernard SThompson, 4 Sep 1941; Col Hume Peabody,11 Oct 1941; Brig Gen William ELynd, 18 Mar 1942; Brig Gen John BBrooks, 15 Jun 1942; Col Arthur G Hamilton,2 Dec 1942; Brig Gen Carlyle HWash, 14 Dec 1942; Col Dache McCReeves, 30 Jan 1943; Col Arthur G Hamil-1Constituted as 3d Bombardment Divisionon 30 Aug 1943. Activated in Englandon 13 Sep 1943. Assigned to EighthAF. Redesignated 3d Air Division in Dec1944. Served in combat in the Europeantheater from Sep 1943 until Apr 1945. Znactivatedin England on 21 Nov 1945.Organized in England on 23 Aug 1948.Assigned first to United States Air Forcesin Europe, later (Jan 1949) directly toUSAF, and again (Jan 1951) to UnitedStates Air Forces in Europe. Had nob