Air Force Combat Units of WWII

~~436 AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS OF WORLD WAR I1to Ninth AF. Redesignated IX BomberCommand in Nov 1942. Operated in theMediterranean area until Oct 1943. Movedto the European theater, Oct-Nov 1943,and served as a tactical bombardment forcein that area until V-E Day. Redesignated9th Bombardment Division (Medium) inAug 1944, and 9th Air Division in May1945. Znactivated in Europe on 20 Nov1945-Redesignated 19th Bombardment Wing(Very Heavy). Allotted to the reserve.Activated in the US on 20 Dec 1946. Redesignated19th Air Division (Bombardment)in Apr 1948. Znactiuated on 27 Jun1949.Redesignated 19th Air Division. Organizedon 16 Feb 1951. Assigned to StrategicAir Command.COMPONENTS. Groups. 6th Bombardment:1931-1941. 9th Bombardment:1940-1941. 12th Bombardment: 1942-1943. 16th Pursuit: 1933-1940. 20th Pursuit:1931-1933. 37th Pursuit: 1940. 94thBombardment : 1947-1949. 96th Bombardment:1947-1949. 98th Bombardment:1942-1943. 99th Bombardment:1947-1949. pzst Bombardment: 1942-1943. 376th Bombardment : 1942-1943.Wings. 7th Bombardment: 1951-. zzthBombardment: 195~. 97th Bombardment:1943-1945. 98th Bombardment:1943-1945. 99th Bombardment: 1943-'945.STATIONS. Mitchel Field, NY, I Apr1931-Jan 1933; Albrook Field, CZ, 25 JanJul-28 Sep 1942; Ismailia, Egypt, 12 Nov1942; Bengasi, Libya, 15 Feb-1 Oct 1943;Marks Hall, England, 6 Nov 1943;Chartres, France, 18 Sep 1944; Reims,France, Oct 1944; Namur, Belgium, Apr-20 Nov 1945. Birmingham AAB, Ala, 20Dec 1946-27 Jun 1949. Carswell AFBTex, 16 Feb 1951-.COMMANDERS. Lt Col William C Mc-Cord, 1933; Brig Gen George H Brett, c.Jun 1936; Brig Gen Herbert A Dargue, c.Sep 1938; Brig Gen Douglas B Netherwood,30 Oct 1940; Brig Gen Edwin BLyon, 4 Aug-25 Oct 1941. Brig GenPatrick W Timberlake, 12 Nov 1942;Brig Gen Uzal G Ent, c. 18 Mar 1943; MajGen Samuel E Anderson, 16 Oct 1943; BrigGen Richard C Sanders, 24 May 1945;Col Reginald F C Vance, 12 Aug-Nov1945. Maj Gen Clarence S Irvine, 16 Feb1951; Brig Gen J W Kelly, 10 Apr 1952;Brig Gen John D Ryan, 4 Aug 1953-.CAMPAIGNS. Air Combat, EAME Theater;Egypt-Libya; Air Offensive, Europe;Tunisia; Sicily; Naples-Foggia; Normandy;Northern France; Rhineland ;Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe.DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. Shield: Azure, surmounting alightning flash gules, a globe argent withlatitude and longitude lines dark blue andencircled with a planetary ring of the laststrewn with stars of the third and fimbriatedof the like all bendwise, in chief anolive branch fesswise or, all within adiminished border of the third. (Ap-1933-25 Oct 1941. MacDill Field, Fla, 24 proved 11 Mar 1959.)