Air Force Combat Units of WWII

452 AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS OF WORLD WAR I1Feb 1944; France, Jul 1944; Luxembourg,Jan 1945; Germany, Apr-Jul 1945; DrewField, Fla, 21 Aug 1945; Barksdale Field,La, 17 Oct 1945; Biggs Field, Tex, 11 Dec1945-31 Mar 1946.COMMANDERS. Maj Gen Elwood RQuesada, 4 Jan 1944; Col Clarence ECrumrine, I Feb 1944; Maj Gen Otto PWeyland, 4 Feb 1944; Brig Gen HomerL Sanders, 23 May 1945; Col Roger JBrowne, 5 Jul 1945; Brig Gen James WMcCauley, 25 Oct 1945; Maj Gen ElwoodR Quesada, 8 Feb 1946; Brig Gen HomerL Sanders, 25 Feb-Mar 1946.CAMPAIGNS. Air Offensive, Europe;Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland;Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe.DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. None.XX BOMBER COMMAND(formerly I BomberCommand)Constituted as I Bomber Command on4 Sep 1941 and activated on 5 Sep. Assignedto First AF. Engaged primarilyin antisubmarine operations along the eastcoast. Znactivated on 15 Oct 1942.Activated on I May 1943. Assigned toSecond AF. Redesignated XX BomberCommand in Aug 1943. Trained bombardmentorganizations. Dihznded on6 Oct 1943.COMPONENTS. (Omitted because oflarge number and frequent changes.)STATIONS. Langley Field, Va, 5 Sep1941; New York, NY, c. 12 Dec 1941-15Oct 1942. El Paso, Tex, I May4 Oct1943.COMMANDERS. Brig Gen Arnold NKrogstad, 24 Sep 1941 ; Brig Gen WestsideT Larson, c. 5 Mar-15 Oct 1942. BrigGen Robert B Williams, I May 1943; BrigGen Robert F Travis, 3 Jul 1943; Brig GenNewton Longfellow, 18 Aug-6 Oct 1943.CAMPAIGNS. Antisubmarine, AmericanTheater.DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. On a blue disc, edged in gold,a gold aerial bomb. (Approved 24 Apr1942.1XX BOMBER COMMANDConstituted as XX Bomber Commandon 19 Nov 1943 and activated on 20 Nov.Assigned to Second AF. Moved to Indiaearly in 1944. Assigned to TwentiethAF. Engaged in very-long-range bombardmentoperations from. Jun 1944 untilall of its tactical components were relievedof assignment in Mar 1945. Moved to