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454 AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS OF WORLD WAR I1XXII BOMBER COMMANDConstituted as XXII Bomber Command(Very Heavy) on 4 Aug 1944 and activatedon 14 Aug. Assigned to Second AF.Disbanded on 13 Feb 1945.WINGS. (Two attached.)STATIONS. Peterson Field, &lo, 14 Aug194-13 Feb 1945.COMMANDERS. Col William R RobertsonJr, 28 Aug 1944; Col Alan D Clark, 4Sep 1944; Col Forrest G Allen, 6 Oct 1944;Col Robert F Worden, 11 Dec 1944; ColMerlin I Carter, 28 Dec 1944; Col RoscoeC Wriston, 5 Jan-13 Feb 1945.CAMPAIGNS. None.DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. None.XXII TACTICAL AIRCOMMANDConstituted as XI1 Interceptor Commandon 26 Feb 1942. Activated on 5Mar 1942. Redesignated XI1 FighterCommand in May 1942, and XXII TacticalAir Command in Nov 1944. Assignedto Twelfth AF in Aug 1942.Moved to England in Sep 1942 and toNorth Africa during Oct-Nov 1942.Served in combat in the Mediterraneantheater until the end of the war. Znactivatedin Italy on 4 Oct 1945. Disbandedon 8 Oct 1948.WINGS. 3d Air Defense: 1943. 62dFighter (formerly 1st Air Defense) : 1943-1945. 63d Fighter (formerly 2d Air De-fense) : 1943-1944. 87th Fighter: 1944-1945.STATIONS. Drew Field, Fla, 5 Mar-27Aug 1942; Wattisham, England, 12 Sep1942; Bushey Hall, England, 17 Sep26Oct 1942; Tafaraoui, Algeria, 8 Nov 1942;La Senia, Algeria, 12 Nov 1942; Tebessa,Algeria, Dec 1942; La Senia, Algeria, 12Jan 1943; Algiers, Algeria, 20 Mar 1943;Caserta, Italy, 14 Jul 1944; Florence, Italy,15 Sep 1944; Pomigliano, Italy, Aug-4OCt 1945.COMMANDERS. Maj Arch G CampbellJr, 24 Aug-Sep 1942; Col Reuben C Moffat,21 Sep 1942; Brig Gen Thomas WBlackburn, c. 27 Sep 1942; Col LawrenceP Hickey, c. I Mar 1943; Brig Gen ElwoodR Quesada, c. Apr 1943; Brig Gen GordonP Saville, 2 Oct 1943; Brig Gen EdwardM Morris, 3 Jan 1944; Brig Gen BenjaminW Chidlaw, 12 Sep 1944; Brig Gen ThomasC Darcy, 6 Apr 1945; Brig Gen RobertS Israel Jr, 6 May 1945; Maj Gustav MMinton Jr, 7 Jun 1945-unkn.CAMPAIGNS. Air Combat, EAME Theater; Algeria-French Morocco ; Tunisia ;Sicily; Naples-Foggia ; Rome-Arno; NorthApennines ; Po Valley.DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. None.XXVI FIGHTER COMMANDConstitzrted as XXVI Interceptor Commandon 28 Feb 1942. Activated in thePanama Canal Zone on 6 Mar 1942. Assignedto Sixth AF. Redesignated XXVI
AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS-COMMANDS 455Fighter Command in May 1942. Engagedin patrol operations in the defense of thePanama Canal. Inactivated on 25 Aug1946. Disbanded on 8 Oct 1948.GROUPS. 16th: 1942-1943. 32d: 1942-1943. 37th: 1943. 53d: 1942.STATIONS. Albrook Field, CZ, 6 Mar1942-25 Aug 1946.COMMANDERS. Brig Gen Adlai H Gilkeson,6 Mar 1942; Brig Gen Russell ERandall, 17 Aug 1942; Col Willis R Taylor,16 Oct 1943; Col Robert T Cronau,15 Jun 1945-unkn.CAMPAIGNS. American Theater.DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. None.XXXVI FIGHTER COMMANDConstitzlted as XXXVI Fighter Commandon 9 Aug 1942 and activated inTrinidad on 21 Aug. Disbanded on 30APr 1943.COMPONENTS. Unkn.STATIONS. Waller Field, Trinidad, 21Aug 1942-30 Apr 1943.COMMANDERS. Col Charles F Born, 21Aug 1942-unkn.CAMPAIGNS. American Theater.DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. None.ANTILLES AIR COMMANDConstituted as Antilles Air Task Forceon 20 Feb 1943. Activated in Puerto Ricoon I Mar 1943. Redesignated Antilles AirCommand in Jun 1943. Znactivated inPuerto Rico on 25 Aug 1946. Disbandedon 8 Oct 1948.COMPONENTS. Unkn.STATIONS. San Juan, PR, I Mar 1943;Borinquen Field, PR, I Mar-25 Aug 1946.COMMANDERS. Maj Gen Edwin J House,I Mar 1943; Brig Gen Edwin B Lyon, 14May 1943; Col Bayard Johnson, 8 Jan 194;Brig Gen Wolcott P Hayes, 22 Feb-Dec1944; Brig Gen George G Lundberg, FebI 945-un kn.CAMPAIGNS. American Theater.DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. None.
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