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468 AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS OF WORLD WAR I1Tactical Air (formerly XI1 Fighter) :'942-1945.STATIONS. Bolling Field, DC, 20-28 Aug1942; England, 12 Sep-22 Oct 1942; Algeria,9 Nov 1942; Tunisia, 10 Aug 1943;Italy, 5 Dec 1943-31 Aug 1945. MarchField, Calif, 17 May 1946; Brooks AFB,Tex, I Jan 1949-1 Jul 1950. Wiesbaden,Germany, 21 Jan 1951; Ramstein, Germany,27 kpr 1953-.COMMANDERS. Lt Col Roger J Browne,26 Aug 1942; Lt Col Harold L Neely, 28Aug 1942; Maj Gen James H Doolittle,23 Sep 1942; Lt Gen Carl Spaatz, I Mar1943; Lt Gen John K Cannon, 21 Dec 1943;Maj Gen Benjamin W Chidlaw, 2 Apr1945; Brig Gen Charles T Myers, 26 May-31 Aug 1945. Brig Gen Yantis H Taylor,17 May 1946; Brig Gen John P Doyle, 10Jul 1946; Maj Gen William D Old, 24 Sep1946; Brig Gen John P Doyle, 23 Jan 1947;Maj Gen Glenn 0 Barcus, 2 May 1947;Maj Gen Alden R Crawford, I Sep 1949;Col Ezekiel W Napier, 13 Jun-1 Jul 1950.Maj Gen Robert W Douglass Jr, 22 Jan1951; Maj Gen Dean C Strother, 16 Mar1951; Maj Gen Robert M Lee, 20 Nov'953-*CAMPAIGNS. Air Combat, EAME Theater;Algeria-French Morocco; Tunisia;Sicily; Naples-Foggia; Anzio; Rome-Arno; Southern France; North Apennines;Po Valley.DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. On an ultramarine blue equilateraltriangle, one point down, a whitestar with a red disc in the center thereofbearing the numeral "12" in white, belowa pair of stylized golden orange wings.(Approved I Dec 1943.)THIRTEENTH AIR FORCEConstituted as Thirteenth AF on 14 Dec1942. Activated in New Caledonia on 13Jan 1943. Served in the South Pacific and,later, Southwest Pacific, participating inthe Allied drive north and west from theSolomons to the Philippines. Remained inthe Philippines, as part of Far East AirForces, after the war. Transferred, withoutpersonnel and equipment, to Okinawain Dec 1948 and back to the Philippinesin May 1949.COMMANDS. XZZZ Bomber: 1943-1946.XZZZ Fighter: 1943-1946.STATIONS. New Caledonia, 13 Jan 1943;Espiritu Santo, 21 Jan 1943; Guadalcanal,13 Jan 1944; Los Negros, 15 Jun 1944; Hollandia,New Guinea, 13 Sep 1944; Noemfoor,23 Sep 1944; Morotai, 29 Oct 1944;Leyte, I Mar 1945; Clark Field, Luzon, c.I Jan 1946; Ft William McKinley, Luzon,30 May 1946; Clark Field, Luzon, 15 Aug
AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS-AIR FORCES 4691947; Kadena, Okinawa, I Dec 1948; ClarkAFB, Luzon, 16 May 194~.COMMANDERS. Maj Gen Nathan FTwining, 13 Jan 19.43; Brig Gen Ray LOwens, 27 Jul 1943; Maj Gen Hubert RHarman, 7 Jan 1944; Maj Gen St ClairStreett, 15 Jun 1944; Maj Gen Paul B Wurtsmith,19 Feb 1945; Maj Gen Eugene LEubank, 4 Jul 1946; Maj Gen Charles TMyers, I Dec 1948; Maj Gen Howard MTurner, Jun 1949; Maj Gen Ernest Moore,16 Oct 1951; Maj Gen John W SessumsJr, 10 Oct 1952; Brig Gen William L Lee,27 Aug 1954-.CAMPAIGNS. China Defensive; Guadalcanal;New Guinea; Northern Solomons;Eastern Mandates ; Bismarck Archipelago;Western Pacific; Leyte; Luzon; SouthernPhilippines ; China Offensive.DECORATIONS. Philippine PresidentialUnit Citation.INSIGNE. On a blue disc, borderedgolden orange, a pair of golden orangewings surmounted in base by a white starcharged with a red disc; all below theArabic numeral “13” in white. (Approved18 Jan 194.)FOURTEENTH AIR FORCEConstituted as Fourteenth AF on 5 Mar1943 and activated in China on 10 Mar.Served in combat against the Japanese,operating primarily in China, until the endof the war. Moved to the1 US, Dec 1945-Jan 1946. Inactivated on 6 Jan 1946.Activated on 24 May 1946. Assignedfirst to Air Defense Command and later(1948) to Continental Air Command.Supervised reserve and national guardactivities.WINGS. 68th Composite: 1943-1945.69th Composite: 1943-1945. 3~2thFighter: 1944-1945.STATIONS. Kunming, China, 10 Mar1943; Peishiyi, China, 7 Aug-15 Dec 1945;Ft Lawtan, Wash, 5-6 Jan 1946. OrlandoAB, Fla, 24 May 1946; Robins AFB, Ga,29 OCt 1949.COMMANDERS. Maj Gen Claire L Chennault,10 Mar 1943; Maj Gen Charles BStone 111, 10 Aug-31 Dec 1945. Ma; GenLeo A Walton, 24 May 1946; Maj GenRalph F Stearley, 27 Jul 1948; Maj GenCharles E Thomas Jr, 17 Jul 1950; MajGen George G Finch, I Feb 1955-.CAMPAIGNS. India-Burma; China Defensive;China Offensive.DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. On a blue disc, a winged Bengaltiger golden orange with black andwhite markings, below and partially cov-
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