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282 AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS OF WORLD WAR I1as part of the army of occupation. Redesignated394th Bombardment Group(Light) in Dec 1945. Began training withA-26’s. Transferred, without personneland equipment, to the US on 15 Feb 1946.Inactivated on 31 Mar 1946.Redesignated 106th BombardmentGroup (Light). Allotted to ANG (NY)on 24 May 1946. Extended federal recognitionon 21 Mar 1947. Redesignated106th Composite Group in Nov 1950, and106th Bombardment Group (Light) inFeb 1951. Ordered to active service on IMar 1951. Assigned to Strategic Air Command.Redesignated 106th BombardmentGroup (Medium) in May 1951. Equippedwith B-29’s. Znactivated on 16 Jun 1952.Returned to ANG (NY) on I Dec 1952.Redesignated 106th Bombardment Group(Light).SQUADRONS. 102d: 1951-1952. 114th:1951-1952. 135th: 1951-1952. 584th:1943-1946. 585th: 1943-1946. 586th:19434946. 587th: 1943-1945-STATIONS. MacDill Field, Fla, 5 Mar1943; Ardmore AAFld, Okla, 12 Jul 1943;Kellogg Field, Mich, 19 Aug 1943-15 Feb1944; Boreham, England, c. 11 Mar 1944;Holmsley, England, 24 Jul 1944; Tour-en-Bassin, France, 25 Aug 1944; Bricy,France, 18 Sep 1944; Cambrai/Niergnies,France, 8 Oct 1944; Venlo, Holland, 2 May1945; Kitzingen, Germany, Sep 1945-15Feb 1946; Bolling Field, DC, 15 Feb-31Mar 1946. Floyd Bennett Field, NY, IMar 1951; March AFB, Calif, 28 Mar1951-16 Jun 1952.COMMANDERS. Lt Col Joe W Kelly, c.20 Mar 1943; Col Thomas B Hall, 6 Apr1943; Col Gove C Celio Jr, c. 24 Jan 1945-c.Feb 1946. Unkn, Mar-Aug 1951; ColHowell M Estes Jr, 4 Aug 1951 ; Col LoranD Briggs, I Mar-16 Jun 1952.CAMPAIGNS. American Theater; Air.Offensive, Europe; Normandy; NorthernFrance ; khineland ; Ardennes-Alsace ;Central Europe.DECORATIONS. Distinguished Unit Citation: France, 7-9 Aug 1944. French Croixde Guerre with Palm: France, 6 Jun-14SeP 1944.INSIGNE. Shield: Azure, a clenched fistterminating in displayed dexter demi-wingof an eagle, the first grasping a torch, allsable fimbriated argent, flames gules fimbriatedof the last. Motto: READINESSSTRENGTHENS LIBERTY. (Approved15 Apr 1954.)395th BOMBARDMENT GROUPConstituted as 395th BombardmentGroup (Heavy) on 29 Jan 1943. Activatedon 16 Feb 1943. Assigned to Second AF.Equipped with B-17’s. Served first as anoperational training unit, becoming a replacementtraining unit in Oct 1943. Znactivatedon I Apr 1944.SQUADRONS. 588th: 1943-1944. 589th:1943-1944. 590th: 1943-1944. 59ISt:1943-1944-STATIONS. Ephrata AAB, Wash, 16 Feb1943; Ardmore AAFld, Okla, 25 Oct 1943-1 APr 1944.
AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS-GROUPS 283COMMANDERS. Lt Col Luther J Fairbanks,Feb 1943; Lt Col Hugh D Wallace,8 Apr 1943; Col Howard M Turner, 19Apr 1943; Lt Col Hugh D Wallace, 24Apr 1943; Col Allen W Reed, 2 Aug 1943;Lt Col Quentin T Quick, 23 Sep-Nov1943; Unkn, Nov 1943-1 Apr 1944.CAMPAIGNS. American Theater.DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. None.396th BOMBARDMENT GROUPConstituted as 396th BombardmentGroup (Heavy) on 29 Jan 1943. Activatedon 16 Feb 1943. Assigned to Second AF,later (Nov 1943) to Third AF. Equippedwith B-17’s. Served as an operationaltraining unit until Aug 1943, then becamea replacement training unit. Inactivatedon I May 194.SQUADRONS. 5g2d: 1943-1944. 593d:1943-1944- 59qth: 1943-1944- 595th:1943-1944-STATIONS. Mountain Home AAFld,Idaho, 16 Feb 1943; Moses Lake AAB,Wash, 10 Apr 1943; Drew Field, Fla, 5 Nov1943-1 May ‘944.COMMANDERS. Lt Col Frederick TCrimmins Jr, 1943-1 May 1944.CAMPAIGNS. American Theater.DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. None.397th BOMBARDMENT GROUPConstituted as 397th BombardmentGroup (Medium) on 20 Mar 1943. Acti-vated on 20 Apr 1943. Trained with B-26‘s. Moved to England, Mar-Apr 1944,and assigned to Ninth AF. Participatedin operations preparatory to the Normandyinvasion by attacking V-weapon sites,bridges, coastal defenses, marshallingyards, and airfields, Apr-Jun 1944. Hitstrong points in France on D-Day and assistedground forces throughout the remainderof the Normandy campaign bybombing fuel dumps, defended areas, andother objectives. Engaged in bombardmentof German forces in the region ofSt Lo during the Allied breakthrough inJul. After moving to the Continent inAug, struck enemy positions at St Maloand Brest and bombed targets in theRouen area as Allied armies swept acrossthe Seine and advanced to the SiegfriedLine. Began flying missions into Germanyin Sep, attacking such targets asbridges, defended areas, and storage de-pots. Struck the enemy’s communicationsduring the Battle of the Bulge (Dec1g44-Jan 1945) and received a DUC fora mission on 23 Dec 1944 when the groupwithstood heavy flak and fighter attackto sever a railway bridge at Eller, a vitallink in the enemy’s supply line across theMoselle. Continued to support the Allieddrive into Germany until Apr 1945. Returnedto the US, Dec 1g45-Jan 1946. Znactivatedon 6 Jan 1946.SQUADRONS. 596th: 1943-1945. 597th:1943-1946. 598th: 1943-1945. 599th:1943-1945STATIONS. MacDill Field, Fla, 20 Apr1943; Avon Park Bombing Range, Fla, 12
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