Air Force Combat Units of WWII

AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS-GROUPS 263prisoners from Okinawa to Luzon.iMoved to Japan in Sep 1945. Znactiuatedon 25 Mar 1946.Allotted to the reserve. Activated in theUS on 3 Aug 1947. Redesignated 375thTroop Carrier Group (Medium) in Jun1949. Called to active duty on 15 Oct 1950.\/iAssigned to Tactical Air Command andequipped with C-82'~. Znactiuated on 14Jul Allotted 1952. to the reserve. Activated on 14!7f-!Jul 1952.18 Nova Used C-47'~ in training for over- SQUADRoNS* 1947-I949* 5jth'Seas duty. Moved to the Pacific theater, 1942-1946; 1947-W2; W2-* 56th: IN2-Jun-Jul 1943, and assigned to Fifth AF. I946; 1947-1952; 5Vh: IW2-19'16;Operated from New Guinea and Bi& 1947-1952; 5atk: 19P1%6; I947-from Jul1g43 until Feb 1945, transporting '95'.men, supplies, and equipment to forward STATIONS. Bowman Field, Ky, 18 Novbases on New Guinea and New Britain 1942; Sedalia AAFN Mo, 23 Jan 1943;and in the Solomon and Admiralty Islands. Laurinburg-Maxton AAB, NC, 5 MayUsed armed B-17'~ for the more hazard- I943 ; Baer Field,2-15 Jun 1943; BriSous missions that involved landing on bane, Australia, 13 Jul 1943; Port Moresby,fields that were under enemy attack. TookNew Guinea, 31 Jul1943; Dobodura, Newpart in theGuinea, 19 Aug 1943; Port Moresby, Newfirst airborne operation in theGuinea, 19 Dec 1943; Nadzab, NewSouthwest Pacific, dropping paratroops toGuinea, 22 Apr 1944; Biak, 27 Sep 1944;seize enemy bases and cut overland supplySan Jose, Mindoro, 17 Feb 1945; Porac,lines at Nadzab, New Guinea, on 5 SepLuzon, 20 May 1945; Okinawa, Aug 1945;'943. Converted to G46 aircraft late in Tachikawa, Japan, Sep 1945-25 Mar 1946.'944. Moved to the in Feb Greater Pittsburgh Aprt, Pa, 3 Aug 1947;I945 and during the next few months Donaldson AFB, SC, 15 Oct 1950-14 JulOf its missions were SUPPIY flights to 1952. Pittsburgh, Pa, 14 Jul 1952-.ground forces on hzon and neighboring COMMANDERS. Col Joel G Pitts, 20 Novislands. Transported cargo to forces in the 1942; Lt ~01 Maurice w Wiley, 25 DecR~ukyus, Jun-Jul 1945. hk~ed to Okin- 1944; Lt Col John L Ames Jr, Aug 1945;awa in Aug, and after the war helped Lt Col Benjamin C King, Sep 1945; Coltransfer troops from Luzon to the Ryukyus Marshall S Roth, Oct 1g45-unkn. Captfor staging to Japan. Also ferried liberated Charles J Newell, 15 Oct 1950; Lt Col