Air Force Combat Units of WWII

AIR FORCE COMBAT WITS-GROUPSCAMPAIGNS. New Guinea; Leyte; Luzon; Southern Philippines.DECORATIONS. Distinguished Unit Citation:Philippine Islands, 30 Dec 1944-2 Jan1945. Philippine Presidential Unit Cita-tion.INSIGNE. None.418th BOMBARDMENT GROUPConstituted as 418th BombardmentGroup (Light) on 16 Jul 1943. Activatedon I Aug 1943. Assigned to Third AF.Disbanded on 15 Sep 1943. Consolidated(in Apr 1958) with the 418th BombardmentGroup (Very Heavy).418th Bombardment Group (VeryHeavy) was constituted on 28 Feb 1944.Activated on 11 Mar 1944. Assigned toSecond AF as a replacement training unitbut had no squadrons assigned. Disbandedon I Apr 1944.SQUADRONS. 696th: 1943. 697th: 1943.698th: 1943. 699th: 1943.STATIONS. Lake Charles AAFld, La, IAug-15 Sep 1943. Alamogordo AAFld,NM, 11 Mar-I Apr 1944.COMMANDERS. Unkn.CAMPAIGNS. None.DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. None.419th TROOP CARRIER GROUPConstituted as 419th Troop CarrierGroup on I Dec 1944. Acziuated on Guamon 31 Jan 1945. Assigned to Seventh AF.301No tactical squadrons or aircraft were assigned. The group’s headquarters haddetachments at Saipan, Tinian, and Anguar,the latter detachment moving to IwoJima in Mar 1945. These detachmentsoperated transportation terminals that assistedin moving troops, equipment, food,and mail to, and in evacuating woundedpersonnel from, combat areas. Inactivatedon Guam on 15 Feb 1946.Allotted to the reserve. Activated inthe US on 22 Mar 1947. Redesignated419th Troop Carrier Group (Medium) inJun 1949. Ordered to active service on IMay 1951. Inactivated on 2 May 1951.Redesignated 419th Troop CarrierGroup (Assault, Fixed Wing). Actiuatedon g Jul 1956. Assigned to Tactical AirCommand and equipped with C-123’s.SQUADRONS. 12th Rescue: 1gq-194g.15th Fighter: 1947-1949. 63d: 1947-1949.64th: 1947-1949. 65th: 1947-1949. 66th:I~pI~g. 79th: 194a1949. 339th: IMP