Air Force Combat Units of WWII

AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS-GROUPS 335Southern France; North Apennines;Rhineland; Central Europe; Po Valley.DECORATIONS. Distinguished Unit Citation:Bad Voslau, Austria, 23 Apr 1944.INSIGNE. Shield: Azure, an Americaneagle proper flying over clouds in the baseargent between two parachutes, one inchief transporting an airman, one in basetransporting supplies all of the last; inchief a canton argent charged with theCapitol dome of the second. Motto: INHONOR OF CONGRESS. (Approved17 Jan 1956.1460th BOMBARDMENT GROUPConstituted as 460th BombardmentGroup (Heavy) on 19 May 1943. Activatedon I Jul 1943. Trained for combatwith B-24’s. Moved to Italy, Jan-Feb1944, and became part of Fifteenth AF.Entered combat in Mar 1944 and operatedprimarily as a strategic bombardment organizationuntil Apr 1945. Attacked oilrefineries, oil storage facilities, aircraft factories,railroad centers, industrial areas,and other objectives in Italy, France, Germany,Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary,Austria, Rumania, Yugoslavia, and Greece.Received a DUC for leading the wing formationthrough adverse weather and heavyenemy fire to attack an airdrome and aircraftfacilities in Zwolfaxing on 26 Jul1944. Also flew some interdictory and supportmissions. Participated in the invasionof Southern France in Aug 1944 by strikingsubmarine pens, marshalling yards,and gun positions in the assault area. Hitbridges, viaducts, ammunition dumps,railroads, and other targets to aid the advanceof Allied forces in northern Italy.Moved to Trinidad and then to Brazil inJun 1945, being assigned to Air TransportCommand to assist in moving redeployedpersonnel from Europe to the US. Znactiuate2in Brazil on 26 Sep 1945.SQUADRONS. 760th: 1943-1945. 76zst:1943-1945- 762d: 1943-1945- 763d: 1943-1945.STATIONS. Alamogordo AAFld, NM, IJul 1943; Kearns, Utah, 31 Aug 1943;Chatham AAFld, Ga, Oct 1943-3 Jan 194;Spinazzola, Italy, Feb 1g44-Jun 1945; WallerField, Trinidad, 15 Jun 1945; Natal,Brazil, 30 Jun-26 Sep 1945.COMMANDERS. Unkn, I Jul-12 Aug1943; Col Robert T Crowder, 12 Aug 1943;Lt Col Bertram C Harrison, 16 Apr 194;Lt Col Harold T Babb, Sep 194; Col JohnM Price, 18 Oct 1944-1945.CAMPAIGNS. American Theater; AirCombat, EAME Theater; Air Offensive,Europe; Rome-Arno; Normandy; NorthernFrance; Southern France; NorthApennines; Rhineland; Central Europe;Po Valley.DECORATIONS. Distinguished Unit Citation:Austria, 26 Jul 194.INSIGNE. None.461st BOMBARDMENT GROUPConstituted as 461st BombardmentGroup (Heavy) on 19 May 1943. Activatedon I Jul 1943. Moved to the Mediterraneantheater, Jan-Feb 1944, the air