Air Force Combat Units of WWII

AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS-GROUPS 345STATIONS. Mountain Home AAFld,Idaho, I May 1943; Tonopah AAFld, Nev,6 Jan-31 Mar 1944.COMMANDERS. Maj Henry H CovingtonJr, 7 Jul1g43; Lt Col Roland J Barnick,12 Nov 1g43-unkn.CAMPAIGNS. None.DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. None.471st BOMBARDMENT GROUPConstituted as 471st BombardmentGroup (Heavy) on 22 Apr 1943. Activatedon I May 1943. Assigned to SecondAF and later (Jan 1944) to First AF.Served as a replacement training unit,using B-24 aircraft. Disbanded on 10 Apr1944-SQUADRONS. 804th: 1943-1944. 805th:1943-1944. 806th: 1943-1944. 807th:1943-1944.STATIONS. Alexandria, La, I May 1943;Pueblo AAB, Colo, 7 May 1943; WestoverField, Mass, 28 Jan-Io Apr 1944.COMMANDERS. Lt Col Raymond LCobb, I Jun 1943; Lt Col Wilson H Banks,16 Oct 1g43-unkn.CAMPAIGNS. None.DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. None.472d BOMBARDMENT GROUPConstituted as 472d BombardmentGroup (Heavy) on 19 May 1943. Activatedon I Sep 1943. Assigned to SecondAF. Redesignated 472d BombardmentGroup (Very Heavy) on I Dec 1943.Trained crews for combat with B-29’s.Disbanded on I Apr 1944.SQUADRONS. 808th: 1943-1944. 809th:1943-1p44. 810th: 1943-1944. 811th:1943-1944-STATIONS. Smoky Hill AAFld, Kan, ISep 1943; Clovis AAFld, NM, 7 Dec 1943-1 APr 1944.COMMANDERS. Maj Conrad H Diehl, 6Oct 1943; Col Thomas H Chapman, 22Oct 1943-un kn.CAMPAIGNS. None.DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. None.473d FIGHTER GROUPConstituted as 473d Fighter Group on12 Oct 1943. Activated on I Nov 1943.Assigned to Fourth AF. Equipped primarilywith P-38 aircraft. Operated as areplacement training unit. Disbanded on31 Mar 1944.Reconstituted and redesignated 473dFighter Group (Air Defense), on 8 Jul1955. Activated on 8 Apr 1956. Assignedto Air Defense Command. Had no combatsquadrons assigned.SQUADRONS. 4515t: 1943-1944. 482d:1943-1944- 483d: 1943-1944- 484th:1943-1944-STATIONS. Grand Central Air Terminal,Calif, I Nov 1943; Ephrata AAB, Wash,28-31 Mar 1944. K I Sawyer Mun Aprt,Mich, 8 Apr 1g56-.