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AIR
FORCE COMBAT UNITS
OF WORLD
WAR
I1
Edited
by
Maurer Maurer
Office
of Air Force
History
Washington,
D.C.
1983
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication
Data
M i
entry under title:
an
Air Force combat units
of
World War
11.
Reprint. Originally published: Washington, D.C.
:
U.S. Govt. Print.
Off.,
1961.
Includes index.
Supt.
of
DOCS.
D
301.2:C73/3/983
NO.:
1.
United States. Army Air Forces-History.
2. World War, 1939-1945-Aerial operations, American.
I. Maurer, Maurer.
D790.A533 1983
940.544973
83-6001 69
ISBN 0-912799-02-1
For
sale by the Superintendent
of
Documents,
U.S.
Government Printing Office
Washington, D.C.
Foreword
Like all chronologies, bibliographies, and encyclopedias,
Air Force
Combat Units
of
World
War
11
serves a very special historical function.
It traces the lineage of each Army Air Corps and U.S. Air Force
combat group or higher organization active in World War 11, from its
origins to 1956.
It is a concise official record of those units: their assignments,
subordinate organizations, stations, commanders, campaigns, aircraft,
and decorations. But it is more than that.
As an important source of ready information, this volume not only
serves as a reference tool for historians and researchers; but it also
provides commanders with a corporate memory of vital statistics. With
these facts, a unit documents its heritage, the basis for unit
esprit
de
corps.
Originally this volume had been printed in 1961. Its worth has been
proven, and the demand for it has been great. With this reprint, it will
continue to serve the United States Air Force in all quarters in years to
come.
Richard
H.
Kohn
Chief, Office
of
Air Force History
1EE
...
United States Air Force
Historical Advisory Committee
(As
of September
1,
1983)
Lt.
Gen. Charles G. Cleveland,
USAF
Commander,
Air university,
Dr. Alfred
F.
Hurley
Brig. Gen., USAF, Retired
North Texas State University
Mr. DeWitt
S .
Copp
The National Volunteer Agency
Mr. David
E.
Place
T h e General Counsel,
USAF
Dr. Philip A. Crow1
Annapolis, Maryland
Gen. Bryce Poe
11,
USAF, Retired
Alexandria, Virginia
Dr. Warren W. Hassler, Jr.
Pennsylvania State University
Lt. Gen. Winfield W. Scott,
Jr.
Superintendent,
USAF Academy
Brig. Gen. Harris B. Hull, USAF,
Retired
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration
Dr. David
A.
Shannon (Chairman)
University
of
Virginia
Preface
Purpose.
Over a period of several years the USAF Historical
Division has received hundreds of requests for brief histories of
Air Force organizations. Air Force units ask for historical data
they can use for the orientation of new personnel and for building
morale and
esprit
de
corps.
USAF Headquarters and the commands
need historical data for organizational planning. Information
ofi-
cers throughout the Air Force want historical materials for public
relations purposes. Members and former members of the Air Force
are interested in the units with which they have served. Govern-
ment agencies and private individuals, for various reasons, seek
information about Air Force units and their histories.
As
a result
of
the great demand for and the interest in such histories, it appeared
that a book containing brief sketches
of
Air Force combat organi-
zations would be
of
value as a reference work. The task of pre-
paring such a volume was undertaken by the USAF Historical
f
Division
as
a phase
o
its work on World War 11.
Scope.
This book is concerned primarily with the combat
(or
tactical) groups that were active during the Second World War.
Although such groups had numerous designations, nearly all fell
within four major categories: bombardment, fighter, reconnaissance,
and troop carrier. The book covers both the combat groups that
served overseas and those that remained in the United States. It
also covers combat organizations above the group level. It does
not deal with provisional organizations or with air base, mainte-
nance, supply, medical, transport, and other service or support
organizations.
Although this book is devoted exclusively to organizations that
were active during World War 11, its coverage of those organiza-
tions is not confined to the World War I1 period. Instead, each

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