The 325th Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force

United States Air Force

The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...

 unit. Its last assignment was with Fourth Air Force

Fourth Air Force

The Fourth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Reserve . It is headquartered at March Air Reserve Base, California....

, based at Hamilton Air Force Base

Hamilton Air Force Base

Hamilton Air Force Base was a United States Air Force base located along the western shore of San Pablo Bay, south of Novato, California.-History:...

, California. It was inactivated on 27 June 1949.

History

From August 1944 – October 1945, subordinate units of the 325th, using various aircraft, flew reconnaissance over the waters adjacent to the British Islands and the European continent to obtain meteorological data. Wing aircraft collected weather information needed in planning operations; flew night photographic missions to detect enemy activity; and provided daylight photographic and mapping missions. The wing also flew photographic missions over the Netherlands in support of Operation Market Garden in September 1944 and operated closely with tactical units in the Battle of the Bulge (December 1944 – February 1945).

Active in the Reserve, 9 April 1947-27 June 1949 and redesignated as a division, the organization participated in routine reserve training.

Lineage

• Established as 325 Photographic Wing, Reconnaissance on 17 July 1944

Activated on 9 August 1944

Redesignated 325 Reconnaissance Wing on 26 June 1945

Inactivated on 20 October 1945

• Activated in the Reserve on 9 April 1947

Redesignated 325 Air Division (Reconnaissance) on 16 April 1948

Inactivated on 27 June 1949

Assignments

• Eighth Air Force
  Eighth Air Force
  The Eighth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Global Strike Command . It is headquartered at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana....
  
  , 9 August 1944
• VIII Fighter Command
  VIII Fighter Command
  The VIII Fighter Command is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the United States Air Forces in Europe, being stationed at RAF Honington, England. It was inactivated on 20 March 1946....
  
  , 16 July – 20 October 1945
• Fourth Air Force
  Fourth Air Force
  The Fourth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Reserve . It is headquartered at March Air Reserve Base, California....
  
  , 9 April 1947 – 27 June 1949

Components

Groups

• 7th Reconnaissance Group
  7th Reconnaissance Group
  The 7th Reconnaissance Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the United States Air Forces in Europe at the Hitcham Air Depot, England...
  
   : 9 August 1944 – 18 October 1945
• 25th Bombardment Group : 6 October 1944-c. 23 July 1945
• 68th Reconnaissance Group : 9 April 1947 – 27 June 1949
• 70th Reconnaissance Group : 26 April 1947 – 27 June 1949
• 72nd Reconnaissance Group
  72d Air Base Wing
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   : 12 July 1947 – 27 June 1949.

Squadrons

• 652d Bombardment Squadron
  652d Bombardment Squadron
  The 652d Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with VIII Fighter Command, based at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey...
  
  : 6 January – 12 October 1945
• 653d Bombardment Squadron
  653d Bombardment Squadron
  The 653d Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with VIII Fighter Command, based at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey...
  
  : 5 September – 11 October 1945.

Stations

• RAF High Wycombe
  RAF High Wycombe
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  , England, 9 August 1944 – 20 October 1945
• Hamilton Field (later, AFB), California, 9 April 1947 – 27 June 1949.

Aircraft

• B-17, 1944–1945
• B-24, 1944–1945
• B-25, 1944–1945
• B-26, 1944–1945
• F-5, 1944–1945
• L-5, 1944–1945
• P-38, 1944–1945
• P-51, 1944–1945
• Spitfire, 1944–1945
• Mosquito XVI, 1945
• A-6, 1947–1949
• A-7, 1947–1949
• A-11, 1947–1949