99th Bombardment Wing (World War II)
Encyclopedia
The 97th Bombardment Wing is an inactive United States Air Force
unit. Its last assignment was with the United States Air Force Reserve, based at Bedford Field, Massachusetts
. It was inactivated on 4 October 1945.
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 the United States Air Force Reserve, based at Bedford Field, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
. It was inactivated on 4 October 1945.
Lineage
- Constituted as 44th Bombardment Wing (Heavy) on 15 February 1943
- Activated on 1 March 1943
- Redesignated 99th Combat Bombardment Wing (Medium), November 1943
- Redesignated 99th Bombardment Wing (Medium) in June 1945
- Inactivated on 4 October 1945
- Redesignated 44th Bombardment Wing (Very Heavy) and allotted to the reserve.
- Activated on 26 June 1947
- Redesignated 44th Air Division (Bombardment) in April 1948
- Inactivated on 27 June 1949.
Assignments
- Eighth Air ForceEighth Air ForceThe 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....
, 1 March 1943 – November 1943 - IX Bomber Command, November 1943-4 October 1945
- United States Air Force Reserves, 26 January 1947 – 27 June 1949
Stations
- Salt Lake City Army Air Base, UtahUtahUtah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
, 1 March 1943 - Biggs Field, Texas, May–July 1943
- RAF AldermastonRAF AldermastonRAF Aldermaston was a World War II airfield. It was used by the Royal Air Force and the United States Army Eighth and Ninth Air Force as a troop carrier group base, and was assigned USAAF station No 467.-Origins:...
(AAF-467), England, July 7943 - RAF Great DunmowRAF Great DunmowRAF Station Great Dunmow is a former World War II airfield in Essex, England. The airfield is located approximately mi west of Great Dunmow, north of the A 120; about miles northeast of London...
(AAF-164), England, 12 November 1943 – September 1944 - Beaumont sur Oise Airfield (A-60), France, 25 September 1944
- Tienen, Belgium, April 1945
- Namur Airfield, Belgium, 7 July–August 1945
- Camp Myles StandishCamp Myles StandishCamp Myles Standish was a U.S. Army camp located in Taunton, Massachusetts. It functioned as a prisoner-of-war camp, a departure area for about a million U.S...
, MassachusettsMassachusettsThe Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
, 3–4 October 1945 - Brooks FieldBrooks City-BaseBrooks City-Base was a United States Air Force facility located in San Antonio, Texas, southeast of Downtown San Antonio.In 2002 Brooks Air Force Base was renamed Brooks City-Base when the property was conveyed to the Brooks Development Authority as part of a unique project between local, state,...
, Texas, 26 June 1947 – 27 June 1949.
Components
- Ninth Air Force
- 322d Bombardment Group: 16 October 1943 – 15 September 1945 (B-26 Marauder)
- 344th Bombardment Group126th Air Refueling WingThe United States Air Force's 126th Air Refueling Wing is a Illinois Air National Guard air refueling wing located at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois....
: 16 October 1943 – 15 September 1945 (B-26 Marauder) - 386th Bombardment Group: 16 October 1943 – 27 July 1945 (B-26 Marauder)
- 391st Bombardment Group391st Bombardment GroupThe 391st Bombardment Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Army Service Forces stationed at Camp Shanks, New York...
: 25 January 1944 – 27 July 1945 (B-26 Marauder)
- United States Air Force Reserve
- 312th Bombardment Group312th Aeronautical Systems WingThe 312th Aeronautical Systems Group is a component of the United States Air Force 312th Aeronautical Systems Wing. It is stationed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio and is assigned to Air Force Material Command ....
: 1947–1949 - 401st Bombardment Group401st Air Expeditionary WingThe United States Air Force's 401st Air Expeditionary Wing is an inactive unit of the United States Air Force. Its last assignment was with the Sixteenth Air Force, being stationed at RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus...
: 1947–1949 - 447th Bombardment Group447th Air Expeditionary GroupThe 447th Air Expeditionary Group is a provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Combat Command United States Air Forces Central.The unit presently is stationed at Sather Air Base on Baghdad International Airport in Iraq....
: 1947–1949