42nd BOMBARDMENT WING

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Created as a 42nd Bombardment Wing (Dive) 8.2.1943
Activated 16.2.1943
Transformed into a 42nd Bombardment Wing (Medium) 31.7.1943
Deactivated 25.10.1945
Transformed on the 42nd Air Division

COMPONENTS

Groups
1st Fighter - 1943
17th Bombardment - 1943 - 1945
319th Bombardment - 1943 - 1944
320th Bombardment - 1943 - 1945
325th Fighter - 1943

Wings
1st Fighter - 1951
27th Fighter - 1951
131st Fighter - 1951

STATIONS
Birmingham, Birmingham Army Airfield , 16.2. - 31.7.1943
North Africa, 31.7.1943
Ariana, Tunisia, 21.8.1943
Elmas, Sardinia, 15.11.1943
Lucciana, Borgo Airfield , 21.9.1944
Dijon, France, 24.11.1944
Reirns, France, July - October 1945
Orangetown, Camp Shanks , 24. - 25.10.1945
Austin, Bergstrom AFB , 10.3.1951

COMMANDERS
Brig Gen Robert M Webster, 24.8.1943
Brig Gen John P Doyle, 1.9.1944 - 1945
Brig Gen Clarence T Edwinson, 15.3.1951

CAMPAIGNS
Naples - Foggia
Anzio
Rome - Arno
Southern France
North Apennines
Rhineland
Central Europe

DECORATIONS
French Croix de Guerre with Palm - April - June 1944

INSIGNE
None.
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