340. bombardovací skupina (střední) [1942-1945]

340th Bombardment Group (Medium)
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Vytvořen jako 340th Bombardment Group (Medium) 10.8.1942
Aktivován 20.8.1942
zařazen nejdříve do 9 AF a později ( v srpnu 1943) do 12. AF
Do USA se vrátil v červenci až srpnu 1945
Deaktivován 7.11.1945
Přetvořen na 340th Bombardment Group, Light
Převeden do rezervy
Aktivován 31.10.1947
Deaktivován 19.8.1949


SQUADRONY
486th - 1942 - 1945; 1947 - 1949
487th - 1942 - 1945; 1947 - 1949
488th - 1942 - 1945; 1947 - 1949
489th - 1942 - 1945; 1947 - 1949


STATIONS
Columbia, Columbia Army Airbase , 20.8.1942
Walterboro, Walterboro Army Airfield , 30.11.1942 - 30.1.1943
Kibrit, Landing Ground 213 / , březen 1943
Medenine, Medenine Airfield / , březen 1943
Sfax, Sfax Airfield / , duben 1943
Enfidha, Hergla Airfield / , 2.6.1943
Comiso, Comiso Airfield / , 2.8.1943
Catania, Sicily, 27.8.1943
San Pancrazio Salentino, San Pancrazio Airfield / , 15.10.1943
Foggia, Foggia Airport / , 19.11.1943
Terzigno, Pompeii Airfield / , 2.1.1944
Paestum, Paestum Airfield / , 23.3.1944
Corsica, 14.4.1944
Rimini, Rimini Airfield / , 2.4. - 27.7.1945
Goldsboro, Seymour Johnson Field , 9.8.1945
Columbia, Columbia Army Airbase , 2.10. - 7.11.1945
Tulsa, Tulsa Municipal Airport , 31.10.1947 - 19.8.1949


COMMANDERS
Lt Col Adolph E Tokaz, 3.9.1942
Col William C Mills, 21.9.1942
Lt Col Adolph E Tokaz, 7.5.1943
Col Charles D Jones, 8.1.1944
Col Willis F Chapman, 16.3.1944 - 7.11.1945



CAMPAIGNS
Air Combat, EAME Theater
Tunisia
Sicily
Naples - Foggia
Anzio
Rome-Arno
Southern France
North Apennines
Central Europe
Po Valley


DECORATIONS
Distinguished Unit Citations - North Africa and Sicily, duben - 17.8.1943
Italy, 23.9.1944
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