Formed as 43rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) 20.11.1940
Activated 15.1.1941
Deactivated 29.4.1946
Redesignated as 43rd Bombardment Group (Very Heavy)
Activated 1.10.1946
Redesignated 43rd Bombardment Group (Medium) in July 1948
Deactivated 16.6.1952
SQUADRONS
63rd - 1941 - 1946; 1946 - 1952
64th - 1941 - 1946; 1946 - 1952
65th - 1941 - 1946; 1946 - 1952
403d - 1942 - 1946
STATIONS
Hampton, Langley Field , 15.1.1941
Bangor, Maine, 28.8.1941 - 17.2.1942
Sydney, Australia, 28.3.1942
Torrens Creek, Australia, 1.8.1942
Port Moresby, ? / , 14 Sep 1942
Dobodura, Dobodura Airfield Complex / , 10.12.1943
Nadzab, Nadzab Airfield / , 4.3.1944
Seroemi, Owi Airfield / , 2.7.1944
Tacloban, Tacloban Airfield / , 15.11.1944
City of Angeles, Army Air Base Clark Field / , 16.3.1945
Ie, Ie Shima Airfield / , 26.7.1945
Taguig, Fort William McKinley / , 10 December 1945 - 29 April 1946
01.10.1946-12.01.1948 Tucson, Davis-Monthan Army Air Field
13.01.1948-16.06.1952 Tucson, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
COMMANDERS
Lt Col Harold D Smith, 15.1.1941
Lt Col Francis B Valentine, 1.3.1941
Maj Conrad H Diehl Jr, 18.2.1942
Col Roger M Ramey, 21.10.1942
Lt Col John A Roberts, 30.3.1943
Col Harry J Hawthorne, 24.5.1943
Lt Col Edward W Scott Jr, 18.11.1943
Col Harry J Hawthorne, 8.2.1944
Col James T Pettus Jr, 18.9.1944
Maj Paul B Hansen, 8.9.1945 - date unknown
Col James C Selser Jr, 5.10.1946
Col William E Eubank Jr, April 1948
Col Dalene Bailey, July 1948
Col Alvan N Moore, 3.6.1949 - 16.6.1952
CAMPAIGNS
Antisubmarine, American Theater
Air Offensive, Japan
China Defensive
Papua
New Guinea
Bismarck Archipelago
Western Pacific
Leyte
Luzon
Southern Philippines
Ryukyus
China Offensive
DECORATIONS
Distinguished Unit Citations - Papua, August 1942 - 23.1.1943
- Bismarck Sea, 2. - 4.3.1943
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation
Activated 15.1.1941
Deactivated 29.4.1946
Redesignated as 43rd Bombardment Group (Very Heavy)
Activated 1.10.1946
Redesignated 43rd Bombardment Group (Medium) in July 1948
Deactivated 16.6.1952
SQUADRONS
63rd - 1941 - 1946; 1946 - 1952
64th - 1941 - 1946; 1946 - 1952
65th - 1941 - 1946; 1946 - 1952
403d - 1942 - 1946
STATIONS
Hampton, Langley Field
Bangor, Maine, 28.8.1941 - 17.2.1942
Sydney, Australia, 28.3.1942
Torrens Creek, Australia, 1.8.1942
Port Moresby, ?
Dobodura, Dobodura Airfield Complex
Nadzab, Nadzab Airfield
Seroemi, Owi Airfield
Tacloban, Tacloban Airfield
City of Angeles, Army Air Base Clark Field
Ie, Ie Shima Airfield
Taguig, Fort William McKinley
01.10.1946-12.01.1948 Tucson, Davis-Monthan Army Air Field
13.01.1948-16.06.1952 Tucson, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
COMMANDERS
Lt Col Harold D Smith, 15.1.1941
Lt Col Francis B Valentine, 1.3.1941
Maj Conrad H Diehl Jr, 18.2.1942
Col Roger M Ramey, 21.10.1942
Lt Col John A Roberts, 30.3.1943
Col Harry J Hawthorne, 24.5.1943
Lt Col Edward W Scott Jr, 18.11.1943
Col Harry J Hawthorne, 8.2.1944
Col James T Pettus Jr, 18.9.1944
Maj Paul B Hansen, 8.9.1945 - date unknown
Col James C Selser Jr, 5.10.1946
Col William E Eubank Jr, April 1948
Col Dalene Bailey, July 1948
Col Alvan N Moore, 3.6.1949 - 16.6.1952
CAMPAIGNS
Antisubmarine, American Theater
Air Offensive, Japan
China Defensive
Papua
New Guinea
Bismarck Archipelago
Western Pacific
Leyte
Luzon
Southern Philippines
Ryukyus
China Offensive
DECORATIONS
Distinguished Unit Citations - Papua, August 1942 - 23.1.1943
- Bismarck Sea, 2. - 4.3.1943
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation