468. bombardovací skupina (těžká) [1943-1943]

468th Bombardment Group (Heavy)

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vytvořena jako 468th Bombardment Group (Heavy) 19.5.1943
Aktivována 1.8.1943
Přetvořena na 468th Bombardment Group (Very Heavy) v listopadu 1943
Navrácena zpět do USA v listopadu 1945
Deaktivována 31.3.1946


SQUADRONY
512th - 1945 - 1946
792nd - 1943 - 1946
793rd - 1943 - 1946
794th (později 6th) - 1943 - 1946
795th - 1943 - 1946


STATIONS
Salina, Smoky Hill Army Airfield , 1.8.1943 - 12.3.1944
Kharagpur, Kalaikunda Air Force Station / , 13.4.1944 - 24.2.1945
San Jose, West Field , 6.4. - 15.11.1945
Fort Worth, Fort Worth AAF , 1.12.1945
Roswell, Roswell Army Air Field , 12.1. - 31.3.1946


COMMANDERS
Col Howard E Engler, 8.9.1943
Col Ted S Faulkner, 3.8.1944
Col James V Edmundson, 5.11.1944 - 31.3.1946


CAMPAIGNS
India - Burma
Air Offensive, Japan
China Defensive
Western Pacific
Central Burma


DECORATIONS
Distinguished Unit Citations - Yawata, Japan, 20.8.1944
- Tokyo and Yokohama, Japan, 23. - 29.5.1945
- Takarasuka, Japan, 24.7.1945


INSIGNE
None


Použitý letoun
B-29
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