512. bombardovací peruť (těžká) [1942-1945]

512th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy)
     
Název:
Name:
512. bombardovací peruť (těžká) 512th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy)
Originální název:
Original Name:
512th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) 1)
Datum vzniku:
Raised/Formed:
19.10.1942 2)
Předchůdce:
Predecessor:
- -
Datum zániku:
Disbanded:
23.05.1945
Nástupce:
Successor:
512. bombardovací peruť, velmi těžká 512th Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy
Nadřízené velitelství:
Higher Command:
31.10.1942-23.05.1945 376. bombardovací skupina (těžká)
31.10.1942-23.05.1945 376th Bombardment Group (Heavy)
Dislokace:
Deployed:
31.10.1942-08.11.1942 Lod, RAF Lydda /
08.11.1942-10.02.1943 Ismailia, RAF Abu Sueir /
10.02.1943-25.02.1943 Kambut, RAF Gambut /
25.02.1943-16.04.1943 Benina, Soluch Airfield /
16.04.1943-26.09.1943 Benina, Soluch Airfield /
26.09.1943-19.11.1943 Enfidha, Enfidaville Airfield /
03.10.1943-11.10.1943 Benina, Soluch Airfield (Detachment only) /
19.11.1943-19.04.1945 San Pancrazio Salentino, Aeroporto San Pancrazio /
08.05.1945-23.05.1945 Harvard, Harvard Army Airfield

Velitel:
Commander:
31.10.1942-DD.02.1943 ?, ? (0)
DD.03.1943-DD.04.1943 Soukup, Reynold J. (Major)
DD.04.1943-DD.MM.RRRR Hoover, Robert (Major)
DD.MM.RRRR-DD.09.1943 Mayfield, Gilmer E. (Captain)
DD.09.1943-DD.01.1944 Miller, James (Captain)
DD.01.1944-26.07.1944 Gillett, Harry R. (Lieutenant Colonel)
27.07.1944-23.05.1945 ?, ? (0)
Výzbroj:
Armament:
DD.MM.1942-DD.MM.1942 Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (B-17C; B-17D)
DD.MM.1945-DD.MM.1945 Consolidated B-24 Liberator
Poznámka:
Note:
Vyznamenání: viz část v AJ.


1) Dne 03.05.1944 byl název jednotky změněn na 512. bombardovací peruť, těžká.
2) Jednotka aktivována 21.10.1942.
Decorations:


Distinguished Unit Citation:
- North Africa and Sicily, (November?) 1942-17 August 1943
- Ploesti, Rumania, 1 August 1943
- Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 16 June 1944


1) Redesignated as 512 Bombardment Squadron, Heavy, on 3 May 1944.
2) Activated on 31 October 1942.
Zdroje:
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org
http://www.afhra.af.mil
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