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19th Balloon Company (later 19th Dirigible Company, 19th Airship Company 19th Airship Squadron), 4 September 1919 – 30 September 1921 (attached to 1st Provisional Air Brigade after 6 May 1921), 8 August 1922 – 8 May 1929 (attached 8 May 1929 – 3 November
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The group was reactivated as a heavy bomber operational command and control organization in June 1942. It moved to England, August–September 1942, and became a heavy bombardment wing of
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during 1940 that influenced Air Corps doctrine on the employment of airpower. The wing was inactivated in 1941 and its personnel used as the cadre for
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Army Air Forces Stations: A Guide to the Stations Where U.S. Army Air Forces Personnel Served in the United Kingdom During World War II
2573: 245:. The wing provided cadres for new tactical units activating as the Air Corps expanded under the Woodring Plan. It participated in 1347: 1030: 1006: 961: 2618: 994: 973: 949: 937: 925: 2313: 1018: 537:, September 1942-13 September 1943 (detached to 201st Provisional Combat Bombardment Wing after 25 March 1943) (attached to 1362: 1225: 902:
Department of the Air Force/MPM Letter 4989q, 15 September 1983, Subject: Disbandment of Certain Inactive Air Force Units
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units on the Atlantic Coast. It was inactivated at Langley in 1921 and most of its personnel were assigned to
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Clay, p. 1308. The unit was assigned for mobilization, but was not organized while assigned to the wing.
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Abstract of HISTORY OF SECOND WING, GENERAL HEADQUARTERS AIR FORCE, 1 Jan 1939 – 7 Dec 1941
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Base Headquarters and 3rd Air Base Squadron, 1 September 1936 – 1 September 1940
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Base Headquarters and 2nd Air Base Squadron, 1 September 1936 – 1 September 1940
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93rd Bombardment Group B-24D Liberator 41-23711, at RAF Alconbury, England, 1942
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Abstract History I Bomber Command, Part 1, 2nd Bombardment Wing, GHQ Air Force
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US Army 8th Air Force in World War II, US Army Air Force Web site
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operations in the eastern part of the United States. The wing's
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Except as noted, lineage and station information is in Maurer,
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50th Squadron (Observation) (later 50th Observation Squadron)
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Langley Field, Virginia, 4 September 1919 – 30 September 1921
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McChord Field, Washington, 6 September – 7 November 1945.
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Langley Field, Virginia, 8 August 1922 – 5 September 1941
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is a disbanded unit whose last assignment was with the
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Abstract, History I Bomber Command Sep 1941 – Nov 1943
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on 1 March 1935. It once again conducted much of the
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1945
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Index

2nd Bombardment Wing (World War II)
2nd Bomb Wing

United States
United States Army Air Forces
European Theater of World War II
Oscar Westover
James Stewart

United States Army Air Forces
Continental Air Forces
McChord Field
wing
Langley Field
Air Service
bombardment
GHQ Air Force
United States Army
pursuit
observation
2nd Bombardment Group
group
Air Corps
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
maneuvers
1st Bomber Command
Eighth Air Force
Twelfth Air Force
Third Corps Area
General Headquarters Air Force

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