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Eighth Air Force, Great Britain
Unit |
Dates (active with 8th) |
Notes |
Late 1943-summer 1944 |
Converted to B-17 in summer 1944 |
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November 1942-April 1945 |
Detachment to North Africa |
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August 1942-April 1945 |
Detachment to North Africa |
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December 1942-April 1945 |
Detachment to Africa |
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January 1943-April 1945 |
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April 1943-April 1945 |
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April 1943-April 1945 |
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December 1943-April 1945 |
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December 1943-April 1945 |
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February 1944-April 1945 |
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March 1944-April 1945 |
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April 1944-April 1945 |
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September 1943-April 1945 |
B-17 and B-24, Pathfinder unit then pathfinder school |
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May-June 1944 |
Converted to B-17 in July 1944 |
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May-August 1944 |
Converted to B-17 in August 1944 |
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May-November 1944 |
Returned to US in November-December 1944 for redeployment in the Pacific |
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June-September 1944 |
Converted to B-17 by October 1944 |
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June 1944-April 1945 |
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May 1944-April 1945 |
Mostly special duties, with a mix of B-24s, C-47s, A-26s and Mosquitoes |
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May-September 1944 |
Converted to B-17 in September 1944 |
Number of B-24 Units:
End of 1942: 3
End of 1943: 10
End of 1944: 14
End of war: 14
Fifteenth Air Force, North Africa and Italy
Unit |
Enters Combat |
Bombardment Wing |
9th: November 1942 |
5th |
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9th: November 1942 |
5th |
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January 1944 |
47th |
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January 1944 |
47th |
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January 1944 |
47th |
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February 1944 |
304th |
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February 1944 |
304th |
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February 1944 |
304th |
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March 1944 |
304th |
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March 1944 |
55th |
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April 1944 |
55th |
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April 1944 |
55th |
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May 1944 |
55th |
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April 1944 |
49th |
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May 1944 |
55th |
98th and 376th Bombardment Groups
November 1942-September 1943: IX Bomber Command of Ninth Air Force
September-November 1943: 5th Bombardment Wing, XII Bomber Command, Twelfth Air Force
November 1943-end of war: 5th Bombardment Wing, Twelfth Air Force
Unit |
Dates |
Location |
1944-1945 |
5th Philippines |
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1943- |
5th AF SW Pacific |
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7th AF: 1942 |
7th AF Hawaii |
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1942-45 |
5th AF, Australia |
Unit |
Dates |
Location |
1943-1945 |
7th AF |
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1942- |
West Coast then 7th AF |
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1943-45 |
7th, Pacific |
Unit |
Dates |
Location |
1942-1945 |
10th AF India |
Unit |
Dates |
Location |
1942-45 |
13th AF with B-24 |
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7th AF: 1942-1943 |
7th AF, Hawaii |
Unit |
Dates |
Location |
1942-45 |
China, 14th AF |
Unit |
Dates |
Location |
c.1942-44 |
Virginia |
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1941-1943 |
Panama Canal |
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25th BG (Recon) |
1944-1945 |
England, with a mix of aircraft |
1944-45 |
Alaska |
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1942 |
Anti-submarine patrols from United States |
Unit |
Dates |
9th BG |
1942-4 |
1942- |
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1942- |
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1942-1944 |
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1942-44 |
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1942-44 |
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1942-44 |
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1942-44 |
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1942-1944 |
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1943-43 |
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1943-44 |
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1943-44 |
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1943-1944 |