100th Fighter Wing
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Command
The IX Air Force Service Command performed two functions: supplying the Ninth Air Force, and maintenance and major repair of airplanes and other equipment.
The Command was activated at MacDill Field, Florida on 1 September 1942, and sent to the Mediterranean Theatre of Operations in December 1942. From Cairo the command supported the campaign in North Africa.
On 15 October 1943, the Command was sent to England where it was reorganised at Bushey Park, then Headquarters of the Eighth Air Force. It moved to Sunninghill on 16 November 1943. The command was charged with the responsibility of the maintaining the operational units of the Ninth Air Force and supporting their aims of spearheading the invasion of France. With this remit the command quickly became the largest Air Force Command in the European Theatre of Operations, reaching a maximum strength of 62,617 in August 1944.
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302d wing carried cargo and passengers within Great Britain and, later, to and from continental Europe, beginning in December 1943. Cargo included medical
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Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 31st Transport Group
Joined RAFVR, service pilot training in US, shipped overseas to ETO, operational training at OTU, assigned to 121S, transferred to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF, transferred to VIII AF Service Command, transferred to 325th FS, 31st TG, IX AF Service Command.
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06 January 2020 15:19:28 | phil marchese | Changes to nicknames |
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See VIII AIR Support Command and 3rd BW transfer to Ninth Air Force after its redeployment from NWA/ME (MTO) to ETO. |
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25 September 2019 13:50:32 | Emily | Changes to us air force combat units of world war ii description and unit became association |
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Air Force Combat Units of World War II |
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03 September 2019 08:47:09 | Emily | Changes to type and description |
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Ninth air force service command Unit History from Bangor Public Library |
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27 September 2014 18:42:43 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980) |