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HEADQUARTERS
18TH AIR DEPOT GROUP APO 520 APAD No. 53, 17 July 1944.
SUBJECT: Historical Records.
TO : Commanding General, XV Air Force, APO 520, U.S. Army. (Attn: Historian) (THRU: Commanding General, XV AFSC, APO 520)
Transmitted herewith Unit Histories and War Diaries for the period 1 June to 30 June 1944, for the following units, this Group:
Hq & Hq Sq, 18th Air Depot Group
Hq Sq, 96th Service Group
319th Depot Repair Squadron
87th Depot Repair Squadron
84th Depot Repair Squadron
2467th QM Truck Co Avn
1954th QM Truck Co Avn
1955th QM Truck Co Avn
314th Depot Supply Squadron
11th Medical Supply Platoon
875th Signal Co Depot Avn
469th Quartermaster Platoon
Also enclosed is Special account history of Hq Sq, 96th Service Group.
For the Commanding Officer:
[Signature]
FORREST P. CARSON,
Captain, Air Corps,
Adjutant.
HEADQUARTERS 18TH AIR DEPOT GROUP APO 520 APAD No. 53 15 July 1944.
SUBJECT: Historical Records.
TO : Commanding General, XV Air Force, APO 520, U.S. Army. (Attn: Historian) (THRU: Channels)
c. Strength, commissioned and enlisted:
At beginning: 21 officers, 152 enlisted men.
Increase during month: 4 officers, 24 enlisted men.
Decrease during month: None
At end: 25 officers, 176 enlisted men, 2 officers and
19 enlisted men on Detached Service.
d. Station: Foggia Main, Italy.
e. Movements: None
f. Campaign: Italian - Still in progress.
g. Operations:
Hq & Hq Sq, 96th Service Group arrived on 5 June 1944, and
the 367th Service Squadron on 13 June.
On 28 June Lt Col Jahway, the Commanding Officer, was
transferred to Headquarters, XV Air Force Service Command and Lt Col Harold H. Kaufman was assigned and assumed command.
The rest camp which was established last month operated at capacity affording a rest period of five days to approximately six hundred men. The swimming pool on the base also afforded a means of recreation readily accessible to all personnel of the unit.
Supply activity maintained its pace during the month, the most acute problem being created by a shortage of auxiliary belly tanks for P-51 aircraft. To alleviate the shortage a modification project was set up for the purpose of utilizing existing stocks of tanks designed for other aircraft. This project was set up on an assembly line plan and operated twenty four hours per day.
Engineering was plagued in its work by the ever present enemy, dust. Efforts to control it took the form of oiling taxiways and roadways adjacent to the engineering shops. However, such efforts were not completely successful due to lack of oil and the large area requiring dust control.
For the Commanding Officer:
FORREST P. CARSON, Captain, Air Corps, Adjutant.
1 Incl: War Diary
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