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Constituted as 49th Bombardment Operational Training Wing (Medium) on 17 Mar 1943 and activated on 31 Mar. Redesignated 49th Bombardment Wing (Medium) in Oct 1943, and 49th Bombardment Wing (Heavy) in Dec. Moved to Italy (Feb-Apr 1944) where groups were assigned. Operated with Fifteenth AF in the Mediterranean and European theaters from Apr 1944 until May 1945. Inactivated in Italy on 16 Oct 1945.
100th: 1946-1949
380th: 1946-1949
451st: 1944-1945
461st: 1944-1945
484th: 1944-1945
Columbia AAB, SC, 31 Mar 1943
Greenville AAB, SC, c. 28 Apr 1943-2 Feb 1944
Italy, Apr 1944-16 Oct 1945
Brig Gen William L Lee, c. 31 Mar 1943
Col Robert F Worden, 4 Aug-c. Oct 1945
Air Combat, EAME Theater
Air Offensive, Europe
Rome-Arno
Normandy
Northern France
Southern France
North Apennines
Rhineland
Central Europe
Po Valley
Decorations. None.
Insigne. Shield: Quarterly argent and sable, rising from base the outline of a atomic cloud counterchanged, overall lightning flash issuing from sinister chief and striking to dexter base or. (Approved 23 Dec 1953.)
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