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Constituted as 5th Bombardment Wing on 19 Oct 1940. Activated on 18 Dec 1940. Assigned to Second AF. Inactivated on 5 Sep 1941.
Activated on 10 Jul 1942. Moved to North Africa, Oct-Dec 1942, and began operations with Twelfth AF. Assigned to Fifteenth AF in Nov 1943. Redesignated 5th Bombardment Wing (Heavy) in Jan 1945. Served in combat until May 1945. Inactivated in Italy on 2 Nov 1945.
McChord Field, Wash, 18 Dec 1940
Ft George Wright, Wash, Jan-5 Sep 1941
Bolling Field, DC, 10 Jul 1942
Westover Field, Mass, c. 31 Jul-Oct 1942
Casablanca, French Morocco, Nov 1942
Oujda, French Morocco, Dec 1942
Biskra, Algeria, c. Jan 1943
Chateaudun, Algeria, c. Mar 1943
Depienne, Tunisia, Aug 1943
Foggia, Italy, Dec 1943-2 Nov 1945
Brig Gen Carlyle H Wash, c. Dec 1940-1941
Maj Charles R Simpson, 28 Jul 1942
Col John W Monahan, 11 Sep 1942
Brig Gen Joseph H Atkinson, 5 Jan 1943
Brig Gen Charles W Lawrence, 24 Jan 1944
Col Wallace E Whitson, c. 22 May 1945-unkn.
Air Combat, EAME Theater
Air Offensive, Europe
Tunisia
Sicily
Naples-Foggia
Rome-Arno
Normandy
Northern France
Southern France
North Apennines
Rhineland
Central Europe
Po Valley
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2nd Bombardment Group
97th Bombardment Group
99th Bombardment Group
301st Bombardment Group
463rd Bombardment Group
483rd Bombardment Group
Annex 1, Field Order 1, 5th Bombardment Wing
Shuttle Bombing Operations to Russia Orders 3 May 1944
June Mission Plans 15 May 1944
Operations Order 575, 5th Wing
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