44th Air Division

44th Air Division
Active1943–1945; 1947–1949
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
EngagementsEuropean Theater of World War II
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Lt. Gen. Herbert B. Thatcher

The 44th Air Division, Bombardment was redesignated as a division on 16 April 1948, when it was at Brooks Field (later, Brooks Air Force Base), Texas, under the 14th Air Force, then transferred to the 12th Air Force on 1 July 1948.

History

World War II

The unit started as the 44th Bombardment Wing, conducting medium bomber training in the United States. It deployed to the European Theater of Operations in the summer of 1943, but before it could being combat operations, was redesignated in November 1943 as the 99th Bombardment Wing and assigned to the new IX Bomber Command, the medium bombardment component of the revamped Ninth Air Force.

Its subordinate units attacked enemy airfields in France, Belgium, and the Netherlands between December 1943 and February 1944. Beginning in March 1944, they bombed rail road and highway bridges, oil tanks, and missile sites in preparation for the invasion of Normandy. Its subordinate units supported the Allied offensive at Caen, France, and the breakthrough at Saint-Lô, France, in July 1944. Between October and December 1944, they bombed bridges, road junctions, and ordnance depots in support of the assault on the Siegfried Line. On 16 December 1944, during a period of poor flying weather, the Germans launched a major offensive, known as the Battle of the Bulge, in the Ardennes Forest. When the weather cleared, 99th BW units bombed supply points, communication centres, bridges, marshalling yards, roads, and oil storage tanks.[2]

Air Force Reserve

The wing was reactivated as a reserve unit under Air Defense Command (ADC) on 26 June 1947 at Brooks Field, Texas (later Brooks Air Force Base.[2] In 1948, when the regular Air Force implemented the wing base organization system, the wing, along with other multi-base reserve wings was redesignated as an air division.[2] The same year Continental Air Command assumed responsibility for managing reserve and Air National Guard units from ADC.[3]

The 44th was inactivated when Continental Air Command reorganized in June 1949 in response to President Truman’s reduced 1949 defense budget that required reductions in the number of unit (groups – 48) in the Air Force.[2][4]

Performed bombing operations in Europe until V-E Day

Lineage

  • Established as the 44th Bombardment Wing (Heavy) on 15 February 1943
  • Activated on 1 March 1943
  • Redesignated 99th Combat Bombardment Wing (Medium) on 2 November 1943
  • Redesignated 99th Combat Bombardment Wing, Medium on 13 August 1944
  • Redesignated 99th Bombardment Wing, Medium on 16 June 1945
  • Inactivated on 4 October 1945
  • Redesignated 44th Bombardment Wing, Very Heavy on 27 May 1947 and allotted to the reserve.
  • Activated on 26 June 1947
  • Redesignated 44th Air Division, Bombardment on 16 April 1948
  • Inactivated on 27 June 1949[2]

Assignments

Components

  • Ninth Air Force
322d Bombardment Group: 16 October 1943 – 15 September 1945 (B-26 Marauder)
344th Bombardment Group: c.28 February 1944–c.30 April 1945
386th Bombardment Group: 16 October 1943 – 27 July 1945 (B-26 Marauder)
391st Bombardment Group: 25 January 1944 – 27 July 1945 (B-26 Marauder)
312th Bombardment Group: 30 July 1947 – 27 June 1949
401st Bombardment Group: 1947–1949
447th Bombardment Group: 1947–1949

Stations

Aircraft

Service streamers

This unit earned the following organizational service streamers:

  • World War II: European African Middle Eastern (EAME) Theater[2]

Commanders

  • Unknown, 1 March 1943 – 11 November 1943
  • Brigadier General Herbert B. Thatcher, 12 November 1943
  • Colonel Reginald F. C. Vance, 7 November 1944
  • Major Charles F. Salter, 1 July 1945
  • Lieutenant Colonel William W. Brier, 13 July 1945
  • Brigadier General Richard C. Sanders, 12 August 1945– c.4 October 1945
  • Unknown, 26 June 1947 – 27 June 1949[2]

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ Aircraft is B-26 Serial 43-34181 of the 495th Bombardment Squadron at RAF Stansted
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Factsheet 44 Air Division, Bombardment". Air Force Historical Research Agency. 5 October 2007. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  3. ^ "Abstract, Mission Project Closeup, Continental Air Command". Air Force History Index. 27 December 1961. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  4. ^ Knaack, p. 25

Bibliography

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