The 41st Bombardment Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with

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, based at RAF Molesworth, England. It was inactivated on 18 June 1945.

History

The wing was a

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heavy bomber command and control organization for VIII Bomber Command in England. Its subordinate units were engaged in the strategic air campaign against Germany. Air Offensive, Europe; Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe. The wing was constituted as the 41st Bombardment Wing (Heavy) on 29 January 1943 and activated on 16 February 1943. In August 1943 it was redesignated 41st Combat Bombardment Wing (Heavy). The wing was disbanded on 18 June 1945.

Assignments

* Second Air Force, 16 February 1943 * VIII Bomber Command, 26 July 1943 : Redesignated:

, 22 February 1944-18 June 1945

Units assigned

303d Bombardment Group 3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societie ...

( RAF Molesworth): 13 September 1943 – 11 June 1945 *

379th Bombardment Group 379th may refer to: * 379th Aero Squadron, training unit assigned to Benbrook Field, former World War I military airfield, 0.5 miles north of Benbrook, Texas * 379th Air Expeditionary Wing (379 AEW) is a provisional United States Air Force unit ass ...

( RAF Kimbolton): 13 September 1943 – 12 July 1945 *

384th Bombardment Group 384th may refer to: *384th Air Expeditionary Group, provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Combat Command *384th Air Expeditionary Wing, inactive unit of the United States Air Force * 384th Air Refueling Squadron (384 ARS) is ...

(

RAF Grafton Underwood Royal Air Force Grafton Underwood or more simply RAF Grafton Underwood is a former Royal Air Force station located northeast of Kettering, Northamptonshire, England. Royal Air Force use The airfield at Grafton Underwood was opened in 1941 an ...

): 13 September 1943 – 16 June 1945.

Stations

* Salt Lake City Army Air Base, Utah, 16 February 1943 * Rapid City Army Air Base, South Dakota, March-c. 4 July 1943 *

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(AAF-103), England, c. 26 July 1943 * RAF Molesworth (AAF-107), England, c. 16 September 1943 – 18 June 1945

References

* Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. .

External links

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