The 98th Bombardment Wing is an inactive United States Army Air Forces unit. Its last assignment was with the United States Air Force Reserve, based at Bedford Field, Massachusetts. It was inactivated on 27 June 1949.

History

As the 3d Wing, the unit was one of the original wings of the GHQ Air Force on 1 March 1935. It was formed in Texas, reassigned to Barksdale Field, Louisiana. Performed peacetime training operations. Assigned to MacDill Field, Florida, 1940 and assigned to USAAC Southeast Air District, becoming part of III Bomber Command just prior to World War II. It was deployed to England and was reassigned to VIII Bomber Command in June 1942 as a medium Bomber command and control organization component units being equipped with

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s. It was redesignated as the 98th Combat Bombardment Wing (Medium) in November 1943. The wing was reassigned to Ninth Air Force when 9th was reformed in England as tactical air force to support ground forces in upcoming invasion of France. Performed combat operations supporting allied ground forces until V-E Day It served postwar as an Air Force reserve unit, 1947–1949.

Lineage

* Authorized on the inactive list as 3d Wing on 24 March 1923 : Redesignated as: 3d Attack Wing in 1929 : Activated on 15 June 1932 : Redesignated as 3d Wing in 1935 : Redesignated 3d Bombardment Wing in 1940 : Inactivated on 5 September 1941 * Activated on 7 June 1942 : Redesignated as: 98th Combat Bombardment Wing (Medium) in November 1943 : Redesignated as: 98th Bombardment Wing (Medium) in June 1945 : Inactivated on 27 November 1945. * Redesignated 3d Bombardment Wing (Light) and allotted to the reserve : Activated on 20 December 1946 : Redesignated 3d Air Division (Bombardment) in April 1948 : Inactivated on 27 June 1949

Assignments

* United States Army Air Corps, 15 June 1932 * General Headquarters Air Force, 1 March 1935 * Southeast Air District, 2 October 1940 * III Bomber Command, 5 September 1941 * VIII Bomber Command, 7 June 1942 * VIII Air Support Command, 1943Maurer, ''Combat Units'', pp. 445-446 * IX Bomber Command, 16 October 1943 – 27 November 1945 * United States Air Force Reserve, 20 December 1946 – 27 June 1949

Stations

* Fort Crockett, Texas, 15 June 1932 * Barksdale Field, Louisiana, 27 February 1935 * MacDill Field, Florida, 2 October 1940 – 5 September 1941 *

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, Maryland, 7 June–August 1942 * Elvedon Hall (AAF-116), England, c. 12 September 1942 * Marks Hall (AAF-160), England, 12 June 1943 * RAF Earls Colne (AAF-358), England, November 1943 * RAF Beaulieu (AAF-408), England, 18 July – 19 August 1944 * Lessay Airfield (A-20), France, 23 August 1944 * Chartres Airfield (A-40), France, 24 September 1944 * Laon/Athies Airfield (A-69), France, 3 October 1944 * Havrincourt, France, 1 February 1945 * Venlo Airfield (Y-55), Netherlands, c. 3 May 1945 * Tienen, Belgium, c. July 1945 * AAF Station Kitzingen, Germany, August 1945 *

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, Belgium, c. October–November 1945 * Bedford Field, Massachusetts, 20 December 1946 – 27 June 1949

Components

* GHQ Air Force (Air Force Combat Command, 1941) :

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: 1932–1940 :

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: 1941 : 10th Pursuit Group: 1932–1939 :

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: 1940–1941 : 44th Bombardment Group: 1941 * VIII Bomber Command :

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: 1 December 1942 – 16 October 1943 :

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: 1 May – 16 October 1943 :

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: 3 June – 16 October 1943 :

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: 25 June – 16 October 1943 * Ninth Air Force :

: 16 October 1943 – 16 July 1945 (B-26 Marauder) :

: 16 October 1943 – November 1945 (B-26 Marauder) :

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: 11 March 1944 – September 1945 (B-26 Marauder) :

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: 15 April 1944 – November 1945 (B-26 Marauder) :

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: 1945 (B-17 Flying Fortress) :

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: 1945 (B-17 Flying Fortress) * Air Force Reserve :

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: 1947–1949 : 341st Bombardment Group: 1947–1949

References

* Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. . * Johnson, David C. (1988), U.S. Army Air Forces Continental Airfields (ETO), D-Day to V-E Day; Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. {{DEFAULTSORT:98th Bombardment Wing (World War Ii) Military units and formations established in 1923 098