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The Northwest African Air Service Command (NAASC) was a sub-command of the Northwest African Air Forces which itself was a sub-command of the Mediterranean Air Command (MAC). These new Allied air force organizations were created at the
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in January 1943 to promote cooperation between the British
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(USAAF), and their respective ground and naval forces in the North African and Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO). Effective March 4, 1943, Brigadier General Delmar Dunton became the commander of NAASC which consisted of service units from the United States Army 12th Air Force Service Command which Dunton had overseen since September 30, 1942, and similar units from the British RAF Middle East Command. In June 1943, prior to the invasion of Sicily (
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), Brigadier General Harold Bartron became the commander of NAASC.https://archive.today/20120719182710/http://www.af.mil/information/bios/bio.asp?bioID=4621 Brigadier General Harold A. Bartron On December 10, 1943, MAC was disbanded and NAASC was reorganized in the newly established
Mediterranean Allied Air Forces The Mediterranean Allied Air Forces (MAAF) was the major Allied air force command organization in the Mediterranean theater from mid-December 1943 until the end of the Second World War. Formation The Mediterranean Allied Air Forces (MAAF) be ...
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Intermediate service commands of the United States Army Air Forces Military units and formations of the Royal Air Force in World War II Military units and formations established in 1943