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The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) [2] was the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the United States Army and de facto aerial warfare service branch of the United States [3] during and immediately after World War II (1941–1947).
A bombardment group or bomb group was a unit of organizational command and control group of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) during World War II. A bombardment group was normally commanded by a colonel. The table of allowances (TOA) for personnel, aircraft and equipment grew steadily over the course of the war doubling from 35 aircraft ...
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:United States Army Air Forces personnel. It includes United States Army Air Forces personnel that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
Prior to the establishment of the United States Air Force in 1947, the group was the standard combat unit of the United States Army's Air Corps and Army Air Forces (AAF). Wikimedia Commons has media related to Groups of the United States Army Air Forces .
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency. Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-89201-092-4. Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington ...
Constituted as 423d Observation Group Mar-Apr 1943 Third Air Force (ZI) Operated F-5 (F-38), F-6, (P-51) Operational Training Unit. 424th Reconnaissance Group; Constituted as 424th Observation Group Mar-Apr 1943 Third Air Force (ZI) Not fully organized, disbanded. 426th Reconnaissance Group; Jul-Aug 1943 Third Air Force (ZI) Not fully organized ...
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency. Army Air Forces Installations Directory, 15 June 1945; Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-89201-092-4. Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969].
The 4th Fighter Group was an American element of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) Eighth Air Force during World War II. [1] [2] The group was known as the Debden Eagles because it was created from the three Eagle Squadrons of the Royal Air Force: No. 71, No. 121 Squadron RAF, and No. 133 Squadron RAF. [3]