Lineage 49th Air Division

1 lineage

1.1 assignments
1.2 components
1.3 stations
1.4 aircraft

lineage

established 49th bombardment operational training wing (medium) on 17 march 1943


activated on 31 march 1943
redesignated 49th bombardment wing (medium) on 18 october 1943
redesignated 49th bombardment wing (heavy) on 4 december 1943
redesignated 49th bombardment wing, heavy c. august 1944
inactivated on 16 october 1945


activated in reserve 49th bombardment wing, heavy on 20 december 1946


redesignated 49th air division, bombardment on 16 april 1948
inactivated on 27 june 1949


redesignated 49th air division on 25 october 1951


activated on 7 november 1951
redesignated 49th air division, operational on 1 april 1952
redesignated 49th air division (operational) on 15 november 1954
inactivated on 1 july 1956

assignments

third air force, 31 march 1943 – c. 3 february 1944
army service forces, port of embarkation, c. 3 february 1944;
fifteenth air force, c. 11 march 1944 – 16 october 1945
fourteenth air force, 20 december 1946
ninth air force, 22 december 1948
fourteenth air force, 1 february – 27 june 1949
tactical air command, 7 november 1951
third air force, 5 june 1952 – 1 july 1956

components

wings


20th fighter-bomber wing: attached 12 february 1952 – 1 july 1956
47th bombardment wing: attached 12 february 1952 – 1 july 1956
81st fighter-interceptor wing (later 81st fighter-bomber wing): attached 1 march 1954 – 1 july 1956


groups


100th bombardment group: 29 may 1947 – 27 june 1949
380th bombardment group: 17 october 1947 – 27 june 1949
451st bombardment group: c. 6 april 1944 – c.19 june 1945
461st bombardment group: c. 30 april 1944 – c.1 july 1945
484th bombardment group: c. 6 april 1944 – c.25 may 1945

stations

columbia army air base, south carolina, 31 march 1943
greenville army air base, south carolina, c. 28 april 1943 – 2 february 1944
bari, italy, 9 march 1944
naples, italy, 9 april 1944
incoronata, italy, c. 11 april 1944 – 16 october 1945
miami army air field (later miami international airport), florida, 20 december 1946 – 27 june 1949
langley air force base, virginia, 7 november 1951 – 21 may 1952
raf sculthorpe, england, 1 june 1952 – 1 july 1956

aircraft

consolidated b-24 liberator 1944 – 1945
republic f-84 thunderjet 1952 – 1956
north american b-45 tornado 1954 – 1956
north american rb-45 tornado 1954 – 1956




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^ abstract, history 49 bombardment wing mar 43-apr 44 . air force history index. retrieved 26 january 2015.