"2nd Wing" redirects here. For the 2nd Bombardment Wing of 1948-1991 and the 2nd Wing of 1991-1993, see 2nd Bomb Wing.
2nd Bombardment Wing
93rd Bombardment Group B-24D Liberator 41-23711, at RAF Alconbury, England, 1942
Active
1919–21, 1922–41, 1942–45
Country
United States
Branch
United States Army Air Forces
Role
Bomber operational command & control
Engagements
European Theater of World War II
Commanders
Notable commanders
Maj Gen Oscar Westover Lt Gen Edward Timberlake Colonel James Stewart
Insignia
2nd Bombardment Wing emblem
Military unit
The Second Bombardment Wing,[1] abbreviated as 2nd Bombardment Wing[2] of the United States Army Air Forces is a disbanded unit whose last assignment was with the Continental Air Forces, based at McChord Field, Washington. It was last active in November 1945.
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c. 4 June 1943 4th BombardmentWing, 6 June 1943 Attached to: 402d Provisional CombatBombardmentWing, 6 June 1943 3d Bombardment Division, 13 September...
from the Middle East, the 2ndBombardmentWing, Heavy was redesignated the 2ndWing with its implementation of the objective wing organization on 1 September...
B-26 Marauders. It was redesignated as the 98th CombatBombardmentWing (Medium) in November 1943. The wing was reassigned to Ninth Air Force when 9th was...
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Bombardment Group was assigned to the wing, which received the group's emblem and honors. The wing trained as a bombardment and reconnaissance wing as...
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Redesignated 94th CombatBombardmentWing (Heavy) in August 1943 Disbanded on 18 June 1945. VIII Bomber Command, 12 December 1943 1st Bombardment (later, 1 Air)...
Tibenham as part of the 2ndCombatBombardmentWing. The squadron was initially given a fuselage code of RN. The 703d entered combat on 13 December 1943 by...
inside. From 1963 to 1965, the 39th BombardmentWing flew nuclear-armed bombers as part of Strategic Air Command. The wing has no permanently assigned aircraft...
assigned its combat elements, the 7th and 42d Bombardment Groups. In September 1941, the wing was inactivated and its personnel used to form the 2nd Air Support...
Redesignated 93d CombatBombardmentWing (Heavy) in August 1943 Disbanded on 28 August 1945. VIII Bomber Command, 1 November 1943 2d Bombardment (later, 3d...
The group was withdrawn from combat with its personnel and equipment being reassigned to other units. The 801st Bombardment Group (Provisional) was replaced...
eventually attached to the 47th BombardmentWing. Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 518. Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 519-520 Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 520-521 Knaack...
(Composite), one of the 15 original combat air groups formed by the Army before World War II. On 7 December 1941, the 5th Bombardment Group suffered the loss of...
94th CombatBombardmentWing, Very Heavy Bomber (Provisional) and other organizations in August 1947. From then until 15 December 1948 the 307th Wing controlled...
route. Upon arrival in England, the group was assigned to the 2ndCombatBombardmentWing and stationed at RAF Tibenham in East Anglia. The group was initially...
reorganization, in which combat groups and all supporting units on a base were assigned to a single wing. The 43rd Bombardment Group, flying Boeing B-29...
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providing devastating combat capability. The group is a successor organization to 2d Bombardment Group, one of the 15 original combat air groups formed by...
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign. The 310th Bombardment Group was inactivated in September 1945. The 310th BombardmentWing was reactivated in 1952 as part of...
of Operation Enduring Freedom. The wing began as the 410th Bombardment Group, a Douglas A-20 Havoc light bombardment group assigned to Ninth Air Force...
Arabia. The wing was originally activated in 1943 as the 484th Bombardment Group as a World War II United States Army Air Forces combat unit. The group...