308th Bombardment Wing (World War II)

The 308th Bombardment Wing (308th BW) is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Far East Air Forces, based at Nagoya, Japan. It was inactivated on 30 June 1948.

The wing served in combat with Fifth Air Force from February 1944 to August 1945, operating as a command and control echelon with various groups that were attached for brief periods. Moved to Korea late in 1945 and, as a component of Far East Air Forces, became part of the occupation force. Transferred, without personnel and equipment, to Japan in 1947 and was not remanned. Inactivated on 30 June 1948.

History

Lineage

• Constituted as 308th Bombardment Wing on 20 January 1944 and activated same date.
• Inactivated on 30 June 1948

Assignments

• Fifth Air Force, 20 January 1944 – 31 August 1945
• Far East Air Forces, 1 September 1945 – 30 June 1948

Stations

• Oro Bay (Cape Sudest) Airfield, New Guinea, 1 February 1944
• Owi Airfield, Schouten Islands, Netherlands East Indies, 2 July 1944
• Hollandia, Netherlands East Indies, 10 August 1944
• Bayug Airfield, Leyte, Philippines, 22 October 1944
• San Marcelino Airfield, Luzon, Philippines, 11 January 1945
• Hamasaki (Motobu Airfield), Okinawa, Japan, 16 June 1945
• Seoul, Korea, 22 September 1945
• Kimpo, Korea, 7 January 1946
• Nagoya, Japan, March 1947 – 30 June 1948.

Units assigned

• Various groups attached for brief periods, 1 February 1944 – 1 September 1945
• 3d Air Commando Group, attached, 26 January – 18 May 1945
• 49th Fighter Group, 26 September – 8 December 1944
• 475th Fighter Group, attached, 23 September 1945 – 1 January 1946; 1 February 1946 – 22 March 1947

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of 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.

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