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The
25th Anti-Submarine Wing is an inactive
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unit. Its last assignment was with the
Army Air Forces Antisubmarine CommandThe Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command was a direct reporting agency of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. Its mission was to deal with the German Navy U-boat threat.-Lineage:...
, based in
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,
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. It was inactivated on 15 October 1943
History
Formed in November 1942 to combat German U-Boats in coastal waters of the United States. Area of jurisdiction ranged from
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along the Atlantic Coast to the Georgia/Florida border, outward to approximately 100 miles eastward from coastline. Wing was inactivated and disbanded, 15 October 1943 when assets and mission transferred to
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.
Lineage
- Constituted as 25th Anti-submarine Wing on 17 November 1942
- Activated on 20 November 1942
- Disbanded on 15 October 1943
Assignments
- Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command
The Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command was a direct reporting agency of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. Its mission was to deal with the German Navy U-boat threat.-Lineage:...
, 20 November 1942-31 August 1943
- I Bomber Command
The Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command was a direct reporting agency of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. Its mission was to deal with the German Navy U-boat threat.-Lineage:...
, 31 August-15 October 1943
Squadrons
- 1st Antisubmarine Squadron
The 1st Antisubmarine Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 480th Antisubmarine Group, based at Clovis Army Airfield, New Mexico...
: 30 December 1942-21 June 1943
- Attached to: 1st Antisubmarine Group [Prov], 15 January-1 March 1943
- Attached to: 2037th Antisubmarine Wing [Prov], 1 March-21 June 1943
- Operated from stations in the United Kingdom
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- 2d Antisubmarine Squadron
The 2d Antisubmarine Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 480th Antisubmarine Group, based at Clovis Army Airfield, New Mexico...
: 14 December 1942-21 June 1943
- Attached to VIII Bomber Command
The VIII Bomber Command is an inactive United States Army Air Forces unit that is better known as the later appellation Eighth Air Force, as was popularized in post-World War II filmsand is frequently called the First Eighth Air Force by its veterans and successors in the services.The command was...
, 2 January 1943
- Attached to 1st Antisubmarine Group [Prov], 15 January 1943
- Attached to: 2037th Antisubmarine Wing [Prov], 1 March-21 June 1943
- Operated from stations in the United Kingdom
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- 3d Antisubmarine Squadron: 30 November 1942-11 October 1943
- Stationed at: Dover Army Airfield, Delaware, later Fort Dix Army Airfield, New Jersey
- 4th Antisubmarine Squadron
The 4th Antisubmarine Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 479th Antisubmarine Group, based at RAF Podington, England...
: 30 November 1942-8 June 1943
- Stationed at: Mitchel Field, New York
- Detachments assigned to Antilles Air Command
The Antilles Air Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Sixth Air Force, based at Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico...
, Caribbean Area
- 6th Antisubmarine Squadron
The 6th Antisubmarine Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 479th Antisubmarine Group, based at RAF Podington, England...
: 30 November 1942-8 June 1943
- Stationed at: Westover Field, Massachusetts
- 7th Antisubmarine Squadron: 6 December 1942-4 April 1943 (Attached); 4 April-20 July 1943 (Attached)
- Stationed at: Grenier Field, New Hampshire; Langley Field, Virginia
- 11th Antisubmarine Squadron: 9 December 1942-1 October 1943
- Stationed at: Fort Dix Army Airfield, New Jersey
- 12th Antisubmarine Squadron: 9 December 1942-1 October 1943
- Stationed at: Langley Field, Virginia
- 13th Antisubmarine Squadron: 9 December 1942-22 September 1943
- Stationed at: Grenier Field, New Hampshire
- 14th Antisubmarine Squadron
The 14th Anti-Submarine Squadron is an inactive Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Second Air Force, based at Biggs Field, Texas...
: 9 December 1942-7 October 1943
- Stationed at: Otis Field, Massachusetts,
- 15th Antisubmarine Squadron: 14 December 1942-2 October 1943
- Stationed at: Langley Field, Virginia
- 16th Antisubmarine Squadron: 14 December 1942-11 October 1943
- Stationed at: Charleston Army Airfield, South Carolina
- 18th Antisubmarine Squadron: 30 December 1942-23 October 1943
- Stationed at: Langley Field, Virginia
- 19th Antisubmarine Squadron
The 19th Antisubmarine Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 479th Antisubmarine Group, based at RAF Podington, England...
: 30 December 1942-8 June 1943
- Stationed at: Langley Field, Virginia; later RCAF Station Gander, Newfoundland
- 22d Antisubmarine Squadron
- Attached: 20 November 1942-8 March 1943
- Stationed at: Cherry Point MCAS, North Carolina
- Assigned: 8 March-14 August 1943
- Stationed at: Bluethenthal Field, North Carolina