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55th Bombardment Wing (World War II)
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The 55th Bombardment Wing (55th BW) was a World War II
United States Army Air Force organization assigned to Fifteenth Air Force
as an intermediate-level command and control organization. It was stationed at Bari
, Italy and was inactivated on 9 September 1945.
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
United States Army Air Force organization assigned to Fifteenth Air Force
Fifteenth Air Force
The Fifteenth Expeditionary Mobility Task Force is one of two EMTFs assigned to the United States Air Force Air Mobility Command . It is headquartered at Travis Air Force Base, California....
as an intermediate-level command and control organization. It was stationed at Bari
Bari
Bari is the capital city of the province of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, in Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy after Naples, and is well known as a port and university city, as well as the city of Saint Nicholas...
, Italy and was inactivated on 9 September 1945.
Lineage
- Constituted as 55th Bombardment Operational Training Wing (Medium) on 17 March 1943
- Activated on 31 March.
- Redesignated 55th Bombardment Wing (Medium) in October 1943
- Redesignated 55th Bombardment Wing (Heavy) in December 1943
- Inactivated 9 September 1945.
Assignments
- Third Air ForceThird Air ForceThe Third Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Forces in Europe . It is headquartered at Ramstein Air Base, Germany....
, 31 March 1943 – February 1944 - Fifteenth Air ForceFifteenth Air ForceThe Fifteenth Expeditionary Mobility Task Force is one of two EMTFs assigned to the United States Air Force Air Mobility Command . It is headquartered at Travis Air Force Base, California....
, March 1944 – 9 September 1945
Stations
- MacDill Field, Florida, 31 March 1943 – February 1944
- Spinazzola Airfield, Italy, March 1944
- Pantanella Airfield, ItalyItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
(465th Bomb Group) - Bari Airfield, Italy, July–September 1945
Components
- 460th Bombardment Group, 5 February 1944 – 15 June 1945
- 464th Bombardment Group, 2 October 1943 – 31 June 1945
- 465th Bombardment Group, 1 April 1944 – 15 June 1945
- 485th Bombardment Group, 1 April 1944 May-15 May 1945