The 94th Bombardment Wingis an inactive United States Air Force

United States Air Force

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 unit. Its last assignment was with the Eighth Air Force

Eighth Air Force

The Eighth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Global Strike Command . It is headquartered at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana....

, 1st Air Division, based at RAF Alconbury

RAF Alconbury

RAF Alconbury is an active Royal Air Force station in Cambridgeshire, England. The airfield is adjacent to the Stukeleys [Great and Little] and located about northwest of Huntingdon; about north of London....

, England

England

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. It was inactivated on 18 June 1945.

Lineage

• Constituted as 94th Bombardment Wing (Heavy) on 2 November 1943

Activated on 12 December 1943

Redesignated 94th Combat Bombardment Wing (Heavy) in August 1943

Disbanded on 18 June 1945.

Assignments

• VIII Bomber Command
  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...
  
  , 12 December 1943
• 1st Bombardment (later, 1 Air) Division, 22 February 1944-18 June 1945

Units assigned

• 351st Bombardment Group, 15 December 1943-23 June 1945
• 401st Bombardment Group, 8 January 1944-20 June 1945
• 457th Bombardment Group, 21 January 1944-21 June 1945

Stations

• RAF Polebrook
  RAF Polebrook
  RAF Polebrook is a former World War II airfield located 3.5 miles east-south-east of Oundle, at Polebrook, Northamptonshire, UK. The airfield was built on Rothschild estate land starting in August 1940....
  
  , England
  England
  England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
  
  , 12 December 1943
• RAF Alconbury
  RAF Alconbury
  RAF Alconbury is an active Royal Air Force station in Cambridgeshire, England. The airfield is adjacent to the Stukeleys [Great and Little] and located about northwest of Huntingdon; about north of London....
  
  , England
  England
  England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
  
  , 12-18 June 1945

Operations

Command and control organization for VIII Bomber Command. Had no groups until April 1944. Flew in combat in the European theater from 2 June until 14 August 1944 when its groups were reassigned.