307th Air Division
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The 307th Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Twelfth Air Force at New Orleans Municipal Airport, Louisiana, where it was inactivated on 27 June 1949.
The division was active briefly in Italy during World War II as the 307th Bombardment Wing but its personnel were used to man other units and it was disbanded a few months after its activation. The unit was reactivated in 1947 to command reserve heavy bomber units.
History
World War II
The
Air Force reserve
The wing was reactivated as a
In 1948,
The 307th participated in routine reserve training and supervised the training of its assigned groups until it was inactivated, in part due to President Truman’s 1949 defense budget, which required reductions in the number of units in the Air Force.[7] With the inactivation of the division and the 482d Group, reserve flying operations at New Orleans Municipal Airport came to an end.[2][8][a]
Lineage
- Established as the 307th Bombardment Wing (Heavy) on 7 December 1943
- Activated on 15 January 1944
- Disestablished on 15 June 1944
- Reestablished and redesignated 307th Bombardment Wing, Very Heavy on 10 February 1947
- Activated in the Reserve on 31 March 1947
- Redesignated 307th Air Division, Bombardment on 16 April 1948
- Inactivated on 27 June 1949[2]
Assignments
- Fifteenth Air Force, 15 January – 15 June 1944
- Tenth Air Force, 31 March 1947
- Fourteenth Air Force, 1 July 1948
- Twelfth Air Force, 12 January – 27 June 1949[2]
Stations
- Bari, Italy, 15 January – 15 June 1944
- New Orleans Municipal Airport, Louisiana, 31 March 1947 – 27 June 1949[2]
Components
Groups
- 392d Bombardment Group: 30 July 1947 – 27 June 1949
- Barksdale Field (later Barksdale Air Force Base), Louisiana[3]
- 482d Bombardment Group: 26 June 1947 – 27 June 1949[2]
Aircraft
- Boeing B-29 Superfortress, 1947–1949[2]
Campaigns
Campaign Streamer | Campaign | Dates | Notes |
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Naples-Foggia | 15–21 January 1944 | 307th Bombardment Wing[2] |
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Rome-Arno | 22 January – 15 June 1944 | 307th Bombardment Wing[2] |
See also
- List of United States Air Force air divisions
- List of B-29 Superfortress operators
References
Notes
- Naval Air Station New Orleans.
Citations
- ^ "Factsheet 305 Air Division, Bombardment". Air Force Historical Research Agency. 5 October 2007. Archived from the original on 29 November 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Factsheet 307 Air Division, Bombardment". Air Force Historical Research Agency. 5 October 2007. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
- ^ a b c Maurer, Combat Units, p. 280
- ^ See Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 765–765 (no aircraft listed as assigned to the 482nd's component squadrons from 1947 to 1949).
- ^ "Abstract, Mission Project Closeup, Continental Air Command". Air Force History Index. 27 December 1961. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
- ^ Ravenstein, pp. 153–156
- ^ Knaack, p. 25
- ^ "Abstract, Air Force Reserve at New Orleans Naval Air Station". Air Force History Index. 1 January 1981. Retrieved 1 April 2016. (reference misstates year as 1948).
Bibliography
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
- Knaack, Marcelle Size (1978). Encyclopedia of US Air Force Aircraft and Missile Systems: Post-World War II Bombers 1945–1973. Vol. 2. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-59-5.
- Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) [1961]. Air Force Combat Units of World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. LCCN 61060979.
- Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. OCLC 72556.
- Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings, Lineage & Honors Histories 1947–1977. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-12-9.