IX Air Defense Command
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European Theater of Operations[1] |
The IX Air Defense Command was a United States Army Air Forces formation. It was assigned throughout its time in combat to Ninth Air Force. Its final station was at Bad Neustadt an der Saale, Germany, where it was inactivated on 25 June 1946.
History
It was established in England on 19 July 1944, and activated on 1 July 1944. Mission was to provide air defense for liberated areas of Western Europe consisting of
Operation Market-Garden, the airborne landing in the Netherlands; bombed enemy communications and transportation lines in western Germany. Flew armed reconnaissance missions over Battle of the Bulge
during December 1944 – January 1944. Flew missions against enemy transportation systems including motor vehicles, bridges, trains, railway bridges, and marshalling yards during February and March 1945. Moved to Germany in April 1945, flying last combat missions on 3 May 1945.
However, inactivation only occurred on 25 June 1946, and the unit was disbanded on 8 October 1948.
Lineage
- Constituted as the IX Air Defense Command on 19 June 1944
- Activated on 1 July 1944
- Inactivated on 25 July 1946
- Disbanded on 8 October 1948[1]
Assignments
- Ninth Air Force, 1 July 1944[2]
- Unknown, 28 November 1945
- United States Air Forces in Europe, 2 December 1945[3]
- Unknown, 1 February 1946 – 25 June 1946
Stations
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Components
- Wing
- 71st Fighter Wing, 1 July 1944 – November 1945[1]
- Squadrons and companies
- 422d Night Fighter Squadron, 6 August – 7 October 1944[7]
- 425th Night Fighter Squadron, 10–20 June 1944; 6 August – 7 October 1944[8]
- 368th Ordnance Maintenance (AA) Company, 1945[9]
References
Notes
- Explanatory notes
- ^ Aircraft is Northrop P-61A-10-NO, serial 42-5569 "Tabitha."
- Citations
- ^ a b c Maurer, Combat Units, p. 447
- ^ Ream, Margaret (5 October 2020). "Factsheet Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central) (ACC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
- ^ Rumley, Christopher M. (25 January 2021). "Factsheet United States Air Forces in Europe (USAF)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
- ^ Station number and detailed location in Anderson, pp. 13, 28
- ^ Station number in Johnson, p. 16.
- ^ Station information in Maurer, p. 447, except as noted.
- ^ Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 518-519
- ^ Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 522
- ^ "Document Detail for IRISNUM= 00021626". airforcehistoryindex.org. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
Bibliography
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
- Anderson, Capt. Barry (1985). Army Air Forces Stations: A Guide to the Stations Where U.S. Army Air Forces Personnel Served in the United Kingdom During World War II (PDF). Maxwell AFB, AL: Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- Johnson, 1st Lt. David C. (1988). U.S. Army Air Forces Continental Airfields (ETO) D-Day to V-E Day (PDF). Maxwell AFB, AL: Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - 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. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
- 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. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
- Further reading
- Rust, Kenn C. (1967). The 9th Air Force in World War II. Fallbrook, CA: Aero Publishers, Inc. LCCN 67-16454.
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