1st Bombardment Wing (World War II)

1st Bombardment Wing
92d Bombardment Group senior Pilots pose in front of Boeing B-17F 42-30455 at RAF Alconbury, England, after a successful mission to Hülser Berg Germany in late June 1943. Equipped with radar, this aircraft flew several missions as the lead aircraft of the group.
Active	1918-1919; 1919–1924; 1931–1945
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army Air Forces
Role	Bomber Command and Control
Part of	Eighth Air Force
Garrison/HQ	RAF Bassingbourn, England
Engagements	World War I Champagne-Marne Defensive Campaign Aisne-Marne Offensive Campaign St. Mihiel Offensive Campaign Meuse-Argonne Offensive Campaign World War II (EAME Theater) Air Offensive, Europe Campaign Normandy Campaign Northern France Campaign Rhineland Campaign Ardennes-Alsace Campaign Central Europe Campaign
Decorations	Distinguished Unit Citation Germany, 11 Jan 1944
Commanders
Notable commanders	Thomas DeW. Milling Carl A. Spaatz Henry H. Arnold Laurence S. Kuter Haywood S. Hansell Frank A. Armstrong
Insignia
1st Bombardment Wing emblem

World War I

World War II (EAME Theater)

Distinguished Unit Citation

The 1st Bombardment Wing is a disbanded United States Army Air Force unit. It was initially formed in France in 1918 during World War I as a command and control organization for the First Army Air Service, the largest Air Service of the American Expeditionary Forces.

Demobilized after the Armistice in France, it was re-established in the United States as the first wing formed in the reorganized United States Army Air Service, created in August 1919 to control three groups patrolling the border with Mexico after revolution broke out there.