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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.
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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 |
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Notable commanders |
Thomas DeW. Milling Carl A. Spaatz Henry H. Arnold Laurence S. Kuter Haywood S. Hansell Frank A. Armstrong |
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1st Bombardment Wing emblem |
World War II (EAME Theater)
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.