00104363 5-2496-15 UNCLASSIFIED 2430971 09-03-1943 2431584 05-08-1945

WING/0014/COMBAT BOMBARDMENT (HEAVY)

HISTORY WG-14-HI 2105 B0914 4 15 C7 2448085 07-12-1990 ORIGINALLY ACTIVATED AS 202 PROVISIONAL COMBAT WING ON 3 SEP 43 AT SHIPDHAM, NORFOLK, ENGLAND. REDESIGNATED 14 COMBAT BOMBARDMENT WING (HEAVY) ON 13 SEP 43. FIRST COMBAT OPERATION OCCURRED ON 15 SEP 43 WHEN 22 LIBERATOR AIRCRAFT ATTACKED AIRFIELDS AT CHARTRES AND CHATEAUDUN, FRANCE. BRIG GEN LEON W. JOHNSON WAS COMMANDER OF WING. BRIG GEN JOHNSON AWARDED CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR ON 22 NOV 43. TOTAL OF THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-THREE COMBAT MISSIONS FLOWN BY WING FROM DATE OF ACTIVATION UNTIL 8 MAY 45. NONE WING/0202/PROVISIONAL COMBAT CONTAINS HEADQUARTERS HISTORY AND LIST OF COMBAT MISSIONS.