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.