00243603 101-10 UNCLASSIFIED 2430573 08-01-1942 2431488 02-01-1945

0012 AIR FORCE SERVICE COMMAND

HISTORY 626.01 V.1 VOL I OF II 8410 A6097 59 140 35 2447253 04-01-1988 ACTIVATED 20 AUG 42 AT MACDILL FIELD FL. PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT TRANSFERRED IN FROM 9 AIR FORCE. CONDUCTED MOVEMENT TO FORT DIX NJ, 29 AUG 42. CONDUCTED OVERSEAS MOVEMENT 4 THROUGH 11 SEP 42. HEADQUARTERS ESTABLISHED AT KEW GARDENS, UNITED KINGDOM. 30 SEP 42 BRIG GEN DELMAR H. DUNTON ASSUMED COMMAND. MOVED TO CAMP GRIFFIS, UNITED KINGDOM. ACQUIRED PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT FROM 8 AIR FORCE SERVICE COMMAND. PREPARED FOR MOVEMENT TO NORTH AFRICA. PARTICIPATED IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN PHASES OF OPERATION TORCH INVASION OF NORTH AFRICA 8 NOV 42. 12 DEC 42 COMMAND DIVIDED INTO CASABLANCA AIR SERVICE AREA (SUPPORTING MOROCCAN COMPOSITE WING), ORAN SERVICE AREA (SUPPORTING WESTERN ALGERIAN COMPOSITE WING) AND CONSTANTINE AIR SERVICE AREA (SUPPORTING 12 BOMBER COMMAND). AIR SERVICE AREAS REDESIGNATED FIRST SECOND AND THIRD SERVICE AREA COMMANDS, RESPECTIVELY. 18 FEB 43 12 AIR FORCE WAS REORGANIZED AND MADE PART OF NORTH AFRICAN AIR FORCES. AT THE SAME TIME, 12 AIR SERVICE COMMAND WAS REORGANIZED AND COMBINED WITH EASTERN AIR COMMAND MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION TO BECOME NORTHWEST AFRICAN AIR SERVICE COMMAND (AN ALLIED COMMAND). SUPPORTED AIR CAMPAIGN IN CONJUNCTION WITH TAKING OF TUNISIA AND ISLAND OF PANTELERIA, INVASION OF SICILY AND INVASION OF ITALY. INCLUDES ROSTERS OF AWARDS AND CASUALTIES. NONE