00244248 5653-53 UNCLASSIFIED 2431091 01-01-1944 2431243 06-01-1944

ARMY AIR FORCES SERVICE COMMAND, MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

636.01-1 C.1 8460 A6141 1300 1694 43 2447253 04-01-1988 ON 1 JAN 44, 12 AIR FORCE SERVICE COMMAND (AFSC) WAS BROKEN INTO THREE AIR SERVICE COMMANDS. THE ORIGINAL 12 AFSC BECAME ARMY AIR FORCES SERVICE COMMAND, MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (AAFSC/MTO), RETAINING UNDER ITS CONTROL ONLY 1 AIR SERVICE AREA COMMAND (ASAC). 2 ASAC BECAME 15 AFSC AND 3 ASAC BECAME 12 AFSC, SERVICING THE 15 AND 12 AIR FORCES RESPECTIVELY. HEADQUARTERS, AAFSC/MTO WAS ACTIVATED AS HEADQUARTERS, 12 AFSC 26 AUG 42 AT MACDILL FIELD FL. THE HEADQUARTERS WAS REDESIGNATED HEADQUARTERS, AAFSC/MTO JAN 44. IT WAS ASSIGNED TO 12 AIR FORCE FROM ACTIVATION TO 1 JAN 44 WHEN IT WAS TRANSFERRED TO AAFSC/MTO. BRIG GEN DELMAR H. DUNTON SERVED AS COMMANDING GENERAL FROM 30 SEP 42 TO 15 JUN 43 WHEN HE WAS REPLACED BY BRIG GEN HAROLD A. BARTRON. THE HEADQUARTERS TRANSFERRED FROM ENGLAND IN NOV 42 TO ALGERIA AND LATER TO NAPLES, ITALY, IN FEB 44. HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS SQUADRON WAS ACTIVATED 27 JUL 42 AT WRIGHT FIELD OH UNDER 9 AIR SERVICE COMMAND (ASC). IT WAS REDESIGNATED HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS SQUADRON, 12 AFSC ON 26 AUG 42 AND HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS SQUADRON AAFSC/MTO 1 JAN 44. INCLUDES INFORMATION ON ACTIVATIONS OF HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS SQUADRONS OF 1 ASAC, 11 AIR DEPOT GROUP, 17 AIR DEPOT GROUP, 19 AIR DEPOT GROUP, 20 AIR DEPOT GROUP, 36 AIR DEPOT GROUP, 37 AIR DEPOT GROUP, 38 AIR DEPOT GROUP, 89 AIR DEPOT GROUP, AND 90 AIR DEPOT GROUP. CONTAINS INFORMATION ON ACTIVATIONS, REDESIGNATIONS, AND INACTIVATIONS OF OTHER SUBORDINATE UNITS. NONE ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY