15th Bombardment Operational Training Wing

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15th Bombardment Training Wing
Active1940–1946
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
BranchFlag of the United States Army.svg  United States Army
Flag of the United States Air Force.svg  United States Air Force
RoleBombardment Training

The 15th Bombardment Training Wing is a disbanded United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Second Air Force, at Colorado Springs Army Air Base, Colorado, where it was inactivated on 9 April 1946.

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History

The wing was activated at March Field, California in December 1940 and assigned to the Southwest Air District. Its operational components were the 47th and 48th Bombardment Groups [1] In September 1941, the wing was inactivated and its personnel used to form the 4th Air Support Command. [2]

It trained groups and heavy bombardment replacement crews for Second Air Force June 1942 until February 1945 when it ceased all activity. [1]

Lineage

Activated on 18 December 1940
Inactivated on 3 September 1941
Redesignated 15th Bombardment Training Wing in January 1943
Redesignated 15th Bombardment Operational Training Wing in April 1943
Inactivated on 9 April 1946
Disbanded on 8 October 1948 [1]

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Maurer, Combat Units, pp. 384-385
  2. Futrell, p. 13

Bibliography

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