ÿþ<html> <head><base href="http://www.warwingsart.com/12thAirForce/57thoncorsica.html"></base> <title>The 489th Bombardment Squadron in Corsica</title> </head> <BODY BGCOLOR="#CCFFCC"> <center><A NAME="Contents"> <IMG SRC="57thTitlePage.jpg" Width=800 Height=186 ALT="1. 57th Bomb Wing emblem from 'Men of the 57th.' 2. 12th AF patch from Russell Callahan (489th BS). 3. MAAF patch from WWII. 4. 12th AF patch from Quen Kaiser (489th BS). 5. U.S. Army Air Force patch."> </center><br> <center><FONT SIZE="5"> <FONT COLOR=BLUE><b>12th Air Force Groups on Corsica - 1944</b> </FONT COLOR=BLUE></FONT SIZE="5"><br><br> <p><IMG SRC="CorsicaMap2.jpg" WIDTH=800 HEIGHT=679 BORDER=0 ALT="Corsica Map with Airfields for Groups of the 57th Bomb Wing" USEMAP="#SystemMap"> <MAP NAME="SystemMap"> <AREA SHAPE="circle" COORDS="296,144,12" ALT="HQs 63rd Fighter Wing from October, 1943 to October, 1944. HQs 87th Fighter Wing from March to May 1944. 15th Field Hospital, 2d Platoon (as station), 100 beds from December 1, 1943 to October 16, 1944. 60th Station Hospital, Bigulia, 350/500 beds from November 6, 1944 to March 4, 1945. 40th Station Hospital, Bigulia, 200/500 beds from February 1 to May 3, 1945." HREF="planes3.html" target="_blank"> <AREA SHAPE="circle" COORDS="300,185,12" ALT="3rd Photographic Reconnaissance Group (P-38 F-4, F-5) from July 14, 1944 - September, 1944" HREF="3rdpg.html" target="_blank"> <AREA SHAPE="circle" COORDS="315,205,12" ALT="47th Light Bombardment Group (A-20) from July 11, 1944 to September 7, 1944." <A HREF="http://www.47thbombgroup.org/pictures.html" target="_blank"> <AREA SHAPE="circle" COORDS="318,227,10" ALT="27th Fighter Bomber Group (P-40, P-47) from July 12th to August 24th, 1944. 79th Fighter Group (P-40, P-47) from June to August 25, 1944." HREF="http://www.charlies-web.com/WWII_med/contentsced6.html" target="_blank"> <AREA SHAPE="circle" COORDS="322,252,12" ALT="57th Fighter Group (P-40, P-47) from March to September, 1944." HREF="orman.html" target="_blank"> <AREA SHAPE="circle" COORDS="312,288,15" ALT="35th Station Hospital, 500 beds from March 1 to September 10, 1944. 40th Station Hospital, Detachment, 350/150 beds from October 14, 1944 to April 14, 1945. 7th Medical Depot Company from May, 1 to June 1, 1944. 684th Quartermaster Base Depot Company from June 1, 1944 to March 21, 1945. 80th Medical Base Depot Company from March 21 to April 10, 1945." HREF="corsicanscenes.html" target="_blank"> <AREA SHAPE="circle" COORDS="328,310,15" ALT="340th Medium Bombardment Group (B-25) from April, 1944 to April, 1945." HREF="page.html" target="_blank"> <AREA SHAPE="circle" COORDS="292,406,12" ALT="310th Medium Bombardment Group (B-25) from December 10, 1943 to April 7, 1945. Headquarters for 57th Bombardment Wing. from April 20, 1944 to October 5, 1944. 15th Field Hospital, 1st Platoon (as station), 100 beds from April 28 to October 28, 1944. 40th Station Hospital, Detachment, 150 beds from October 28, 1944 to April 8, 1945." HREF="310th.html" target="_blank"> <AREA SHAPE="circle" COORDS="280,427,12" ALT="Headquarters 57th Bomb Wing from October 5, 1944 to April 7, 1945." HREF="migliacciaru.html" target="_blank"> <AREA SHAPE="circle" COORDS="285,463,15" ALT="321st Medium Bombardment Group (B-25) from April 23, 1944 to April 1, 1945." HREF="321st.html" target="_blank"> </map><br><Font Size=4><b> Click on a red dot to see information about that base, group, or location.<b></Font Size=4><br><br> <IMG SRC="MAAF3.jpg" Width=242 Height=140 "ALT=Insignia of the Mediterranean Allied Air Forces."><br> <table> <TABLE BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=3 CELLPADDING=3> <tr> <TD ALIGN="center" COLSPAN="3"><Font Size=5><b>Mediterranean Allied Air Force (M.A.A.F.)</Font Size=5></b><br> <Font Color=Red><Font Size=4><b>*Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, Air C-in-C (Feb. 15, 1943) (as MAC)</b></Font Size=4></Font Color=Red><br> <Font Color=Red><Font Size=4><b>Lt. Gen. Ira C. Eaker, CO (Jan. 15, 1944)</b></Font Size=4></Font Color=Red><br><br> <Font Size=4><b>Mediterranean Allied Tactical Air Force (M.A.T.A.F.)</b><br> <Font Color=Red><b>Air Vice Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham (Feb. 17, 1943) (as NATAF)<br> Lt. Gen. John K. Cannon (Dec. 21, 1943)</b></Font Color=Red><br><br> <b>12th Air Force</b><br> <Font Color=Red><b>Maj. Gen. James H. Doolittle (Sep. 23, 1942)<br> Lt. Gen. Carl Spaatz (Mar. 1, 1943)<br> Lt. Gen. John K. Cannon (Dec. 21, 1943)<br> Maj. Gen. Benjamin W. Chidlaw (Apr. 2, 1945)</b></Font Color=Red></Font Size=4><br><br> </td> </tr> </table> <tr> <TD ALIGN="center"><table> <TABLE BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=2 CELLPADDING=2> <tr> <TD ALIGN="center" COLSPAN="2"><Font Size=4><b><u>XII Bomber Command</u></b></Font Size=4><br> <Font Color=Red><b>Brig. Gen. Robert D. Knapp, CO (Jan. 1, 1944)</Font Color=Red></b></Font Size=4></td> </tr> <tr> <TD ALIGN="center"><Font Size=4><u><b>57th Bomb Wing</b></u></Font Size=4></td> <TD ALIGN="center"><Font Size=4><u><b>42nd Bomb Wing</b></u></Font Size=4></td> </tr> <tr> <TD ALIGN="center"><Font Size=3><b>47th BG (A-20)</a></b></Font Size=3></td> <TD ALIGN="center"><Font Size=3><b>17th BG (B-26)</a></b></Font Size=3></td> </tr> <tr> <TD ALIGN="center"><Font Size=3><b><A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/4807/12bg.html">*12th BG (B-25)</a></b></Font Size=3></td> <TD ALIGN="center"><Font Size=3><b><A HREF="http://www.319thbombgroup.com/">^319th BG (B-26)</a></b></Font Size=3></td> </tr> <TD ALIGN="center"><Font Size=3><b><A HREF="310th.html">310th BG (B-25)</a></b></Font Size=3></td> <TD ALIGN="center"><Font Size=3><b><A HREF="http://320thbg.org/">320th BG (B-26)</a></b></Font Size=3></td> </tr> <tr> <TD ALIGN="center"><Font Size=3><b><A HREF="page.html">340th BG (B-25)</a></b></Font Size=3></td> <TD ALIGN="center"><Font Size=3><b>&nbsp;</b></Font Size=3></td> </tr> <tr> <TD ALIGN="center"><Font Size=3><b><A HREF="321st.html">321st BG (B-25)</a></b></Font Size=3></td> <TD ALIGN="center"><Font Size=3><b>&nbsp;</b></Font Size=3></td> </tr> <tr> <TD ALIGN="center"><Font Size=3><b><A HREF="orman.html">57th FG (P-40)</a></b></Font Size=3></td> <TD ALIGN="center"><Font Size=3><b>&nbsp;</b></Font Size=3></td> </tr> <tr> <TD ALIGN="center"><Font Size=3><b>79th FG (P-40)</a></b></Font Size=3></td> <TD ALIGN="center"><Font Size=3><b>&nbsp;</b></Font Size=3></td> </tr> </table></td><br> <Font Size=3><Font Color=Red>*Marshal of the RAF Lord Tedder became General Dwight D. Eisenhower's Air C-in-C & Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces (SHAEF) on Jan. 17, 1944.</Font Size=3></Font Color=Red><br><br> NOTES: The 3rd Photographic Reconnaissance Group stationed at Borgo, Corsica was not actually assigned to the 57th Bomb Wing but their mapping and recon work was critical to the Wing's operations. *The 12th Bombardment Group (B-25) was assigned to the 57th Bomb Wing of the 12th AF in September, 1943 but was reassigned to the 10th Air Force in the China-Burma-India Theater in February, 1944. The 12th BG was never stationed on Corsica. All the groups of the 42nd Bomb Wing were transferred to the 15th AF in November, 1943 but the three B-26 groups were transferred back to the 12th AF in January of 1944. ^The 319th converted from B-26s to B-25s in November of 1944 at Serraggia, Corsica and became part of the 57th Bomb Wing at this time before transferring back to the States in January of 1944. The 17th BG (B-26) was stationed at Poretta and the 320th BG (B-26) was stationed at Alto for some time in 1944. In April of 1944 the 57th and 79th FGs were reassigned to the 87th Fighter Wing in Italy, and the 47th BG (A-20) was reassigned to another Wing at the end of 1944. <br><br><br> <Font Size=4><b><u>Other Links</u></b></Font Size=4><br><br> <b><Font Size=3> <A HREF="http://www.warwingsart.com/12thAirForce/mitchellmap.html">B-25 Units in the MTO</a><br> <A HREF="http://www.warwingsart.com/12thAirForce/310th.html"> 310th Bombardment Group</a><br> <A HREF="http://www.warwingsart.com/12thAirForce/321st.html"> 321st Bombardment Group</a><br> <A HREF="http://www.warwingsart.com/12thAirForce/page.html"> 489th Bombardment Squadron</a><br> <A HREF="http://www.warwingsart.com/12thAirForce/page2.html"> Search Warwingsart Websites</a><br> <A HREF="http://www.warwingsart.com/12thAirForce/orman.html"> 57th Fighter Group</a><br> <A HREF="http://www.warwingsart.com/12thAirForce/3rdpg.html"> 3rd Photographic Group, Reconnaissance</a><BR> <A HREF="http://www.warwingsart.com/12thAirForce/airforcetable.html"> 12th Air Force Organization</a><br> <A HREF="http://www.warwingsart.com/12thAirForce/8u8p.html"> Collision of 8U and 8P</a><br> <A HREF="http://www.warwingsart.com/12thAirForce/luckybell.html"> The Lucky Little Bell of San Michelle</a><br> <A HREF="http://www.warwingsart.com/12thAirForce/angel.html"> B-25J Angel of Mercy</a><br> <A HREF="http://www.warwingsart.com/12thAirForce/monterey.html"> B-25 Flight</a><br> <A HREF="http://www.warwingsart.com/12thAirForce/Memorials.html"> Monuments and Memorials</a><br> <A HREF="http://www.warwingsart.com/12thAirForce/Vesuvius.html"> 1944 Eruption of Mt. 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