| Northwest African Strategic Air Force Major General James H. Doolittle NASAF organization for Operation Husky - the invasion of Sicily - early July 1943 |
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| 5th Bomb Wing Brigadier General Joseph H. Atkinson |
47th Bomb Wing Brigadier General Carlyle H. Ridenour |
No. 205 Group RAF Acting Air Commodore John H. T. Simpson |
| 2nd Bombardment Group (B-17) Lieutenant Colonel Joseph A. Thomas 20th Bombardment Squadron 49th Bombardment Squadron 96th Bombardment Squadron 429th Bombardment Squadron |
310th Bombardment Group (B-25) Colonel Anthony G. Hunter 379th Bombardment Squadron 380th Bombardment Squadron 381st Bombardment Squadron 425th Bombardment Squadron |
No. 231 Wing RAF (Wellington) No. 37 Squadron No. 40 Squadron No. 70 Squadron |
| 97th Bombardment Group (B-17) Colonel Leroy A. Rainey 340th Bombardment Squadron 341st Bombardment Squadron 342nd Bombardment Squadron 414th Bombardment Squadron |
321st Bombardment Group (B-25) Colonel Robert D. Knapp 445th Bombardment Squadron 446th Bombardment Squadron 447th Bombardment Squadron 448th Bombardment Squadron |
No. 236 Wing RAF No. 104 Squadron (Wellington) No. 462 Squadron (Halifax) |
99th Bombardment Group (B-17) Colonel Fay R. Upthegrove 346th Bombardment Squadron 347th Bombardment Squadron 348th Bombardment Squadron 416th Bombardment Squadron |
17th Bombardment Group (B-26) Lieutenant Colonel Charles R. Greening 34th Bombardment Squadron 37th Bombardment Squadron 95th Bombardment Squadron 432nd Bombardment Squadron |
No. 330 Wing RAF (Wellington) No. 142 Squadron No. 150 Squadron |
| 301st Bombardment Group (B-17) Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Gormly, Jr. 32nd Bombardment Squadron 352nd Bombardment Squadron 353rd Bombardment Squadron 419th Bombardment Squadron |
319th Bombardment Group (B-26) Colonel Gordon H. Austin 437th Bombardment Squadron 438th Bombardment Squadron 439th Bombardment Squadron 440th Bombardment Squadron |
No. 331 Wing RCAF (Wellington) No. 423 Squadron No. 424 Squadron No. 425 Squadron |
| 1st Fighter Group (P-38) Major Joseph S. Peddie Headquarters Squadron 27th Fighter Squadron 71st Fighter Squadron 94th Fighter Squadron |
320th Bombardment Group (B-26) Colonel Karl Baumeister 441st Bombardment Squadron 442nd Bombardment Squadron 443rd Bombardment Squadron 444th Bombardment Squadron |
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| 14th Fighter Group (P-38) Colonel Oliver B. Taylor Headquarters Squadron 37th Fighter Squadron 48th Fighter Squadron 49th Fighter Squadron |
82nd Fighter Group (P-38) Colonel John W. Weltman Headquarters Squadron 95th Fighter Squadron 96th Fighter Squadron 97th Fighter Squadron |
+3rd Photographic Reconnaissance Group Lieutenant Colonel Frank L. Dunn Headquarters Squadron 5th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron (P-38 F-5) 12th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron (P-38 F-5) 15th Photographic Mapping Squadron (B-17 F-9) |
| *55th Fighter Group (P-38) Lieutenant Colonel Frank B. James Headquarters Squadron 38th Fighter Squadron 338th Fighter Squadron 343rd Fighter Squadron |
325th Fighter Group (P-40) Lieutenant Colonel Robert L. Baseler Headquarters Squadron 317th Fighter Squadron 318th Fighter Squadron 319th Fighter Squadron |
*The 55th Fighter Group (P-38s) was training at McChord Field, Washington and scheduled to arrive in the MTO, but the group was eventually sent to England and assigned to the 8th Air Force.
+The 3rd Photographic Reconnaissance Group was detached to NASAF for Operation Husky.
Information taken from:
1) Participation of the Ninth & Twelfth Air Forces in the Sicilian Campaign,
Army Air Forces Historical Study No. 37,
Army Air Forces Historical Office Headquarters,
Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, November, 1945.
2) Maurer, Maurer, Air Force Combat Units Of World War II,
Office of Air Force History, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, 1983.
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