| Northwest African Tactical Air Force Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham NATAF organization for Operation Husky - the invasion of Sicily - early July 1943 |
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| Tactical Bomber Force Air Commodore Laurence Sinclair |
Desert Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Harry Broadhurst |
XII Air Support Command Major General Edwin House |
| 12th Bombardment Group (B-25) Colonel Edward N. Backus 81st Bombardment Squadron 82nd Bombardment Squadron 83rd Bombardment Squadron 324th Bombardment Squadron |
No. 244 Fighter Wing RAF (Spitfire) No. 1 Squadron No. 92 Squadron No. 417 Squadron No. 601 Squadron No. 145 Squadron Skalski's Circus (Polish) |
33rd Fighter Group (P-40) Colonel William W. Momyer Headquarters Squadron 58th Fighter Squadron 59th Fighter Squadron 60th Fighter Squadron 111th Observation Squadron (P-51) |
| 340th Bombardment Group (B-25) Lieutenant Colonel Adolph E. Tokaz 486th Bombardment Squadron 487th Bombardment Squadron 488th Bombardment Squadron 489th Bombardment Squadron |
No. 322 Fighter Wing RAF (Spitfire) No. 43 Squadron No. 61 Squadron No. 154 Squadron No. 232 Squadron No. 242 Squadron |
31st Fighter Group (Spitfire) Lieutenant Colonel Frank A. Hill Headquarters Squadron 307th Fighter Squadron 308th Fighter Squadron 309th Fighter Squadron |
| 47th Bombardment Group (A-20) Colonel Malcolm Green, Jr. 84th Bombardment Squadron 85th Bombardment Squadron 86th Bombardment Squadron 87th Bombardment Squadron |
No. 324 Fighter Wing RAF (Spitfire) No. 72 Squadron No. 93 Squadron No. 111 Squadron No. 152 Squadron No. 243 Squadron |
27th Dive-Bomber Group (A-36) Lieutenant Colonel John D. Stevenson 15th Fighter Squadron 16th Fighter Squadron 17th Fighter Squadron 91st Fighter Squadron |
| No. 3 Bomber Wing SAAF No. 12 Squadron (Bostons) No. 21 Squadron (Baltimores) No. 24 Squadron (Bostons) |
No. 325 Wing RAF (Beaufighter) 1/2 No. 600 Squadron No. 153 Squadron (TEF/N) (Northwest Africa) No. 40 Squadron (Tac/R) (Spitfire) 1/2 No. 600 Squadron (TEF/N) (Beaufighter) (Malta) |
86th Dive-Bomber Group (A-36) Major Clinton U. True 309th Fighter Squadron 310th Fighter Squadron 311th Fighter Squadron 312th Fighter Squadron |
| No. 232 Bomber Wing RAF No. 55 Squadron (Baltimores) No. 223 Squadron (Baltimores) |
No. 239 Wing RAF (Kittyhawk) No. 3 Squadron No. 112 Squadron No. 250 Squadron No. 260 Squadron No. 450 Squadron |
324th Fighter Group (P-40) Colonel William K. McNown Headquarters Squadron 314th Fighter Squadron 315th Fighter Squadron 316th Fighter Squadron |
| No. 326 Bomber Wing RAF No. 18 Squadron (Bostons) No. 114 Squadron (Bostons) |
57th Fighter Group (P-40) Colonel Arthur G. Salisbury Headquarters Squadron 64th Fighter Squadron 65th Fighter Squadron 66th Fighter Squadron |
No. 7 Fighter Wing SAAF (Kittyhawks) No. 2 Squadron No. 4 Squadron No. 5 Squadron |
| A.O.C. Malta Will control MATAF units on Malta No. 226 Squadron (Tac/R) (Spitfire) No. 241 Squadron (FB) |
79th Fighter Group (P-40) Colonel Earl E. Bates Headquarters Squadron 85th Fighter Squadron 86th Fighter Squadron 87th Fighter Squadron |
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No. 285 Wing (Reconnaissance) No. 1437 Flt RAF (SR) (Baltimores) No. 60 Squadron SAAF (PR) (Baltimores & Mosquitos) No. 682 Squadron RAF (PR) (Spitfire) |
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No. 249 Wing RAF Air Transport No. 219 Squadron (Hudson and C-47) No. 6 Squadron RAF (*TD) (Hurricane IID) |
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*TD = tank destroyer.
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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