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Type
HQ/ Command Element
 
Year
1700 - Present
 

Description
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Notable Persons
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United States Army Air Forces (USAAF)
 
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  Unit History Detail
Date
Feb 08, 1945

Title
Units: Wing/Group

Content
Wing
58th Bombardment Wing Very Heavy
Hijli Base Area, India, 8 - 24 February 1945
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Combat from CHINA-BURMA-INDIA (CBI) 2 April 1944 - 29 March 1945
Group
40th Bombardment Group, Very Heavy
Pratt AAF, Kansas, 1 July 1943- 12 March 1944
Chakulia AB, India, 2 April 1944 - 25 February 1945
Hsinching Airfield (A-1), China designated as forward staging base.
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Operated from: Chakulia Airfield, India, 2 April 1944-25 February 1945
Hsinching Airfield (A-1), China designated as forward staging base.

444th Bombardment Group, Very Heavy
Great Bend AAF, Kansas 29 July 1943-12 March 1944
Charra Airfield, India 11 Apri-1 July 1944
Dudhkundi Airfield, India 1 July 1944 -1 March 1945
Kwanghan Airfield (A-3), China designated as forward staging base.
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Operated from: Dudhkundi Airfield, India 1 July 1944-1 March 1945
Kwanghan Airfield (A-3), China designated as forward staging base.

462nd Bombardment Group, Very Heavy
Walker AAF, Kansas 28 July 1943-12 March 1944
Piardoba Airfield, India 7 April 1944-26 February 1945 (Kuinglai
(Linqiong) Airfield (A-4), China designated as forward staging base)
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Operated from: Piardoba Airfield, India 7 April 1944 -26 February 1945
Kuinglai (Linqiong) Airfield (A-4), China designated as forward staging base.

468th Bombardment Group, Very Heavy
Kharagpur Airfield, India, 13 April 1944-24 February 1945
Pengshan Airfield (A-7), China designated as forward staging base.
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Operated from: Kharagpur Airfield, India, 13 April 1944- 24 February 1945
Pengshan Airfield (A-7), China designated as forward staging base.
   

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