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15th Bombardment Operational Training Wing

Field	Value
unit_name	15th Bombardment Training Wing
dates	1940–1946
country
branch
role	Bombardment training
notable_commanders	Robert F. Travis

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.

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 In September 1941, the wing was inactivated and its personnel used to form the 4th Air Support Command.

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

Lineage

Constituted as the 15th Bombardment Wing on 19 October 1940 : Activated on 18 December 1940 : Inactivated on 3 September 1941
Activated on 23 June 1942 : 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

Assignments

Southwest Air District, 18 December 1940 – 3 September 1941
Second Air Force, 23 June 1942 – 6 April 1946

Components

47th Bombardment Group: 14 August-1 September 1941
48th Bombardment Group: 15 January-1 September 1941
Numerous groups assigned for training, 1942–1946

Stations

March Field, California, 18 December 1940
Fresno Army Air Base, California, c. 2 August – 3 September 1941
Gowen Field, Idaho, 23 June 1942
Sioux City Army Air Base, Iowa, November 1942
Gowen Field, Idaho, July 1943
Pueblo Army Air Base, Colorado, May 1944
Peterson Field, Colorado, 8 September 1944 – 9 April 1946

References

Notes

Bibliography

References

Maurer, ''Combat Units'', pp. 384-385
Futrell, p. 13

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