Delaware World War II Army Airfields

Delaware World War II Army Airfields
Part of World War II
Locations of major World War II USAAF Airfields in Delaware
Type	Army Airfields
Site information
Controlled by	United States Army Air Forces
Site history
Built	1940-1944
In use	1940-present
Garrison information
Garrison	First Air Force Army Air Force Training Command

During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces had two major airfields in Delaware. They were:

Dover Army Air Field, 4 miles southeast of Dover, Delaware
Assigned to First Air Force
18th Observation Squadron (65th Obsn Gp), 2 March 1942 – 23 March 1942
80th Bombardment Squadron (Medium)(45th Bomb Gp), 29 April 1942 – 15 July 1942
Hq and Hq Sq, 45th Bombardment Group (Medium), 16 May 1942 – 27 July 1942
39th Bombardment Squadron (Medium)/ 3rd Antisubmarine Squadron (Heavy), 19 July 1942 – 28 February 1943
312th Base Headquarters and Air Base Squadron, 16 September 1942 – 10 April 1944
365th Fighter Group (Single Engine), 11 August 1943 – 18 November 1943
83rd Fighter Group (Single Engine), 22 November 1943 – 10 April 1944
125th Army Air Force Base Unit, 10 April 1944 – 31 March 1946

Now:

New Castle Army Air Base, 1 mile west of New Castle, Delaware
Assigned to First Air Force
62nd Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor)(56th Purs Gp), 10 December 1941 – 17 January 1942
4th Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor)/ 4th Fighter Squadron (52nd Ftr Gp), 27 April 1942 – 12 June 1942
Assigned to Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command
344th Air Base Squadron / 344th Base Headquarters and Air Base Squadron, 29 May 1942 – 31 March 1944
2nd Ferrying Group, 29 May 1942 – 4 December 1945
552nd Army Air Force Base Unit, 31 March 1944 – 31 December 1945
1596th Army Air Force Base Unit, 1 December 1944-November 1945

References

Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947-1977. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-12-9.
Thole, Lou (1999), Forgotten Fields of America : World War II Bases and Training, Then and Now - Vol. 2. Pictorial Histories Pub . ISBN 1-57510-051-7

Airfields

Units

Commands

Wings

Groups

Bombardment	2d Bombardment 13th Bombardment 22d Bombardment 34th Bombardment 43d Bombardment 45th Bombardment 301st Bombardment 302d Bombardment 400th Bombardment 402d Bombardment 455th Bombardment 459th Bombardment 460th Bombardment 471st Bombardment
Combat Cargo	1st Combat Cargo 2d Combat Cargo 4th Combat Cargo
Fighter	8th Fighter 31st Fighter 33d Fighter 52d Fighter 56th Fighter 57th Fighter 58th Fighter 59th Fighter 79th Fighter 80th Fighter 83d Fighter 87th Fighter 324th Fighter 325th Fighter 326th Fighter 327th Fighter 332d Fighter 348th Fighter 352d Fighter 353d Fighter 355th Fighter 356th Fighter 358th Fighter 359th Fighter 361st Fighter 362d Fighter 365th Fighter 366th Fighter 368th Fighter 370th Fighter 371st Fighter 373d Fighter 402d Fighter 413th Fighter 476th Fighter
Reconnaissance	26th Reconnaissance 73d Reconnaissance
Troop Carrier	10th Troop Carrier 60th Troop Carrier 61st Troop Carrier 62d Troop Carrier 63d Troop Carrier 89th Troop Carrier 313th Troop Carrier 314th Troop Carrier 315th Troop Carrier 316th Troop Carrier 317th Troop Carrier 349th Troop Carrier 375th Troop Carrier 403d Troop Carrier 433d Troop Carrier 434th Troop Carrier 435th Troop Carrier 436th Troop Carrier 437th Troop Carrier 438th Troop Carrier 439th Troop Carrier 440th Troop Carrier 441st Troop Carrier 442d Troop Carrier
Other	1st Search Attack 477th Composite
Incidents	Freeman Field Mutiny

This page was last edited on 3 July 2019, at 03:54