15th Bombardment Operational Training Wing

January 2022 June 2017 March 2020 15th Bombardment Training Wing 1940–1946 USA Bombardment training 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 GroupsMaurer, Combat Units, pp. 384-385 In September 1941, the wing was inactivated and its personnel used to form the 4th Air Support Command.Futrell, p. 13 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 30em Bibliography https://www.dafhistory.af.mil/Portals/16/documents/Studies/1-50/AFD-090602-049.pdf Futrell Robert F. Command of Observation Aviation: A Study in Control of Tactical Airpower, USAF Historical Study No. 24 September 1956 Research Studies Institute, USAF Historical Division, Air University 23 January 2022 Maurer, Maurer Air Force Combat Units of World War II 1961 http://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/21/2001330256/-1/-1/0/AFD-100921-044.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20161220180735/http://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/21/2001330256/-1/-1/0/AFD-100921-044.pdf dead 20 December 2016 17 December 2016 reprint 1983 Office of Air Force History Washington, DC 0-912799-02-1 61060979 015 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1948 Category:Training wings of the United States Army Air Forces