14th AIR FORCE UNITS ON 11 MAY 1945


(Supplied courtesy of Mr. Mark Boland)

NOTE:  This document was generated by the AAF and was obtained from the National Archives and is provided merely as an historical reference.  It is a snapshot-in-time of units and their locations at the time the list was compiled.  It is not completely accurate as units were often in transition between the times the list was compiled and published.

The following is from the 14th Air Force Units By assignment on 11 May 1945:

Headquarters, Fourteenth Air Force:

14th Air Force, Hq Sq - Kunming
331st Airdrome Sq - Tsuyung
308th Bomb Group (H), Hq - Hsingching
     375th Bomb Sq (H) - Hsingching
     374th Bomb Sq (H) - Kwanghan
     425th Bomb Sq (H) - Kwanghan
     373rd Bomb Sq (H) - Luliang
490th Bomb Sq (M) - Hanchung
16th Combat Camera Unit - Kunming
11th Combat Cargo Sq - Tsuyung
907th Engineer Hq Co AF - Kunming
1389th Military Police Co, Avn - Enroute from India
1390th Military Police Co, Avn - Enroute from India
18th Photo Intelligence Det - Kunming
35th Photo Reconnaissance Sq - Chanyi
21st Photo Reconnaissance Sq - Kunming
4th Photo Technical Unit - Kunming
2082nd Quartermaster Truck Co, Avn - Chengkung
2124th Quartermaster Truck Co, Avn - Enroute from India
2125th Quartermaster Truck Co, Avn - Enroute from India
2459th Quartermaster Truck Co, Avn - Enroute from India
5th Radio Sq, Mobile - Kunming
Co C, 559th Signal AW Bn - Kunming
720th Signal AW Co - Enroute from India
396th Signal Co, Avn - Kunming
1377th Signal Co, Wing - Enroute from India
330th Signal Co, Wing - Shwangliu
1712th Signal Service Bn - Kunming
24th Statistical Control Unit - Kunming
12th Tactical Air Commuications Sq - Kunming
1st Tactical Air Commuications Sq - Luliang
322nd Troop Carrier Sq - Kunming
27th Troop Carrier Sq (Attd to 69th CW) - Chengkung

Headquarters, 69th Composite Wing - Kunming:

1st Air Base Communications Det (Sp) - Kunming
3rd Air Cargo Resupply Det - Kunming
19th Liaison Sq - Chengkung
51st Fighter Group, Hq - Kunming
     16th Fighter Sq - Chengkung
     25th Fighter Sq - Yunnanyi
     26th Fighter Sq - Kunming
     449th Fighter Sq (TE) - Chengkung
     322nd Fighter Control Sq - Kunming
341st Bomb Group (M), Hq - Yangkai
     11th Bomb Sq (M) - Yangkai
     22nd Bomb Sq (M) - Yangkai
     491st Bomb Sq (M) - Yangkai

Headquarters, 68th Composite Wing - Luliang:

23rd Fighter Group, Hq - Luliang
     74th Fighter Sq - Luliang
     75th Fighter Sq - Luliang
     76th Fighter Sq - Luliang
     118th Tactical Recon Sq - Chengkung
     23rd Fighter Control Sq - Luliang

Headquarters, 312th Fighter Wing - Shwangliu:

7th Air Base Communications Det (Sp) - Shwangliu
81st Fighter Group, Hq - Fungwanshan
     91st Fighter Sq - Fungwanshan
     92nd Fighter Sq - Fungwanshan
311th Fighter Group, Hq - Pungchacheng
     528th Fighter Sq - Pungchacheng
     529th Fighter Sq - Pungchacheng
     530th Fighter Sq - Kwenghan
317th Fighter Control Sq - Shwangliu
426th Night Fighter Sq - Shwangliu
843rd AAA AW Bn - Hsingching

Headquarters, Chinese-American Composite Wing - Peishiyi:

1st Bomb Group (M), Hq - Peishiyi
     1st Bomb Sq (M) - Hanchung
     2nd Bomb Sq (M) - Liangshan
     3rd Bomb Sq (M) - Liangshan
     4th Bomb Sq (M) - Peishiyi

3rd Fighter Group, Hq - Ankang
     7th Fighter Sq - Ankang
     8th Fighter Sq - Ankang
     28th Fighter Sq - Ankang
     32nd Fighter Sq - Hanchung

5th Fighter Group, Hq - Chihkiang
     17th Fighter Sq - Chihkiang
     26th Fighter Sq - Chihkiang
     27th Fighter Sq - Chihkiang
     29th Fighter Sq - Chihkiang

4th Air Base Communications Det (Sp) - Peishiyi
36th Fighter Control Sq - Peishiyi
Fighter Control Det - Liangshan

Attached Units:

Army Postal Unit 430 (attd to 68th Comp Wg) - Luliang
Flight C, 821st Medical Air Evac Sq - Kunming
3363rd Signal Service Bn - Kunming

14th Air Force Service Command Units:

Headquarters, 14th Air Force Service Command - Kunming
Station Hospital (P), APO 210 - Chengtu
     235th Medical Dispensary, Avn - Chengtu
Kunming Army Air Base - Kunming
     90th Airdrome Sq - Kunming
     1211th Military Police Co, Avn - Kunming
Hq, Engineer District 1 - Kunming
Hq, Engineer District 2 - Chengtu
Hq, Engineer District 3 - Luliang
Hq, Engineer District 4 - Peishiyi
234th Medical Dispensary, Avn - Luliang
1891st Engineer Avn Bn - Mengtze

Hq & Hq Sq, 12th Air Service Group - Peishiyi
396th Air Service Sq - Liangshan
397th Air Service Sq - Peishiyi
1835th Ordnance Supply & Maint Co, Avn - Peishiyi
1836th Ordnance Supply & Maint Co, Avn - Liangshan
2122nd Quartermaster Truck Co, Avn - Peishiyi
1066th Quartermaster Co, Service Group, Avn - Peishiyi
1102nd Signal Co, Service Group, Avn - Peishiyi

Hq & Hq Sq, 14th Air Service Group - Chanyi
3rd Air Base Communications Det (Sp) - Luliang
10th Air Base Communications Det (Sp) - Chanyi
407th Air Service Sq - Luliang
555th Air Service Sq - Tsingchen
17th Airways Det - Chanyi
1544th Ordnance Supply & Maint Co, Avn - Tsingchen
1545th Ordnance Supply & Maint Co, Avn - Luliang
1077th Quartermaster Co, Service Group, Avn - Chanyi
2121st Quartermaster Truck Co, Avn - Chanyi
1157th Signal Co, Service Group, Avn - Luliang

Hq & Hq Sq, 68th Air Service Group - Chengkung
12th Air Service Sq - Chengkung
54th Air Service Sq - Chengkung
2nd Air Base Communications Det (Sp) - Chengkung
5th Air Base Communications Det (Sp) - Yunnanyi
6th Air Base Communications Det (Sp) - Yangkai
15th Airways Det - Chengkung
18th Airways Det - Yunnanyi
232nd Medical Dispensary, Avn - Yunnanyi
1760th Ordnance Supply & Maint Co, Avn - Yangkai
1803rd Ordnance Supply & Maint Co, Avn - Kunming
1151st Quartermaster Co, Service Group, Avn - Kunming
1989th Quartermaster Truck Co, Avn - Chengkung
1088th Signal Co, Service Group, Avn - Chengkung

Hq & Hq Sq, 301st Air Depot Group - Kunming
69th Depot Repair Sq - Kunming
315th Depot Supply Sq - Kunming
8th Medical Supply Plat, Avn - Kunming
472nd Quartermaster Plat, Air Depot Gp - Kunming
885th Signal Co, Depot, Avn - Kunming

Hq & Hq Sq, 315th Air Service Group - Hsingching
338th Air Service Sq - Hsingching
358th Air Service Sq - Hsingching
8th Airdrome Sq - Hsingching
8th Air Base Communications Det (Sp) - Hsingching
9th Air Base Communications Det (Sp) - Kwanghan
16th Airways Det - Hsingching
36th Malaria Survey Det - Hsingching
86th Veterinary Det - Hsingching
231st Medical Dispensary, Avn - Hsingching
233rd Medical Dispensary, Avn - Kwanghan
1364th Military Police Co, Avn - Hsingching
1369th Military Police Co, Avn - Chengtu
1641st Ordnance Supply & Maint Co, Avn - Fungwanshan
1682nd Ordnance Supply & Maint Co, Avn - Hsingching
1139th Quartermaster Co, Service Group, Avn - Hsingching
1980th Quartermaster Truck Co, Avn - Hsingching
1049th Signal Co, Service Group, Avn - Hsingching

Other Units:

10th Weather Squadron, with Dets at the following bases:
Ankang, Chanyi, Chaotung, Chengkung, Chihkiang, Chiuling-Po, Enshih, Hanchung, Hsian, Hsingching, Ipin, Kunming, Kwanghan, Leifeng, Lanchow, Laowhangpin, Liangshan, Likiang, Lukiang, Luliang, Mengshih, Mengtze, Paoshan, Peishiyi, Posch, Shwengliu, Sitkeng, Suchow, Szemao, Tihwa, Tsuyung, Tushan, Yangkai, Yenan and Yunnanyi.

158th AACS Squadron, with Dets at the following bases:
Chanting, Chanyi, Chaotung, Chengkung. Chihkiang, Jochow, Kaiyuen, Kunming, Kunyang, Laowhangpin, Likiang, Lotze, Luliang, Mengshih, Mengtze, Paoshan, Posch, Szemao, Tsingchan, Tsuyung, Tushan, Yangkai, and Yunnanyi.



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