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the experience of VIII AFSC, in
October it set up a base air depot area (BADA) and an advanced air depot area (AADA) which were areas in terms of function rather than geography. The base air depot area was intended primarily for supply and aircraft assembly functions. For a time, BADA was located at Constitution Hill,
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opposite number than any of the other Ninth Air Force commands. A number of officers and enlisted men had been brought to
England from Egypt, but most of the key members of the headquarters came from the Eighth Air Force. General Miller, for most of the past year the commander of the VIII AFSC, took
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Detachment A, 42d Air Repair Squadron. Minor EAMC facilities were located at Bad Wiesse, Wolfgang, Munich, Bruck, Oberwiesenfeld and Bremerhaven. EAMC also controlled ammunition depots at Landesberg, Roth and Zepplenheim. EAMC remained assigned to USAFE until it was inactivated on 15 September
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The projected size of the Ninth Air Force and the scope of its operations clearly required a large and mobile service command. The service command, in turn, recognized early that its own size and wide-flung operations made decentralization of its organization desirable. Accordingly, borrowing from
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assumed command, and established the IX Air
Service Command, which joined the IX Bomber Command and the IX Fighter Command as the major subordinate headquarters. IX Air Service Command was changed to IX Air Force Service Command (IX AFSC) by an unnumbered Ninth Air Force Memorandum of 29 January
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with the mission of transporting cargo and personnel between IX Air Force airfields in the UK. The 31st TG consisted of the 87th, 313th and 314th
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was established in Egypt to replace the U.S. Army Middle East Air Force. Major General
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was used by the 3rd Tactical Air Depot of IX Air Service Command, repairing
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IX Air Force Service Command was more clearly patterned after its
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219:'s supply and maintenance depots. EAMC was headquartered at
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1076:, Department of the Air Force, Washington, DC, 15 June 1971
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328:(later United States Air Forces Europe), c. 2 December 1945
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Support organization of the U.S. Army Air Forces in Europe
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Ninth Air Force Base Depot, 5 June 1945 – September 1945
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Air Disarmament Division, 10 January 1945 – 1 March 1946
778:"Factsheet 323d Expeditionary Operations Group (USAFE)"
740:, Ninth Air Force Organizational Chart 29 November 1944
780:. Air Force Historical Research Agency. Archived from
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2d Depot Unit, Army, c. April 1945 – 15 September 1947
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45th Air Depot, c. 1 January 1946 – c. 31 August 1947
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Erding Air Depot, 5 November 1946 – 15 September 1947
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European Air Depot, September 1945 – 5 November 1946
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804:"Abstract, History 503 Air Service Group Oct 1945"
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1095:Military units and formations established in 1946
528:RAF Grove, England (Station 519), c. October 1943
407:44th Air Depot, c. 1 June 1946 – 15 December 1946
207:, IX Air Service Command used the airfield with
500:, New Jersey, 29 October 1942 – 1 November 1943
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1031:The Army Air Forces in World War II
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421:1585th Quartermaster Truck Regiment
918:Johnson, 1st Lt. David C. (1988).
326:United States Strategic Air Forces
217:United States Air Forces in Europe
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322:Ninth Air Force, September 1943
203:. Starting on 31 October, the
110:United States Air Forces Europe
889:Anderson, Capt. Barry (1985).
661:12 November 1942 – 11 May 1945
607:12 November 1942 – 13 May 1943
546:, Luxembourg, c. 30 April 1945
534:(Station 472), 7 November 1943
462:, Medium, 15 Jun – 25 Nov 1945
120:European Theater of Operations
24:European Air Materiel Command
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664:IX Air Force Service Command
646:IX Air Force Service Command
610:IX Air Force Service Command
592:IX Air Force Service Command
277:European Air Materiel Command
247:9th Air Force Service Command
153:United States Army Air Forces
149:European Air Materiel Command
84:United States Army Air Forces
751:"Factsheet 302 Air Division"
625:14 May 1943 – 17 August 1943
270:IX Air Force Service Command
256:IX Air Force Service Command
953:Newell, Clayton R. (1993).
658:Ground Combat, EAME Theater
287:Disbanded on 8 October 1948
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849:Station number in Anderson
643:6 June 1944 – 24 July 1944
494:, Oklahoma, 9 October 1942
229:Oberpfaffenhofen Air Depot
191:Beginning in August 1943,
858:Station number in Johnson
806:. Air Force History Index
516:, Egypt, 12 November 1942
163:After November 1942, the
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504:Camp Russell B. Huckstep
488:, Ohio, 1 September 1942
233:Industriehafen Air Depot
628:IX Air Service Command
482:, Florida, 27 July 1942
510:, Egypt, November 1942
466:503d Air Service Group
460:323d Bombardment Group
263:IX Air Service Command
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297:3d Air Force (later
258:on 18 September 1942
205:31st Transport Group
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435:302d Transport Wing
305:Air Service Command
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454:32nd Service Group
272:on 24 January 1944
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367:Depot Areas
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197:A-20 Havocs
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1084:Categories
1064:28 October
883:References
544:Luxembourg
508:Heliopolis
333:Components
940:cite book
810:4 January
568:Campaign
558:Campaigns
416:Regiments
193:RAF Grove
132:Transport
56:Disbanded
51:1942–1947
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1014:84-02352
761:28 March
640:Normandy
473:Stations
357:Division
338:Commands
981:1 April
714:, p. 84
701:, p. 87
604:Tunisia
265:in 1943
240:Lineage
186:Sudbury
159:History
64:Country
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697:Reed,
622:Sicily
574:Notes
571:Dates
442:Groups
380:Depots
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