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84th Fighter Wing (World War II)

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Johnson, David C. (1988), U.S. Army Air Forces Continental Airfields (ETO), D-Day to V-E Day; Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center, Maxwell AFB, Alabama.
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in June 1944. Targets included bridges, roads, railroads and enemy interceptor aircraft both on the ground as well as in air-to-air combat.
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Decorations: Cited in the Order of the Day, Belgian Army: 6 Jun-30 Sep 1944; 1 Oct 1944-; Dec 1944-Jan 1945. Belgian Fourragere.
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Established and organized at Blumenthal Field, North Carolina in 1943 as a command and control organization. Deployed to the
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in late April 1945, the wing engaging targets of opportunity in enemy-controlled areas until combat was ended on 5 May 1945.
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50th Fighter Group P-47 Thunderbolt landing at Toul/Ochey Airfield (A-96), southwest of Nancy, France in December 1944.
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Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History.
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Campaigns: Air Offensive, Europe ;Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
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Combat Operations: Combat in European Theater of Operations (ETO), 29 January 1944-May 1945.
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in France, moved into north-central France, its groups attacking enemy targets near
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Brunswick/Broitzem Airfield (R-38), Germany, 22 April – 12 August 1945
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forces in France, attacking enemy targets initially in the
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European Theater of Operations
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Ninth Air Force
Occupied France
Low Countries
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Falaise-Argentan Gap
Advanced Landing Grounds
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Battle of the Bulge
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