1st Bombardment Division

United States Army Air Forces

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1^st Bombardment Division
Nickname: "The Big Triangle First"
Division Callsign: Not Known

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Aircraft ID Code
-Triangle

Division Aircraft
-

Constituted as 1^st Bombardment Division on 30 Aug 1943. Activated in England on 13 Sep 1943. Assigned to Eighth AF. Redesignated 1^st Air Division in Dec 1944. Served in combat in the European theater from Sep 1943 until Apr 1945, receiving a DUC for an attack on aircraft factories in central Germany on 11 Jan 1944. Inactivated in England on 31 Oct 1945.

Airfield	Dates Occupied
Brampton Grange Headquarters Huntingdonshire	September 1943-January 1945

Wing	Callsign	Code	Notes
1^st Combat Bombardment Wing	Goonchild/Swordfish	None
40^th Combat Bombardment Wing	Bullpen/Foxhole	None
41^st Combat Bombardment Wing	Fatgal/Cowboy	None
94^th Combat Bombardment Wing	Ragweed/Woodcraft	None
120^th Combat Bombardment Wing	TBD	None	Fictional combat wing based on the book and movie "12 O'Clock High" by Bierne Lay and Sy Bartlett.
67^th Fighter Wing	Mohair	None

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