Army Air Force Elements Stationed in Northern Ireland(1)

2d CCRC Group Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron

Activated 12 November 1943 at Cheddington, Bedfordshire [sic], using the personnel and equipment of the concurrently disbanded 2904th Replacement and Training Squadron (Bomb) (Provisional) [assigned to the Eighth Air Force 20 August 1943 and further assigned to 8th Bomber Command 22 August 1943]
At Cluntoe by 26 February 1944
Redesignated 29 July 1944 as Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, 2d CCRC Group (Bomb Heavy Special)
Moves to Boreham, Essex, circa 15 September 1944

2d Replacement and Training Squadron (Bomb)

Activated 12 November 1943 at Cheddington, Hertfordshire [sic], using the personnel and equipment of the concurrently disbanded Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, 2901st CCRC (Bomb) (Provisional) [assigned to the Eighth Air Force 20 August 1943 and further assigned to 8th Bomber Command 22 August 1943]
At Cluntoe by 9 February 1944
Redesignated 29 July 1944 as the 2d Replacement and Training Squadron CCRC Group (Bomb)
Moves to Boreham, Essex, circa 15 September 1944

Station #2, European Wing, Air Transport Command

Activated 24 September 1943 at Nutts Corner using personnel from detachments of the 69th Transport Squadron and 1149th Military Police Company (Aviation) [per General Orders 21, EWATC, 24 September 1943]
Redesignated 18 July 1944 as the 1404th Army Air Force Base Unit [General Orders 1, EDATC, 18 July 1944]

3d CCRC Group Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron

At Toome [assigned to the Eighth Air Force]
Redesignated 29 July 1944 as Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, 3d CCRC Group (Bomber or Fighter Support)
Moves to Chipping Ongar, Essex, circa 21 December 1944

3d Replacement Training Squadron

Activated 21 November 1943 at Toome [General Orders 34, VIII Air Force Composite Command, 21 November 1943]
Redesignated 29 July 1944 as 3d Replacement and Training Squadron CCRC Group (Bomb)

Station Complement Squadron Base Air Depot #3

Activated 29 July 1944 at Langford Lodge
Moves to Taunton, England, circa 30 September 1945

4th CCRC Group Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron

Activated 12 November 1943 at Cheddington, Buckinghamshire [sic]
Redesignated 29 July 1944 as Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, 4th CCRC Group (Bomber or Fighter Support)
At Greencastle by 15 August 1944
Moves to Boreham, Essex, circa 15 September 1944

4th Replacement and Training Squadron (Bomb)

At Greencastle as element of Eighth Air Force by 26 February 1944
Redesignated 29 July 1944 as 4th Replacement and Training Squadron, CCRC Group (Bomb)
Moves to Boreham, Essex, circa 15 September 1944

4th Gunnery and Tow Target Flight (Special)

Activated 9 March 1944 at Greencastle as an element of Eighth Air Force Service Command
Moves to Chipping Ongar, Essex, circa 15 September 1944

4th Army Air Force Combat Camera Unit

Arrives in England 16 November 1943 (sailed from New York 11 November)
Assigned to Ninth Air Force 19 November 1943
At Toome by 11 December 1943 (probably moving from Marks Hall, Essex)
Subsequently (1944 or 1945) moves to Chantilly

5th Airdrome Squadron (Special)

Arrives in the Firth of Clyde 6 June 1943 (sailed from New York 30 May)
Assigned to Eighth Air Force 5 June 1943 and further assigned to VIII Air Force Composite Command 8 June 1943
At Toome in June 1943
Moves to Cranford, Middlesex, circa 30 April 1944

7th Air Depot Group Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron

Arrives at Avonmouth 18 August 1942 (sailed from New York at unknown date)
Assigned to Eighth Air Force 26 August 1942
At Langford Lodge in 1942
Moves to Warton, Lancashire, circa 29 December 1942

VIII Air Force Composite Command

Arrives at Firth of Clyde 11 September 1942 (sailed from New York)
Assigned to Eighth Air Force 13 September 1942
Arrives at Longkesh September 1942
Located at Kirkassock House by 14 November 1942
Moves to Cheddington, Buckinghamshire, circa 5 February 1944

Postal Section, Headquarters VIII Air Force Composite Command (Army Post Office [APO] 636)

Arrived Avonmouth 18 August 1942 (sailed from New York)
Arrived Langford Lodge 14 August 1942 [sic]
Disbanded at Langford Lodge 18 December 1943 [General Orders 41, VIII Air Force Composite Command, 18 December 1943]

34th Station Complement Squadron

Arrived Firth of Clyde 11 August 1943 (sailed from New York 26 July 1943)
Assigned 9 August 1943 to Eighth Air Force and further assigned to VIII Air Force Composite Command 13 August 1943
At Toome 6 August 1943 (troops embarked) [sic]
At Chipping Ongar, Essex, 15 September 1944

35th Station Complement Squadron

Arrived Firth of Clyde 11 August 1943 (sailed from New York 26 July 1943)
Assigned 9 August 1943 to Eighth Air Force and further assigned to VIII Air Force Composite Command 13 August 1943
At Cluntoe 6 August 1943 (troops embarked) [sic]
At Harrington, Cumberland, 31 March 1944

37th Station Complement Squadron

Arrived Liverpool 17 August 1943 (sailed from New York 2 August 1943)
Assigned 13 August 1943 to Eighth Air Force and further assigned to VIII Air Force Service Command 19 August 1943
At Burtonwood, Lancashire, 11 August 1943 (troops embarked) [sic]
At Maghaberry 30 March 1944
At Langford Lodge 12 May 1944
At Haydock, Lancashire, 25 July 1944

Mobile Training Unit No. 37 (B-24) (Provisional)

Temporary duty in European Theater of Operations
Arrives Cluntoe 17 April 1944
Arrives Alconbury, Huntingdonshire, 24 May 1944

Mobile Training Unit No. 38 (B-24) (Provisional)

Temporary duty in European Theater of Operations
Arrives Cluntoe 7 August 1944
Arrives Cheddington, Buckinghamshire, 9 September 1944

38th Signal Company, Service Group

Arrives in European Theater of Operations at Polebrook Field, England, 11 June 1942 (sailed New York Port of Embarkation 4 June 19420, and subsequntly moves to Brampton, England
At Langford Lodge by 23 December 1942 [Unit Data Card gives no specific dates and indicates that Langford Lodge is in "England"]
Assigned to VIII Air Force Composite Command 6 February 1943
Redesignated 4 May 1943 as the 1038th Signal Company, Service Group
At Camp Griffis, Middlesex, England by 15 May 1943

39th Service Group Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron

Arrived at Firth of Clyde 6 October 1942 (sailed from New York) [one officer as rear detachment arrives Belfast 25 November 1942 having sailed from New York later]
Assigned to Eighth Air Force 9 October 1942; further assigned to 8th Bomber Command 13 March 1943 and to VIII Air Force Composite Command 20 December 1943
Initially located in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire in England
Moved to Mughaberry per 20 December 1943 movement order
At Harrington, Cumberland, by 31 March 1944

42d Air Depot Group Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron

Arrived at Firth of Clyde 11 August 1943 (sailed from New York 27 July 1943)
Assigned Eighth Air Force 9 August 1943 and further assigned to 8th Air Force Service Command 13 August 1943
Reassigned to VIII Air Force Composite Command 27 August 1943
At Greencastle in 1943
Moves to Warton, Lancashire, circa 13 October 1943

42d Depot Repair Squadron

Arrived at Firth of Clyde 11 August 1943 (sailed from New York 27 July 1943)
Assigned Eighth Air Force 9 August 1943 and further assigned to 8th Air Force Service Command 13 August 1943
Reassigned to VIII Air Force Composite Command 27 August 1943
At Greencastle 6 August 1943 (troops embarked) [sic]
Moves to Warton, Lancashire, circa 12 October 1943

42d Depot Support Squadron

Arrived at Firth of Clyde 11 August 1943 (sailed from New York 27 July 1943)
Assigned Eighth Air Force 9 August 1943 and further assigned to 8th Air Force Service Command 13 August 1943
Reassigned to VIII Air Force Composite Command 27 August 1943
At Greencastle 6 August 1943 (troops embarked) [sic]
Moves on temporary duty to Langford Lodge 30 August 1943
Moves to Charmey Downs, Somerset, circa 17 November 1943

47th Station Complement Squadron

Arrived Liverpool 21 August 1943 (sailed from New York 19 August 1943)
Assigned 21 August 1943 to Eighth Air Force and further assigned to VIII Air Force Composite Command 24 August 1943
At Cluntoe 19 August 1943 (troops embarked) [sic]
At Boreham, Essex, 15 September 1944

65th Airdrome Squadron

Arrived 7 January 1944 in British Isles (sailed from New York 3 January)
Assigned Ninth Air Force 22 January 1944
Initially served at Burtonwood (Lancashire) and Stansted (Essex)
At Mullaghmore circa 26 February 1944
At Greencastle 15 March 1944
At Stanstead, Essex, 17 June 1944

81st Station Complement Squadron

Arrived 20 November 1943 (sailed from New York 18 November)
Assigned Ninth Air Force 26 November 1943
Initially served at Bottesford (Lancashire)
At Mullaghmore circa 19 December 1943
Planned movement to Limavady in January 1944 canceled
At Barkston Heath, Lincolnshire, 1 February 1944

86th Depot Repair Squadron

At Little Staughton (Bedfordshire) 26 June 1943
Assigned to Eighth Air Force 27 June 1943
At Greencastle circa 5 July 1943
At Burtonwood, Lancastershire, 13 September 1943

252d Military Police Company (Aviation) (Post Camp or Station)

Sailed from New York Port of Embarkation on Queen Elizabeth 5 May 1943
Arrived at Firth of Clyde 11 May 1943
Assigned to Eighth Air Force 14 May 1943
Assigned to VIII Air Force Composite Command 19 May 1943
Landed in Belfast prior to 12 June 1943
At Kirkassock House May 1943-15 January 1944
At Greencastle 15 January 1944
At Kilkeel 20 January 1944
26 February 1944 redesignated as 1385th Military Police Company, Aviation

311th Ferrying Squadron

Activated 1 November 1943 at Mughaberry [General Orders 52, 8th Air Force Service Command, 1 November 1943]
At Langford Lodge by 8 May 1944
At Grove, Berkshire, by 5 September 1944

312th Ferrying Squadron

Activated 1 November 1943 at Mughaberry [General Orders 52, 8th Air Force Service Command, 1 November 1943]
At Langford Lodge by 12 May 1944
At Warton, Lancashire, by 18 September 1944

321st Air Transport Squadron

Activated 1 November 1943 at Maghaberry [General Orders 52, 8th Air Force Service Command, 1Nov43]
At Langford Lodge by 12 May 1944
At Grove, Berkshire, by 5 September 1944
Redesignated as 321st Squadron (C&M) by United States Strategic Air Forces letter, 24 June 1944

Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, 325th Air Service Group

Assigned to United States Strategic Air Forces 8 March 1944
At Langford Lodge by 6 May 1944 (having moved from Burtonwood, Lancaster)
At Burtonwood, Lancaster by 26 June 1944

325th Ferrying Squadron

Activated 9 December 1943 at Maghaberry as an element of the 27th Air Transport Group [General Orders 64, 8th Air Force Service Command, 9 December 1943]
Assigned to United States Strategic Air Forces by 8 March 1944
At Holston, Middlesex, by 12 May 1944

Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, 328th Service Group

At Toome by 15 August 1944 (having moved from Harrington, Cumberlandshire)
At Fowlmere, Cambridgeshire by 1 October 1944
Element of Eighth Air Force

328th Service Squadron [later 328th Air Service Squadron]

Assigned 14 December 1943 to 8th Air Force Service Command
At Langford Lodge by 1 May 1944 (having moved from Burtonwood, Lancaster)
At Burtonwood, Lancaster by 26 June 1945

343d Service Squadron [later 343d Air Service Squadron]

Assigned 14 December 1943 to 8th Air Force Service Command
Assigned by 8 March 1944 to United States Strategic Air Forces
At Langford Lodge by 6 May 1944 (having moved from Burtonwood, Lancaster)
At Burtonwood, Lancaster by 26 June 1945

375th Service Squadron

Assigned 11 November 1943 to 8th Air Force Composite Command
Arrived by ship in European Theater of Operations 4 November 1943 (less advance detachment of 1 officer and 1 enlisted man who arrived by air 23 October 1943) (main body sailed from New York Port of Embarkation 2 November 1943)
At Toome from time of arrival
At Cheddington, Buckinghamshire, by 26 February 1944

Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, 403d Base Air Depot

Activated 27 March 1944 at Crumlin
At Compiegne, France, by 9 November 1944

442d Quartermaster Platoon, Air Depot Group

Unit Data Card indicates embarked 3 August 1943 on the HMT Aquitania at the New York Port of Embarkation and sailed the next day, arriving 11 August 1943 at Firth of Clyde where it reembarked 11-12 August on the Man of Orleans
Arrived Firth of Clyde 11 August 1943 (sailed from New York Port of Embarkation 26 July)
Reported as embarked, but destination Greencastle 6 August 1943 (canceling 2 August projection of station as Langford Lodge)
Unit Data Card indicates it landed at Warrenpoint on 12 August 1943 and proceeded to Army Air Force Station #237 in County Down where it remained from 13 August 1943 until 30 October 1943
Unit Data Card indicates it reembarked 30 October 1943 at Larne and/or Warrenpoint on a British vessel that landed it at Stranraer, Scotland, on 31 October
At Warton, Lancastershire, by 14 October 1943 (Unit Data Card [based on accurate Morning Reports] states that it wet via Lytham, England, on 31 October and arrived at Warton [which was Army Air Force Station 582] on 31 October)

465th Service Squadron

Arrived in England by ship 17 October 1943; element of Eighth Air Force
At Cluntoe 26 February 1944
At Troston, Suffolk, by 1 October 1944

556th Service Squadron

Activated 1 November 1943 at Toome as an element of United States Strategic Air Force [General Orders 32, VIII Air Force Composite Command, 1 November 1943]
At Troston, Suffolk, 1 October 1944

Station Complement Squadron (SP), Army Air Force Station 597 (Provisional)

Organized 24 February 1944 at Langford Lodge
Redesignated circa 3 March 1944 as 597th Station Complement Squadron (Special) (Provisional)
Element of Eighth Air Force

694th Quartermaster Company (Medium Maintenance) (Aviation)

Sailed from New York Port of Embarkation 22 July 1942
Arrived in "England" 18 August 1942, but at Langford Lodge (no dates given on Unit Data Card)
At Langford Lodge in 1942 as element of Eighth Air Force
Redesignated 9 November 1942 as 1694th Ordnance Company Medium Maintenance Aviation (Q)
Redesignated 23 November 1942 as 1694th Ordnance Medium Maintenance Company, Aviation
Redesignated 11 June 1943 as 1694th Ordnance Supply and Maintenance Company (Aviation)

759th Quartermaster Truck Company (Colored)

Sailed 5 August 1942 from New York Port of Embarkation
Arrived at Langford Lodge 17 August 1942
Attached to the 7th Group at Langford Lodge Air Depot
Redesignated 19 September 1942 as 1647th Quartermaster Company (Colored)

769th Ordnance Company, Aviation (Air Depot)

Unit Data Card states sailed from New York Port of Embarkation 5 August 1942 arriving in "England" on 17 August 1942
Assigned 31 August 1942 to Eighth Air Force [General Orders 17, VIII Air Force Service Command, 31 August 1942]
At Langford Lodge as element of VIII Service Command
Disbanded 2 October 1942 and personnel and equipment transferred to Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, 7th Air Depot

897th Military Police Company, Aviation

Sailed from New York Port of Embarkation 24 November 1942
Arrives at Firth of Clyde 29 November 1942
Arrives at Langford Lodge 29 November 1942
At Langford Lodge 2 December 1942
Disbanded at Langford Lodge 25 February 1944

984th Military Police Company, Aviation

At Langford Lodge 26 January 1944; element of 8th Air Force Service Command
At Baverstock, Wiltshire, by 28 June 1945

1038th Signal Company, Service Group -- see 38th Signal Company

1056th Quartermaster Company, Service Group, Aviation

Sailed from New York Port of Embarkation 17 July 1943 on Block Island; Unit Data Card says in Northern Ireland from 26 July 1943 to unspecified date
Arrives at Toome 26 July 1943 (sailed from New York Port of Embarkation 10 July); element of 8th Air Force Composite Command
At Troston, Suffolk, by 1 October 1944
Detachment at Greencastle from 21 August 1943 to 4 October 1944

1110th Signal Company, Service Group

Sails from New York Port of Embarkation 15 November 1943 on Queen Mary
At Toome [no date given]; element of 8th Air Force Composite Command [Unit Data Card says stationed in "England" from 20 November 143 to unspecified date]
At Willingale, Essex, by 29 September 1944

1145th Military Police Company, Aviation

Sailed from New York Port of Embarkation 11 July 1943 on Aquitania
Arrives at Firth of Clyde 15 July 1943 (sailed from New York Port of Embarkation 1 July 1943)
At Langford Lodge (reported while still embarked 1 July 1943); element of 8th Air Force Composite Command
At Langford Lodge 15 July 1943 to 20 June 1945 according to Unit Data Card
At Little Stoughton, England, by 26 January 1944

1195th Military Police Company, Aviation

Sailed from New York Port of Embarkation 1 October 1943 on Aquitania (arriving in "England" 9 October 1943)
Arrives at Langford Lodge 9 October 1943 (sailed from New York Port of Embarkation 3 October 1943); element of 8th Air Force Service Command
Disbanded at Langford Lodge 25 February 1944

1253d Military Police Company, Aviation

Arrives at Liverpool, England, 21 August 1943 (sailed from New York Port of Embarkation either 14 or 19 August 1943)
At Toome 23 August 1943 until 6 October 1944
At Langford Lodge; element of 8th Air Force Composite Command
At Bottisham, Cambridgeshire, by 1 October 1944
Unit Data Card says arrived Little Waldon, Essexshire, England 8 October 1944
Detachment at Greencastle from 1 October 1944

1261st Military Police Company, Aviation

Sailed 15 November 1943 from New York Port of Embarkation on Queen Mary
Arrives in "England" 20 November 1943
At Greencastle; element of 8th Air Force Composite Command (although mentioned previously as at Mughaberry with no date given)
At North Pickenham, Norfolk, by 11 May 1944

1262d Military Police Company, Aviation

Arrives in European Theater of Operations 20 November 1943 (sailed from United States 18 November)
At Cluntoe; element of 8th Air Force Composite Command (no date given)
At Deopham Green, Norfolk, by 1 October 1944
Detachment arrives at Kilkeel 25 May 1944

1385th Military Police Company, Aviation

Redesignated from 252d Military Police Company
At Kirkassock House by 7 May 1943; element of Eighth Air Force (8th Air Force Composite Command)
At Greencastle (Kilkeel) by 15 January 1944
At Cheddington, Buckinghamshire, by 15 March 1944

1404th Army Air Force Base Unit

Activated 18 July 1944 at Nutts Corner Airport, Nutts Corner by General Orders 1, European Division Air Transport Command, 18 July 1944
Disestablished at Nutts Corner 18 October 1944 by General Orders 9, European Division Air Transport Command, 18 October 1944
Formed from Station No. 2, European Wing, Air Transport Command

1694th Ordnance Supply and Maintenance Company, Aviation

At Langford Lodge (no date given)
Assigned to Eighth Air Force 26 August 1942
At Sudbury, Derbyshire, by 5 September 1944
Unit Data Card indicates arrived 9 September 1944

1730th Ordnance Supply and Maintenance Company, Aviation

Arrives at Cluntoe 30 November 1943 (sailed from United States 18 November 1943) until 1 October 1944
Unit Data Card states sailed from New York Port of Embarkation 15 November 1943, arriving in England 20 November 1943, where it was stationed until disbanded on 7 April 1945
Element of VIII Air Force Composite Command

1802d Ordnance Supply and Maintenance Company, Aviation

Sailed 29 December 1943 from New York Port of Embarkation
At Cluntoe 15 August 1944 to 29 September 1944
Unit Data Card says stationed in "England" from 13 January 1944 to unspecified date
Element of VIII Air Force Composite Command

1947th Quartermaster Truck Company (Colored)

Arrives at Liverpool, England 17 August 1942 (sailed from New York Port of Embarkation 5 August 1942) as 759th Quartermaster Truck Company (Colored)
Arrives at Langford Lodge 17 August 1942 as subordinate element of 7th Air Depot Group
Redesignated 19 September 1942 as 1947th Quartermaster Truck Company, Aviation (Colored)
At Bemberbridge, Lancastershire, 16 June 1943

2069th Engineer Aviation Fire Fighting Platoon

At Cluntoe on or about 12 December 1943 as an element of the Eighth Air Force
At Boreham, Essex, 15 September 1944

2107th Engineer Aviation Fire Fighting Platoon

Activated 3 May 1944 in "England" (Unit Data Card shows no date for departure)
At Greencastle from 15 August 1944 to 24 September 1944 as an element of the Eighth Air Force
At Troston, Suffolk, 24 September 1944

2211th Quartermaster Truck Company, Aviation

Activated at Langford Lodge 20 January 1944 as an element of United States Strategic Air Forces
Unit Data Card indicates stationed in "England" from 20 January 1944 activation until disbanding on 20 May 1945
At Eccles, Norfolk, 24 July 1944

(1) Data derived from European Theater of Operations (ETO) Station Cards now in the possession of the Organizational History Branch, US Army Center of Military History.