Air Service Command, Mediterranean Theater of Operations
Active1942-1945
CountryUnited States of America
BranchUnited States Army Air Forces
RoleMilitary Logistics
Part ofArmy Air Forces, Mediterranean Theater of Operations
EngagementsMediterranean Theater of Operations

Air Service Command, Mediterranean Theater of Operations was a United States Army Air Forces logistics formation. It had its headquarters and an HQ squadron at Naples, Italy. It was originally XII Air Force Service Command, part of Twelfth Air Force, but after 1 January 1944 became AAF Service Command, Mediterranean Theater of Operations.[1] The command was assigned directly to Army Air Forces, Mediterranean Theater of Operations, and controlled the air depots and air sub depots in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations.

It provided theater logistics at the end of the war (a detachment was at Foggia, Italy),[2] and subordinate units included the 302nd Depot Repair Squadron.[3]

The 515th Air Service Group formed part of the command at Pomigliano d'Arco Airfield, Italy, from 28 December 1944 to 1945.[4] The 517th Air Service Group was also part of the command for a time in 1945.

Lineage

  • Constituted as XII Air Force Service Command[5]
Activated on 22 August 1942
Redesignated Air Service Command, Mediterranean Theater of Operations on 1 January 1944
Disbanded on 30 November 1945

Assignments

Stations

Components

Included:

Commands

  • Casablanca Service Area Command (Provisional) (later 1st Service Area Command (Provisional)), 12 December 1942 – ca. 14 March 1943
  • Constantine Service Area Command (Provisional) (later 3d Service Area Command (Provisional)), 14 December 1942 – 14 March 1943
  • Oran Service Area Command (Provisional) (later 2d Service Area Command (Provisional)), 12 December 1942 – ca. 14 March 1943
  • I Service Area Command (later I Air Service Area Command (Special)), ca. 14 March 1943 – 30 September 1945
  • II Service Area Command (later II Air Service Area Command (Special), XV Air Force Service Command), ca. 14 March 1943 – December 1943, January 1944 – 9 September 1945 (detached to Strategic Air Force, Mediterranean Allied Air Forces January 1944 – spring 1945)
  • III Service Area Command (later III Air Service Area Command (Special), XII Air Force Service Command), 14 March 1943 – 25 July 1945 (detached to Tactical Air Force, Mediterranean Allied Air Forces January 1944 – spring 1945)

Areas

  • Advanced Air Depot Area, October 1943 – December 1943

Depots

  • Adriatic Base Depot, unknown
  • Air Force General Depot No. 1 (later Oran Intransit Depot, Air Force Sub Depot No. 12), Nov 42 – ca 1 May 1945
  • Air Force General Depot No. 2 (later Maison Blanche General Depot, Air Force General Depot No. 4), Nov 42 – 17 October 1944
  • Air Force General Depot No. 3 (later Casablanca Sub Depot, Air Force Sub Depot No. 11, Air Force General Depot No. 11), Feb 43 – 21 August 1944
  • Air Force General Depot No. 4 (later Air Force General Depot No. 2), Jan 43 – 29 November 1944
  • Air Force General Depot No. 5 (later Air Force General Depot No. 1), May 43 – 29 November 1944
  • Air Force General Depot No. 6 (later Air Force General Depot No. 3, Air Force Sub Depot No. 31), Aug 43 – 14 July 1944, 19 September 1944 – ca. 31 July 1945
  • 51st Troop Carrier Wing, 15–31 August 1945

See also

References

  1. ↑ "HyperWar: Army Air Forces in World War II Volume III: Europe: ARGUMENT to V-E Day, January 1944 to May 1945 Chapter 10". www.ibiblio.org. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  2. ↑ "Force Service Commands by name". 14 October 2005. Archived from the original on 17 January 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  3. ↑ "302ND Depot Repair Squadron". Archived from the original on 17 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "Abstract, History 515 Air Service Group Dec 1944". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
  5. ↑ This headquarters is not related to the XII Air Force Service Command formed on 1 January 1944 by redesignation of the III Air Service Area Command.

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