History
Established in early 1943 as an intermediate-level command and control organization. Initially was a Third Air Force training unit at McDill Field, Florida, with responsibility for B-26 Marauder training by III Bomber Command.
Assigned to Fifteenth Air Force, being stationed at Bari, Italy and was inactivated on 9 September 1945.
Read more about this topic: 55th Bombardment Wing (World War II)
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