that wing fighters were diverted from providing air cover to close air support missions. The 308th began attacks on Formosa, concentrating on chemical factories providing materiel for aviation fuel and explosives. It attacked Hong Kong and Canton to isolate Japanese forces there. The wing arrived in Okinawa in late June where it served as the ADVON for both Fifth Air Force and Far East Air Forces, assuming Operational Control of all land based aircraft on the island including Navy and Marine aircraft until Seventh Air Force headquarters arrived the following month. Occupation Duty The wing moved to Korea late in 1945 and became part of the occupation force. It transferred without personnel and equipment to Japan in 1947 and was not remanned. The unit inactivated on 30 June 1948. Lineage Constituted as the 308th Bombardment Wing, Heavy on 20 January 1944 Activated on 1 February 1944 Redesignated 308th Bombardment Wing, Light in March 1946 Inactivated on 30 June 1948 Assignments Fifth Air Force, 1 February 1944 – 31 August 1945 Far East Air Forces, 1 September 1945 – 30 June 1948 Stations Oro Bay (Cape Sudest) Airfield, New Guinea, 1 February 1944 Owi Airfield, Schouten Islands, Netherlands East Indies, 2 July 1944 Hollandia, Netherlands East Indies, 10 August 1944 Tacloban Airfield, Leyte, Philippines, 22 October 1944 San Marcelino Airfield, Luzon, Philippines, 11 January 1945 Motobu Airfield, Okinawa, Japan, 16 June 1945 Seoul, Korea, 22 September 1945 Kimpo, Korea, 7 January 1946 Nagoya, Japan, March 1947 – 30 June 1948 Components Groups 3d Air Commando Group: (attached, 26 January 1945 – 18 May 1945) 49th Fighter Group: 5 June 1944 – 11 July 1944; 26 September – 8 December 1944 475th Fighter Group: 1 February 1946 – 22 March 1947 (attached 1 February 1944 – 24 March 1944; ca. 23 September 1945 – ca. 31 January 1946) Groups attached for brief periods between 1 February 1944 and 1 September 1945 3d Bombardment Group 8th Fighter Group 18th Fighter Group 22d Bombardment Group 35th Fighter Group 38th Bombardment Group 43d Bombardment Group 58th Fighter Group 90th Bombardment Group 312th Bombardment Group 345th Bombardment Group 348th Fighter Group 375th Troop Carrier Group 417th Bombardment Group 494th Bombardment Group Operational Squadrons 4th Reconnaissance Squadron: (attached 22 October 1945 – 14 April 1946) 26th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron: 21 November 1945 – 20 February 1946 (attached 22 October 1945 – 21 November 1945) 160th Liaison Squadron: