23d Fighter Group (1942–1945) (P-40, P-51)Formerly American Volunteer Group (AVG) "Flying Tigers". 69th Composite Wing 51st Fighter Group: 1942–1945 (P-40, P-38, P-51). 341st Bombardment Group 1944–1945 (B-25). 312th Fighter Wing 33rd Fighter Group: 1944 (P-38, P-47). 81st Fighter Group: 1944–1945 (P-40, P-47). 311th Fighter Group: 1944–1945 (A-36, P-51). Chinese-American Composite Wing (Provisional) (1943–1945) 3rd Fighter Group (Provisional) (P-40, P-51) 5th Fighter Group (Provisional) (P-40, P-51) 1st Bombardment Group (Medium, Provisional) (B-25) Other assigned units: 402d Fighter Group:May – July 1943. Assigned but never equipped. 476th Fighter Group: May – July 1943. Assigned but never equipped. 308th Bombardment Group:(B-24)March 1943 – February 1945 From Tenth Air Force in 1944–1945: 341st Bombardment Group: (B-25)January 1944 – November 1945 443d Troop Carrier Group: (C-47/C-54) Aug – November 1945 426th Night Fighter Squadron: P-61) 1944 – 1945 427th Night Fighter Squadron: (P-61) 1944 – 1945 Twentieth Air Force(Attached To CBI 1944–1945) XX Bomber Command (1944–45)(Kharagpur, India) 1st Photo Squadron 58th Bombardment Wing(Chakulia, Kharagpur, Hijli AB, India) (B-29) 40th Bombardment Group 444th Bombardment Group 462d Bombardment Group 468th Bombardment Group Twentieth Air Force XX Bomber Command (XX BC) combat elements moved in the summer of 1944 from the United States to India where they engaged in very-long-range Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombardment operations against Japan, Formosa, China, Indochina and Burma. While in India, XX BC was supported logistically by Tenth Air Force and the India-China Division of the Air Transport Command. B-29 groups moved to West Field, Tinian, in early 1945. Timeline Early 1942 Stilwell was promoted to lieutenant general and tasked with establishing the CBI. 25 February 1942 Stilwell arrived in India by which time Singapore and Burma had both been invaded by the Japanese Army. 10 March 1942 Stilwell is named Chief of Staff of Allied armies in the Chinese theatre of operations. 19 March 1942 Stilwell's command in China is extended to include the Chinese 5th and 6th Armies operating in Burma after Chiang Kai-shek gave his permission. 20 March 1942 Chinese troops under Stilwell engage Japanese forces along the Sittang River in Burma. 9 April 1942 Claire Chennault inducted into U.S. Army as a colonel, bringing the AVG Flying Tigers squadrons under Stilwell's nominal authority. 16 April 1942 7,000 British soldiers, and 500 prisoners and civilians were encircled by the Japanese 33rd Division at Yenangyaung. 19 April 1942 The 113th Regiment of the Chinese Expeditionary Force's New 38th Division led by General