345th Bombardment Wing

345th Bombardment Wing
345th Bombardment Wing B-57B Canberras in 1957
Active1942–1945; 1954–1957; 1957–1959
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
RoleTactical bomber
Nickname(s)Air Apaches
Insignia
345th Bombardment Wing emblem[a][1][2]

The 345th Bombardment Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Tactical Air Command at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, where it was inactivated on 25 June 1959.

During World War II the 345th Bombardment Group operated in the Southwest Pacific Theater as a North American B-25 Mitchell medium bomber unit assigned to Fifth Air Force. It was awarded both the Distinguished Unit Citation and the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation for its combat service in New Guinea; the Bismarck Archipelago, Leyte; Luzon; the Southern Philippines and China.


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  1. ^ Maurer, Combat Units, pp. 223–224
  2. ^ Ravenstein, p. 182