15th Air Force (15th AF)
U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF)

Background
On November 1, 1943 the Fifteenth Air Force (15th AF) is activated in the U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) in in Tunis, Tunisia under the command of Lt. General Jimmy Doolittle in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO).

Command
15th Air Force Headquarters (15th AF HQ)

Bombardment Group (FG)
450th Bombardment Group (450th BG) "Cotton Tails"

Commanding Officer (C.O.)
Lt. General Jimmy Doolittle (November 1, 1943–January 5, 1944)
Major General Nathan F. Twining (January 6, 1944)

References
U.S. Air Force - Eighth Air Force History

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