Air Service Command, Mediterranean Theater of Operations
Air Service Command Mediterranean Theater of Operations was a United States Army Air Forces logistics organization. It had its headquarters and an HQ squadron at Naples, Italy. It was originally XII Air Force Service Command, part of Twelfth Air Force, but after 1 January 1944 became AAF Service Command, Mediterranean Theater of Operations. The unit was assigned directly to Army Air Forces, Mediterranean Theater of Operations, and controlled the Air Depots and Sub Depots in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations.
The command provided theater logistics at the end of the war, and subordinate units included the 302nd Depot Repair Squadron.Lineage
- Constituted as XII Air Force Service Command
Assignments
- Twelfth Air Force, 22 August 1942
- Army Air Forces, Mediterranean Theater of Operations, 1 January 1944 - October 1945 (attached to Mediterranean Allied Air Forces 1 January 1944 - unknown
- Unknown Oct 1945 - 30 November 1945
Stations
- MacDill Field, Florida 22 August 1942 - September 1942
- Kew Gardens, London, United Kingdom, September 1942 - November 1942
- Oran, Algeria, December 1942
- Algiers, Algeria, ca. December 1942
- Maison Blanche Airfield, Algeria, ca. March 1943
- Naples, Italy, February 1944 - 30 November 1945
Components
Included:
Commands
- Casablanca Service Area Command , 12 December 1942 - ca. 14 March 1943
- Constantine Service Area Command , 14 December 1942 - 14 March 1943
- Oran Service Area Command , 12 December 1942 - ca. 14 March 1943
- I Service Area Command, ca. 14 March 1943 - 30 September 1945
- II Service Area Command, ca. 14 March 1943 - December 1943, January 1944 - 9 September 1945
- III Service Area Command, 14 March 1943 - 25 July 1945
Areas
Depots
- Adriatic Base Depot, unknown
- Air Force General Depot No. 1, Nov 42 - ca 1 May 1945
- Air Force General Depot No. 2, Nov 42 - 17 October 1944
- Air Force General Depot No. 3, Feb 43 - 21 August 1944
- Air Force General Depot No. 4, Jan 43 - 29 November 1944
- Air Force General Depot No. 5, May 43 - 29 November 1944
- Air Force General Depot No. 6, Aug 43 - 14 July 1944, 19 September 1944 - ca. 31 July 1945
