Station 111 Telephone Directories 306th Bomb Group--Thurleigh, England
Here are two telephone directories for the the 306th Bombardment Group while stationed at Thurleigh, one from the earlier part of WWII
and the second during the Casey Jones Project period before the 306th left Thurleigh for operations from continental Europe. From September 1943,
the first directory provides a good overview of the command organization at the time including a listing of all the ground support units at Thurleigh.
At this time the 306th BG was assigned to the 1st Bomb Wing and the 102nd Combat Wing. The 1st Bomb Wing would later be redesignated 1st Bomb Division and
the 306th would be assigned to the new 40th Combat Wing under command of 1st Bomb Division. The second directory is from summer/fall 1945 with the 306th
now assigned to the 9th Army Air Force conducting Casey Jones just prior to their departure from Thurleigh in December. Note the new ground support commands.
They are the result of a major AAF reorganization that took place on April 15, 1945 that dissolved some commands while combining other units into new
organizations (see Special Order #101 in the 1945 listing of special orders under the Archives tab to see how this reorganization affected 306th units
such as the 4th Station Complement Squadron and the 39th Service Group).