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This move was made because the wiki article titled "3d Air Division (Bombardment) (World War II)" provided duplicate information already posted at 98th Bombardment Wing (World War II). There was a 3d Air Division during WWII, but this was not it. During World War II, the 3d Air Division was a B-17/B-24 component of the Eighth Air Force with no connection to the B-26 98th BW that after the war took on a nearly identical designation. Confusion arises because both were in the 8th AF at the same time in 1942-43:
The actual 3d Air Division (Bombardment) (World War II) --the organization referenced in the moved article title--was the latter, not the former. The 4th BW had grown to an unwieldy 7 groups and three "provisional wings" and was reorganized into the 3d Bomb Division in Sept 1943, then renamed 3d Air Division in Jan 1945. It eventually became the USAF 3d Air Division of USAFE/SAC.
The B-26 wing was renamed and transferred to the 9th AF at approx. the same time. After the war it was assigned to the Air Force Reserve and reverted back to its 3rd Wing designation (3d Bombardment Wing [Light]), but in 1948 when a new 3rd Bomb Wing (Light) (successor to the 3d BG) was created, the AFR organization was then given the designation "3rd Air Division (Bombardment)" to differentiate it (couldn't go back to 98th BW because a new 98th BW was created too).
Since an article already exists in full at "98th BW (WWII)" that covers the AFR designation, I created the disambiguation page that accounts for both 3d ADs and avoids an unecessary merge of "3AD(B)(WWII)" and "98th BW (WWII)".-- Reedmalloy ( talk) 00:48, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
This disambiguation page only has two articles. Created a HatNote at 3d_Air_Division, as this may be the more likely of the two required. -- Haruth ( talk) 17:36, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
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This move was made because the wiki article titled "3d Air Division (Bombardment) (World War II)" provided duplicate information already posted at 98th Bombardment Wing (World War II). There was a 3d Air Division during WWII, but this was not it. During World War II, the 3d Air Division was a B-17/B-24 component of the Eighth Air Force with no connection to the B-26 98th BW that after the war took on a nearly identical designation. Confusion arises because both were in the 8th AF at the same time in 1942-43:
The actual 3d Air Division (Bombardment) (World War II) --the organization referenced in the moved article title--was the latter, not the former. The 4th BW had grown to an unwieldy 7 groups and three "provisional wings" and was reorganized into the 3d Bomb Division in Sept 1943, then renamed 3d Air Division in Jan 1945. It eventually became the USAF 3d Air Division of USAFE/SAC.
The B-26 wing was renamed and transferred to the 9th AF at approx. the same time. After the war it was assigned to the Air Force Reserve and reverted back to its 3rd Wing designation (3d Bombardment Wing [Light]), but in 1948 when a new 3rd Bomb Wing (Light) (successor to the 3d BG) was created, the AFR organization was then given the designation "3rd Air Division (Bombardment)" to differentiate it (couldn't go back to 98th BW because a new 98th BW was created too).
Since an article already exists in full at "98th BW (WWII)" that covers the AFR designation, I created the disambiguation page that accounts for both 3d ADs and avoids an unecessary merge of "3AD(B)(WWII)" and "98th BW (WWII)".-- Reedmalloy ( talk) 00:48, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
This disambiguation page only has two articles. Created a HatNote at 3d_Air_Division, as this may be the more likely of the two required. -- Haruth ( talk) 17:36, 25 March 2010 (UTC)