11th FLD HOSP ETO 1 Nov 44 France 26 Mar 45 Germany (returned to ZI 11 Nov 45, where inactivated at Cp. At the same time, they had to learn to live and work alongside their former enemies. 125th GEN HOSP ETO 8 Jan 45 England 14 Mar 45 France 5 Apr 45 Germany 30 Jun 45 France 24 Sep 45 Germany (activated 27 Mar 44) 804th HOSP CEN Whitchurch (established Jun 44) (previously designated 6810th HOSP CEN, Provisional) comprised 57th Fld Hosp 68th Gen Hosp 82d Gen Hosp 83d Gen Hosp 109th Gen Hosp 129th Gen Hosp 137th Gen Hosp 157th Gen Hosp 182d Gen Hosp 10th Sta Hosp 33d Sta Hosp 36th Sta Hosp 168th Sta Hosp 312th Sta Hosp 316th Sta Hosp (previously VI Hospital Group, Provisional) If an individual in the RAF qualified for medal(s) after 1 April 1918, the only place you will find details about his medal entitlement will be on his service record. In order to provide more beds for the First US Army, the Hospital opened in Lige on 21 Sep 44, occupying a former Belgian Military Hospital. 247th GEN HOSP 15 Oct 44 (consolidated with 237th STA HOSP, to form the 71st GEN HOSP 7 Feb 47) 238th GEN HOSP ETO 29 Apr 45 Belgium The majority of the bases are operated by the US Army, but the Marines and USAF also have bases in the country. Their task was to assist the British Ministry of Health in combating outbreaks of paratyphoid, scabies, and other diseases which were a constant threat in the crowded and bomb damaged cities. [6] The unit was the first to discover the Germany Navy battleship Bismarck, near Bergen in May 1941. In 1948-49, the GCLO played a major part in supporting the Allied effort during the Berlin Airlift. 13th MED DEP CO ETO 1 Jul 44 France (later operated M-402T) 4, became the 828th CONV CEN 1 Dec 44) 199th GEN HOSP ETO Nov 44 France [17], The Queen's Flight received its first BAe 146 in May 1986, with a second in July 1986 and a final aircraft in late 1990. M-405 MED DEP ETO 25 Aug 44 France STATION HOSPITAL 300 beds > 233 Off & EM 635th MED CLR CO ETO 27 Dec 44 Belgium (component of the 169th MED BN) 812th HOSP CEN Cherbourg, France (established Nov 44) 6th EVAC HOSP 10 Feb 40 (disbanded 24 Aug 42, redesignated 9th EVAC HOSP, embarked for England26 Sep 42) Location: Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Myles Standish, ZI) The relaxation offraternisation rules inHerford, July 1945, Recently liberated Poles outside a displaced persons camp, 1945. 30th FLD HOSP Alaska (Kiska) 15 Aug 43 ZI 20 Feb 44 ETO 15 May 44 England 14 Aug 44 France 28 Feb 45 Germany 7th CONV HOSP ETO England France Germany 105 Squadron formed to establish the first front-line unit for the type. View of a General Hospital, at Bayreuth, Germany,late August 45. The BAOR and Control Commission Germany also had to restart German economic life. This provided paid work and accommodation for thousands of men. 13 21 May 44 England 24 May 44 Wales ETO Normandy Northern France (later redesignated 7th Hospital Train) M-411 MED DEP ETO 29 Nov 44 Belgium (satellite facility of M-409 Medical Depot, located at Lige) 809th HOSP CEN Saint Erme, France (established Apr 45) 79th GEN HOSP USANIF 19 Oct 43 England (remained in the United Kingdom for the duration of the war, closed down 4 May 45, but subsequently reopened in France 21 Jun 45) Air Chief Marshal Sir Andrew Pulford and Admiral Sir George Zambellas were also present. 167th GEN HOSP ETO 21 Oct 44 France (upon arrival in England 23 Sep 44, the organization directly crossed the English Channel into France) (the Hospital closed 1 Jun 45 and eventually staged at Calas, Southern France for Redeployment) HOSP TRAIN No. 56th FLD HOSP ETO 11 Mar 44 England 7 Apr 45 Belgium8 Apr 45 Germany (first assignment to Ninth US Air Force, as a USAAF Hospital, each of the 3 Platoons operated as separate Air Force Clearing Stations Lt. Col. Coughlin > CO, coordinated and supervisedall 9 Platoons of the 3 Ninth Air Force Field Hospitalsin order to achievesimilar personnel organization, equal material proportions, and identical functions in medical practice) [16] No. After weeks of intense fighting, they secured victory, ending the most destructive war in Europe's history. 115 Squadron and supported by the Andover Training Flight, the Andover Serving Flight and the Support Command Flight Checking Unit, the Andovers were used in the radio and navigation-aid calibration role. The new organization could however borrow any additional personnel needed for the performance of its functions from the General Hospitals assigned to the Center. 5 7 Mar 44 England 23 Apr 44 Scotland 117th GEN HOSP ETO 5 Aug 44 England 83d FLD HOSP ETO Germany 25 6 Jul 44 England 25 Jul 44 Scotland ETO Northern France Rhineland Central Europe The French joined them the following year. The latter was co-founded in Hanover by Major John Chaloner who was assigned to the Public Relations and Information Services Control, a unit rebuilding the German media industry underthe supervision of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. While the British got on with administering their zone, relations with the Soviet Union within the Allied Control Council gradually declined. 95th GEN HOSP ETO Mar 44 England Aug 44 France late 44 Belgium (part of the 819th HOSP CEN 18-28 Oct 44, went into strategic reserve Jun 45 in France) Civilians in the ruins of occupied Hamburg, 1945. 724th MED SN CO ETO Jun 44 England Jun 44 France (component of 33d MED BN), This page was printed from the WW2 US Medical Research Centre on 1st May 2023 at 06:45. 158th GEN HOSP ETO Apr 44 England, Partial view of the 76th General Hospital,near Lige, Belgium. Read more: https://www.med-dept.com/articles/ww2-military-hospitals-european-theater-of-operations/, 59th EVAC HOSP MTO 25 Aug 44 Southern France 26 Mar 45 Germany, 39th FLD HOSP ETO 11 Mar 44 England 22 Jun 44 France 30 Sep 44 Belgium 11 Mar 45 Holland 30 Mar 45 Belgium 24 Apr 45 Germany 18 Jun 45 France, 53d FLD HOSP ETO 27 Apr 44 England 15 Jul 44 France 2 Oct 44 Belgium 14 Oct 44 Holland 12 Dec 44 Germany, 100th GEN HOSP USAFBI 14 Apr 43 16 May 44. Eleven were executed and the others sentenced to varying terms of imprisonment. Records of RAF officers who served after 1922 are still with the RAF. During the period January July 1942, inclusive, a large number of Hospital Units moved overseas: 2 Evacuation , 2 Surgical, 4 General, 14 Station Hospitals went to Australia 2 Evacuation , 2 General, and 2 Station Hospitals were shipped to the South Pacific 2 Station Hospitals were transferred to the Central Pacific 1 General and 1 Station Hospital went to Northern Ireland 1 General Hospital to Iceland 2 General and 3 Station Hospitals to England and more later embarked for India and northwest Canada. Hiswords came to define much of the post-war era: 'From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent.'. 493d MED COLL CO ETO 19 Sep 44 Belgium The base also contains the Panzer Kaserne Marine Base, as well as elements of the US Navy. As relations with the Soviet Union deteriorated, it was considered more expedient to make friends with Germany rather than keep prosecuting its people and alienate them from the West. 51st FLD HOSP ETO 9 Mar 44 England 8 Jun 44 France 5 Sep 44 Belgium 1 Oct 44 Germany 27 Dec 44 Belgium 4 Feb 45 Germany 3 Dec 45 France STATION HOSPITAL 500 beds > 364 Off & EM (other sources 370 Off & EM, 407 Off & EM) The unit was renamed the Queen's Flight on the coronation of Elizabeth II in June 1953. We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. 132d EVAC HOSP ETO France V Hospital Group (Prov) Great Malvern, Worcs., UK (ex-12th Hospital Center) 8 13 Mar 44 England The Battles and Ansons of No. 59 6 Sep 44 England [17], With the departure of the Argosys, the only flying unit which remained at Benson was the Queen's Flight. The American medical build-up gathered momentum in summer andfall of 1942 with the steady increase of US troops in the European Theater . Germany's economic rebirth was assisted by the British Army. Look at AIR 2/219, the Roll of Honour for men from the USA and Dominions who served with the British Air Forces in the First World War. In the absence of a service record, or perhaps to supplement one, Operations Record Books (ORBs) can prove very revealing. But eventually,in October 1945, theAllies and Soviets handed responsibility for DPs to theUnited Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration(UNRRA) . 201st GEN HOSP ETO 7 Nov 44 England 26 Dec 44 France In that same period 5,050,718 Army patients were admitted to overseas Hospitals, and 6,002,013 to ZI Hospitals! Official Site: https://home.army.mil/stuttgart/index.php. EVACUATION HOSPITAL 400 beds > 296 Off & EM (other sources 375 Off & EM) To find out more about how we collect, store and use your personal information, read our Privacy Policy. Furnishing hospitalization facilities for overseas areas became another phase of the US War Department plans. Our Trustees | About Us | RAF Benevolent Fund 92d MED GAS TREAT BN ETO Mar 45 Germany It was later joined by the 28th General Hospital which went into operation in the city early October.The staff of the 15th Gen Hosp held regular meetings with the medical faculty of the local University, to discuss latest developments in the medical field and help them further on with their medical-related activities. 150 Squadron. 121st EVAC HOSP ETO Germany Austria (responsible for medical treatment of former inmates at KZ-Flossenburg) With the construction of a similar, but more advanced facility in Wiesbaden, Dagger Complex was downgraded to a data center, and is scheduled to be closed in the coming years. Apprehending these lesser-known Nazis became the responsibility of the Allies depending on which zone of Germany or Austria they controlled. Overall Mission: USAG Bavaria contains the Sheridan Barracks. HOSP TRAIN No. 122d GEN HOSP ETO 1 Aug 44 England Once a member of the Royal Air Force has reached the rank of warrant officer or master aircrew, they are eligible to apply to be a SWO. STATION HOSPITAL 150 beds > 125 Off & EM Overall Mission: Spangdahlem Air Base is a NATO Air Base with the USAF as the major tenant. M-407 MED DEP ETO 6 Sep 44 France 70th MED BASE DEP CO ETO 20 Nov 44 France Projects to garrison the Atlantic Bases got under way early in 1941; a first medical group was sent to St. Johns, Newfoundland in January, and other groups followed to Trinidad and Bermuda in April. 279th GEN HOSP ETO 18 Sep 45 Germany 38 Group was subsumed into RAF Strike Command and relocated to RAF Upavon, whereas the TCW moved to nearby RAF Brize Norton. 231st STA HOSP ETO 1 Dec 45 England 94th MED GAS TREAT BN ETO Sep 44 France Apr 45 Germany STATION HOSPITAL 25 beds > 34 Off & EM 114 Squadron and No. 74 ETO Rhineland A second runway (06/24) along with the western taxiways are no longer in use, The airfield features two areas known as load parks (north and south), which are used by helicopters for practising under-slung load operations. 6 Air Experience Flight with the De Havilland Chipmunk T.1. 63d GEN HOSP USAFBI Jan 43 ETO 44 (supplied enlisted personnel to affiliated units that embarked for overseas between Jan-Jul 42, embarked for overseas 15 Jan 43) 52d GEN HOSP USAFBI 12 Jan 43 ETO 15 Apr 43 England (activated 1 Sep 42, inactivated in the UK 24 Aug 45) Dealing with so many people took time. 802d HOSP CEN Blandford (previously II Hospital Group, Provisional) The base is one of the only bases in Europe that has existed as a US Army base since before WWII. 197th GEN HOSP ETO 14 Feb 45 France This is the only known Second World War nominal roll for the RAF in The National Archives. There were shortages of food, clothesand fuel. 13th FLD HOSP ETO England 7 Jun 44 France 15 Aug 45 Germany RAF Benson - The Chief of the Air Staff's Warrant Officer - Facebook 6 Air Experience Flight, both flying the Grob Tutor T1 light training aircraft used for student and cadet flying training. No. HOSP TRAIN No. alone had approximately 700 Hospital units of all kinds in operation overseas at this time British soldiers had a leading role in this, helping to hunt war criminals, rebuild industry and deal with displaced persons. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. [26] A further Merlin unit, No. 814th HOSP CEN Paris, France (established Feb 45) It was attended by Prince Andrew, Duke of York (Commodore-in-Chief of the Fleet Air Arm), and Prince Michael of Kent (Honorary Air Marshal of RAF Benson). 819th HOSP CEN Bar-le-Duc, France (established Dec 44) He was arrested, while in disguise, at a checkpoint and taken to an interrogation camp near Lneburgon 23 May 1945. Map of Germanyshowing the different zones of occupation in 1945. 8th FLD HOSP USAFBI Nov 42 ETO 27 Jun 44 France 24 Mar 45 Holland 12 Apr 45 Germany 24 Jun 45 Southern France