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Originally Posted by Michi.
AFAIK, the 205th BG was subordinated to the 9th US AF.
Is this correct??MfG Michi
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No, it isn't. After a brief spell in North Africa, by 1944 US 9th AF was based in Britain and later in liberated Western Europe, providing tactical support to the American Army. US Air Forces in the Mediterranean in 1944-45 were the 12th and 15th (tactical and strategic forces, respectively).
No. 205 Group was the name, not 205th BG (that's what a USAAF unit might be called not an RAF one).
It was part of Mediterranean Allied Strategic Air Forces (MASAF) which was itself part of Mediterranean Allied Air Forces (MAAF). Its main equipment was Wellingtons and then Halifaxes and Liberators. It included a number of South African Air Force Squadrons and (I think) at least one Polish one.
The history of 205 Group's activities is in the British National Archives in its Operations Record Books and those of its Squadrons and in the Daily Intelligence/Operations Summaries of MASAF.