Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion (Separate)
Formed: 1941
Organized: 4 July 1942, Drew Field, Tampa, Florida
Activated: September 1942
Subordinate to: XII Air Support Command
Landed: D-Day (Operation Torch) 8 November 1942, Casablanca
Area of responsibility: The Moroccan coast from 80 miles south of Casablanca to the Spanish Moroccan border. Operated radars in French Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Sicily, Italy.
Relocated: 15 October 1943, Italy
Note: By December 1943, augmented the Coast Artillery Surface Warning Platoons
Subordinate to: 62nd Fighter Wing, XXII Tactical Air Command
Reconstituted: 21 September 1944, Leghorn, Italy
Relocated: 9 October 1944, Rosignano, Italy
Relocated: 8 November 1944, Castiglioncello, Italy
Equipment: 1942, four (4) SCR-270, three (3) SCR-516, four (4) SCR-602
Campaigns & Foreign Service Awards:
Central Europe 22 March – 11 May 1945
Naples-Foggia (Ground) 9 September 1943 – 21 January 1944
North Appennines 10 September 1944 – 4 April 1945
Rhineland 15 September 1944 – 21 March 1945
Rome-Arno 22 January – 9 September 1944
Sicily (Ground) 9 July – 17 August 1943
Allotted: 24 May 1946 to National Guard
Redesignated: 24 May 1946 as 155th ACWG
Notes: Participated in the invasion of North Africa in November 1942
Invasion of Sicily in 1943
Invasion of the Italian mainland that same year
North Apennine mountains in December of 1944,
Ordered to France to replace the 555 SAW which had been overrun and destroyed by German forces in the Battle of the Bulge

Headquarters Company

Company A
Rouvo Di Puglia, Italy

6th Platoon
Redesignated: 1 June 1944, 6529th Signal Radar Reporting Platoon, (Provisional)

Company B

Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion
Activated: 28 September 1942, Drew Field, Tampa, Florida
Arrived: 28 January 1944, Scotland
Relocated: 6 March 1944, Wey Hill, England
Relocated: 2 July 1944, Pierre Eglise, France via Omaha Beach
Subordinate to: 100th Fighter Wing
Mission: To furnish Air Warning service for the Third Army
Location: September 1944, deployed along the Moselle River
Campaigns & Foreign Service Awards:
Ardennes-Alsace 16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945
Central Europe 22 March – 11 May 1945
Normandy 6 June – 24 July 1944
Northern France 25 July - 14 September 1944
Rhineland 15 September 1944 – 21 March 1945
Distinguished Unit Citation 3 – 8 August 1944
Meritorious Unit Commendation 13 January – 25 March 1945
Occupation Credit: 20 May – 5 July 1945 Germany
Equipment:
SCR-584
1944, SCR-582, for highly moible situations

BACU Units (Battle Area Control Units)
Note: The Battle area control units were SCR-584 radar units which were built for antiaircraft artillery gun laying duty.  They were modified so that the radar antenna was electrically connected to an X-Y plotter.  The electronics could be latched on to the radar echo from an aircraft to be guided (or tracked) and the plotter would automatically follow the target so its path could be plot­ted on the board.  The controller could guide an aircraft to a pre­determined location and the automatic bomb laying electron­ics would determine the flight elevation and signal when to release the bombs.
Equipment:
1944, SCR-584 radar which was redesigned from the mission of Anti Aircraft gun laying to accurate, automatic tracking radar.

FDP-1
Equipment:
1944, British Type 11 and Type 15

FDP-2
Equipment:
1944, British Type 11 and Type 15

FDP-3
Equipment:
1944, British Type 11 and Type 15

FDP-4
Equipment:
1944, British Type 11 and Type 15

FDP-5
Equipment: 1944 MEW (CPS-1)

LW-1
Equipment:
1944, British made LW unit

LW-2
Equipment:
1944, British made LW unit

LW-3
Equipment:
1944, British made LW unit

LW-4
Equipment:
1944, British made LW unit

Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion (Separate)
Activated: 30 April 1942, Drew Field, Tampa, Florida
Reorganized: 10 April 1943, Camp Martin, near Sarasota, Florida
Deployed: Arrived 29 January 1944, United Kingdom
Deployed: 18 August 1944, France via Omaha Beach
Church Fenton (Leeds), Yorkshire, England
Middlesborough, Yorkshire, England
Campaigns & Foreign Service Awards:
Central Europe 22 March – 11 May 1945
Normandy 6 June – 24 July 1944
Northern France 25 July - 14 September 1944
Rhineland 15 September 1944 – 21 March 1945
Meritorious Unit Commendation 28 August 1944 – 1 April 1945
Occupation Credit: 5 July – 31 October 1945 Germany
Commander: Lieutenant Colonel Higginson

Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion (Separate)
Activated: 30 March 1942, Drew Field, Tampa, Florida
Deployed: Arrived 18 June 1942, Australia
Deployed: New Guinea (Port Moresby)
Note: Units of the battalion are continually moving up to places like: Noemfoor, Sansapor, Maffin Bay, Moratai Island, Cape Obmarai, Amsterdam Island and Raoe Island.
Reorganized: 16 May 1944
Subordinate to: 86th Air Defense Wing
Subordinate Units:
694th Signal Aircraft Warning Company
699th Signal Aircraft Warning Company
708th Signal Aircraft Warning Company
709th Signal Aircraft Warning Company
710th Signal Aircraft Warning Company
711th Signal Aircraft Warning Company
723rd Signal Aircraft Warning Company
725th Signal Aircraft Warning Company
Inactivated: 13 June 1945 as an operational battalion. What was left of the unit functioned as an Air Warning Squadron, Heavy, under the 5277 Aircraft Control and Warning Group (Provisional)
Reactivated: 10 September 1945, the battalion went back to its original status.
Subordinate to: October 1945, XII Air Force
Located: September 1945, East Mabalacat Strip, near Clark Field, Pampangas, Luzon, Philippine Islands.

Campaigns & Foreign Service Awards:
Bismarck Archipelago 15 December 1943 – 27 November 1944 (Company A only)
Luzon 15 December 1944 – 4 July 1945
New Guinea 24 January 1943 – 31 December 1944
Papua 23 July 1942 – 23 January 1943 (Detachment only)
Distinguished Unit Citation 23 July 1942 – 23 January 1943
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation 7 December 1941 – 10 May 1942 or 17 October 1944 – 4 July 1945

Company A
Notes: 16 May 1944, Company made up of personnel and equipment from:
Company F, 565th SAW Battalion
1st Reporting Platoon 725th SAW Company
1st Reporting Platoon 709th SAW Company
Transferred: 16 May 1944, Company A, 574th SAW Battalion
Equipment: 3 each SCR-270, 2 each SCR-527, 1 each SCR-588, 1 each SCR-615
Note: Biak Island Assault, May 1944. "Co A, 565th Sig AW Bn, less Plot Plat (unreadable) 565th Sig Bn and Det. "C" 8th FC Sq will land at (unreadable) Z+10. They will establish the 33rd FCC (Perm) at (unreadable) Drome beginning on Z+10 and being completely operational by Z+20."

1st Lt. Wells Packer Irving - Certificate of Service

1st Platoon
Mission: Biak Island Assault, May 1944. " 1st Plat, Co A, 565th Sig AW Bn (RS 410) will land on Owk Island Z+2 and erect the LW/AW immediately. The SCR-270 will be installed as soon as possible for early warning to the South and West.
RS-408 Location - Celluloid
Equipment: SCR-270

2nd Platoon
Mission: Biak Island Assault, May 1944. " 2nd Plat, Co A, 565th Sig AW Bn (RS 411) will land at Cape Snerissori(sp) Z+10. It will be sited to provide warning to the West."
RS-409 Location Backhander
Relocated: July/September 1944, from Cape Gloucester, New Britain to Sansapor Village, Cape Sansapor, Dutch New Guinea
Note: March 1945, Platoon along with 5th platoon, withstands a direct attack by 170 Japanese, at Sansapor Village, Dutch New Guinea.
Equipment: SCR-270

3rd Platoon
RS-414 - Location Backhander
Equipment: SCR-270

4th Platoon
RS-525
Equipment: SCR-527

5th Platoon
Redesignated: 8 March 1945 as the 11th Platoon, Company B, 595th SAW Battalion
RS-530 Location Washstand
Note: March 1945, Platoon along with 2nd platoon, withstands a direct attack by 170 Japanese, at Sansapor Village, Dutch New Guinea.
Equipment: SCR-527

20th Platoon
Mission: Biak Island Assault, May 1944. "20th Plat, Co A, 565th Sig AW Bn (RS 529) will land at Moxmer Drome Z+2 and begin GCI operation as soon as possible."

Plotting Platoon A
Notes: 16 May 1944, personnel and equipment transferred to Company C, 574th SAW Battalion

Company B
Notes:16 May 1944, Company made up of personnel and equipment from:
Company B, 565th SAW Battalion,
1st Reporting Platoon Company B, 574th SAW Battalion
3rd Reporting Platoon 709th SAW Company
5th Reporting Platoon 709th SAW Company
1st Reporting Platoon 723rd SAW Company
Equipment: 3 each SCR-270, 2 each SCR-527, 1 each SCR 516, 1 each SCR 615

12th Platoon
Redesignated: 8 March 1945, as the 13 Platoon, Company B, 595th SAW Battalion

Company C
Notes: 16 May 1944, Company made up of personnel and equipment from:
Company C, 565th SAW Battalion
3rd Reporting Platoon, Company A, 574th SAW Battalion
4th Reporting Platoon, Company A, 574th SAW Battalion
2nd Reporting Platoon, 725th SAW Company
Relocated: June/August 1944, from Lae to Noemfoor Island, to set up new Fighter Control Center

15th Platoon
(Less Detachment) - Finschhafen - Kamiri
Equipment: SCR-270

Detachment 15, Company C
LW/AW Platoon
RS-412 - Finschhafen

16th Platoon
(Less Detachment) - Finschhafen - Sowor
Equipment: SCR-270

Detachment 16, Company C
LW/AW Platoon
RS-417 - Finschhafen

17th Platoon
RS-418 - Finschhafen - Kikar Point
Equipment: SCR-270

18th Platoon
RS-526 - Finschhafen - Jenmano
Equipment: SCR-527

19th Platoon
RS-532 - Finschhafen -Soewer
Relocated: June/August 1944, from Nadzab, New Guinea to Noemfoor Island
Equipment: SCR-527

Equipment Company C
Provisional Fighter Control Center
Finschhafen - Kamiri

Equipment: 3 each SCR-270, 2 each SCR-527, 2 each SCR-615

Company D
Notes: 16 May 1944, personnel and equipment transferred to Company B, 574th SAW Battalion

Company E
Notes: 16 May 1944, personnel and equipment transferred to Company C, 574th SAW Battalion

Plotting Platoon E
Notes: 16 May 1944, Personnel and equipment transferred to Company A, 574th SAW Battalion

Allotted: 24 May 1946 to National Guard
Redesignated: 24 May 1946 as 156th ACWG
Notes: Equipment was referred to as "heavy long range units" in 583rd SAW Bn history, page 35.

Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion
Activated: 10 October 1942, Drew Field, Tampa, Florida
Arrived: April 1944, England
Located: France to Belgium to Germany, December 1944 - April 1945
Subordinate to: 9th Air Force
Campaigns & Foreign Service Awards:
Ardennes-Alsace 16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945
Central Europe 22 March – 11 May 1945
Normandy 6 June – 24 July 1944
Northern France 25 July - 14 September 1944
Rhineland 15 September 1944 – 21 March 1945
Meritorious Unit Commendation 1 November 1944 – 1 June 1945
Occupation Credit: 2 May – 31 October 1945 Germany

Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion (Separate)

Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion
Activated: 3 January 1943
Drew Field, Tampa Florida; 4 January 1943 to 23 March 1943
Deployed: Camp Rutherford, Bradenton, Florida; 23 March 1943 to 1 July 1943
Deployed: Camp Gordon Johnston, Florida; 1 July 1943 to 5 August 1943
Deployed:Gulfport, Mississippi; 5 August 1943 to 15 November 1943
Deployed: Drew Field, Tampa Florida; 15 November 1943 to 8 June 1944
Enroute to Fort Lawton, Seattle, Washington; 8 June 1944 to 13 June 1944
Deployed: Fort Lawton, Seattle, Washington; 13 June 1944 to 30 June 1944
Enroute to Oahu, T.H.; 30 June 1944 to 12 July 1944
Deployed: Bellows Field, Oahu, T.H.; 12 July 1944 to 28 September 1944
Deployed: Kualoa Air Base, Oahu, T.H.; 28 Sept 1944 to 5 November 1944
Deployed: Bellows Filed, Oahu, T.H.; 5 November 1944 to 5 February 1945
Enroute to Iwo Jima; 5 February 1945 to 7 March 1945
Deployed: Iwo Jima; 7 March 1945 to present {August 1945}
Attached: 1945 to Iwo Jima Air Base Command
Subordinate units: 726th Signal Aircraft Warning Company; 302nd Fighter Control Squadron
Redesignated: July 1946, 624th AC&WS? (Ref Microfilm roll A0434)
Equipment: CPS-1; SC-3 (Navy type radar); SCR-270 DA; SCR-527-A; SCR-602; TPS-1B; TPS-3; TPS-6; TPS-10;
Campaigns & Foreign Service Awards:
Air Offensive, Japan 17 April 1942 – 2 September 1945
Ryukyus 26 March – 2 July 1945
Western Pacific (Ground) 15 June 1944 – 2 September 1945 (3rd Platoon, Company B; 3rd Platoon Company D and A)
Navy Unit Citation: 19 – 28 February 1945 (Detachment only)
Occupation Credit: 15 September – 5 December 1945 Okinawa
History: 568th Signal AW Battalion Unit History

Headquarters and Plotting Company
Commanders:
(?) - 24 July 1943, 2nd Lt. William D. Elkins
24 July 1943 - (?) 1st Lt. Charles H. Butler
(?) - 19 August 1943, 2nd Lt. Robert N. Baylor
19 August 1943 - (?), Captain Henry C. Byrd

1st Reporting Company
Commanders:
(?) - 24 July 1943, 2nd Lt. Clifford H. Oscarson
24 July 1943 - (?), 2nd Lt. Thaddeus C. Grabowski
(?) - 19 August 1943, 1st Lt. Emmett V. Conkling
19 August 1943 - (?), 1st Lt. Edward F. Weiss

2nd Reporting Company
Commanders:
(?) - 24 July 1943, 1st Lt. Sanford M. Ullman
24 July 1943 - (?), 1st Lt. Alvis M. Tingle Jr.

Company A

1st Platoon
Equipment: SCR-270-DA

2nd Platoon
Equipment: SCR-270-DA

3rd Platoon
Equipment: SCR-527

4th Platoon
Equipment: SCR-527

Company B

Company C

1st Platoon
Equipment: AN/CPS-1A, SCR-270-DA

2nd Platoon
Equipment: SCR-615-B

3rd Platoon
Note: This Platoon was attached to Company A of the 568th SAW Bn, 7 November 1944. In preparation for a tactical assignment in the near future, they began training as part of the organizatioin to which it was attached.
Commanders:
November 1944, 1st Lieutenant Howard D. Recter
Equipment: December 1944, SCR-527

4th Platoon
Equipment: AN/TPS-10

Company D

1st Platoon
Equipment: SCR-270-DA

2nd Platoon
Equipment: SCR-270-DA

3rd Platoon
Equipment: SCR-527

Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion
Formed: 4 January 1943, Drew Field, Tampa, Florida
Disbanded: 1 November 1944

Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion
Activated: 5 February 1943, Drew Field, Tampa, Florida
Deployed: March 1944, China
Departed: September 1945-November 1945, China for US via Calcutta
Campaigns & Foreign Service Awards:
China Offensive 5 May – 2 September 1945

Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion
Activated: 2 February 1943, Drew Field, Tampa, Florida
Located: Bradenton,
Relocated: February 1944, Departed for California (Camp Pinedale?)
Relocated: October 1944, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Commander:
(Capt. or Maj.) Edward V. Tresham
Deactivated: Effective 16 April 1945, personnel transferred to other units. Authority to inactivate came 1 July 1945.

Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion

Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion
Activated: 4 March 1943, Drew Field, Tampa, Florida
Note: received operational training at Drew Field
Departed: from the Boston Port of Embarkation, 29 December 1943
Arrived: 12 January 1944, Glasgow, Scotland
Located: Near Henley on Thames
Reorganized: January 1944, From 39 Officers, 5 Warrant Officers and 545 Enlisted personnel to 73 Officers, 7 Warrant Officers and 959 Enlisted men.
Reorganized: December 1944, New manning of 54 Officers, 7 Warrant Officers and 841 Enlisted men.
Note: with this reorganization, teams from Battalion were sent to British radar schools. Radar mechanics and technical officers were sent to RAF Stations Yatesbury, and operators for GCI were sent to Leighton Buzzard for 2 to 3 weeks training. Filter Center personnel were trained at Bawdsey, England.
Arrived: ETO, assigned to the II Fighter Command of the Ninth Air Force.
Transferred: 22 January 1944, to the IX Air Support Command.
Transferred: 4 March 1944, to XIX Air Support Command.
Deployed: March 1944 as a whole to the southeastern corner of England in the Canterbury- Dover- Ashford area for training.
Transferred:  20 April 1944, to the IX Air Defense Command.
Deployed: 26 April 1944, to  the northern part of England in the Tyne-Tees area which is roughly the area between Newcastle on Tyne and Middlesbrough.
Attached: 52nd AAA Brigade, then 22nd AAA Brigade.
Deployed: 15 July 1944, Near Chilbolton, England
Mission: Complete preparation for movement to the Continent.
Note: In order to permit each platoon to function as a separate unit, sites were selected in the vicinity of Chilbolton and each platoon moved to a separate site between the 8th and 10th of August.
Note: Orders were issued for the battalion to prepare an LW radar unit complete with standby and communications equipment and control personnel to take part in an airborne operation.  The LW platoons of Lt. Micklenborg and Lt. Sprouse were selected for the operation.  They were trained in glider transport and practiced the combat loading and unloading of LW radars, jeeps and radios in the gliders.
Deployed:  25 August 1944, the battalion moved in convoy to the marshaling Area at Weymouth, England.
Departed: 28 August 1944
Disembarked: 29 August at Utah Beach, on the Normandy Peninsula. Moved directly to bivouac area Northeast of Rennes on 29 August 1944.
Transferred: 11 September 1944, to the XXIX Tactical Air Command.
Relocated: 20 September 1944, to Vermand, France
Arrived: 21 September 1944, Vermand, France
Relocated: 1 October 1944, Vinton, Belgium
Relocated: 19th of October, to Vlytinsen, Belgium
Note: Action was started by XXIX TAC in November to procure an MEWW (Microwave Early Warning) radar for the use of XXIX TAC.  The request was approved and on 30 December 1944, the Battalion Commander, Major R. H. Eberle, proceeded to the States for the purpose of expediting the delivery of MEW Number 6 to the European Continent.
Relocated: 10 March 1945, Viersen, Germany.
Relocated: April 1945, Munster, Germany
Relocated: 25 April 1945, Braunschweig, Germany
Battalion Commanders:
Lt Col Roy T. Richards     9 September 1943 to 11 June 1944
Lt Col O.E. Everett          23 January 1944 to 25 July 1944
Lt Col R. H. Eberle          25 July 1944 and on
Executive Officers
Maj William V Ritter 2 November 1943 to 11 January 1944
Capt R. H. Eberle 25 January 1944 25 July 1944
Capt William R. Preece Jr 25 July 1944 and on

Battalion Headquarters
Located: 26 April 1944, Woolsington Hall, 5 miles Northwest of Newcastle, England.
Commanding Hq and Plotting Company
Capt  Lt Thomas J. Meno 23 Jan 44 to 14 Apr 44
Capt Lester L. Welch 21 May 1944 to 29 Sep 1944
Capt Thomas J. Meno 30 Sep 44 and on

Company A
Located: April 1944, Seaton Snook, 3 miles Southwest West Hartspool
Note: July 1944, At the same time that the airborne unit was being trained, a small task force consisting of one control station was organized by Company A, Capt Hofmann, commanding, composed of the personnel and equipment necessary to provide a combination radar and control center.  Personnel were selected and the control center was established in a tent adjacent to a Type 15 radar.
Located: October 1944, St. Vith
Note: 17 December 1944, an enemy aircraft dropped anti-personnel bombs in the motor pool of Company A.  Three casualties were suffered one of which was fatal.
Note: March 1945, Company A and Company C of the 573rd,  FDP-3 and FDP-4, were consolidated in order to provide personnel to man the new radar unit.
Commanding Company A
Captain Thomas B. Hoffman 13 September 43 16 March 1945
Captain Claiborne L. Pittman 16 March 45 1 June 1945
Major Thomas B. Hoffman 1 June and on

Company B
Located: 26 April 1944, Woolsington Hall, 5 miles Northwest of Newcastle, England.
Located: October 1944, Luxembourg
Relocated: 26 December 1944, Opitter, Belgium
Commanding Company B
Capt Herman J. Chyba 25 January 1944 7 October 1944
Capt Wilber P. Napier, 7 October 1944 and on
Commanding Company C
Capt Stanley j Klem 15 September 1943 and on

Company C
Located: 26 April 1944, Woolsington Hall, 5 miles Northwest of Newcastle, England.
Note: Filter and Communications Company
Note: September 1944,  Filter and communications personnel for the three FDP’s were obtained by transferring the necessary teams from Company C to each of the other three companies.  Company C was reduced to a headquarters only.
Note: March 1945, Company A and Company C of the 573rd,  FDP-3 and FDP-4, were consolidated in order to provide personnel to man the new radar unit. Company C again became a headquarters with few personnel.

Company D
Attached: April 1944, with its 16 LW stations operating in pairs of two, attached to other units of the 52nd AAA Brigade during this period.
Located: Platoons were located near II Troop Carrier Command Airfields in Central and southern England. 
Mission: of units of Company “D” was to study methods of providing aircraft warning cover for separate installations in conjunction with AAA Batteries and Battalions.
Note: Company D returned to the battalion from detached service and established a school on British Type 21 radar nearby.  Later the personnel of Company D were split into approximately three groups, one third going to each of the other two SAW battalions in IX Air Defense Command and the remainder staying with the 573rd .  In each case, the personnel were to operate British type 21 radar equipment which was not employed with each GCI station in the three defensive SAW battalions.  Personnel were placed on a somewhat permanent detached service to provide the necessary Type 21 operators and mechanics.
Commanding Company D
Capt William R. Preece, Jr 16 January 1944 to 27 July 1944
1st Lt Charles r. Crossman 27 July 1944 7 September 1944
Note: The 573rd Signal AW Battalion was the only one of the three rear area Aircraft Warning Battalions which had a Company D.  This radar company was designed to provide 16 LW (Light Warning) radar units for the local protection of each isolated installations as hospitals, ammunition dumps and airfields.
Deactivated: 1 December 1944; personnel were transferred to Company C

CAB-1 (Close Attack Bombing)
Note: Personnel were from the U Teams that had been on detached service to the 564th and 566th Signal Air Warning Battalions.
Equipment: SCR-584

CAB-2 (Close Attack Bombing)
Note: Personnel were from the U Teams that had been on detached service to the 564th and 566th Signal Air Warning Battalions.
Equipment: SCR-584

CAB-3 (Close Attack Bombing)
Note: Personnel were from the U Teams that had been on detached service to the 564th and 566th Signal Air Warning Battalions.
Equipment: SCR-584
Operational: 14 February 1945 (First CAB platoon to become operational)
Located: February 1945, Valkenberg, Holland
Equipment: MEW (AN/CPS-1) radar arrived on site near Valkenberg, Holland 22 February 1945.
Note: The MEW was assembled and initially placed in operation at 0730 hours, 4 March 1945, ten days after it had arrived on site. The first mission was controlled by the MEW on the 9 March 1945.
Relocated: 15 March 1945, 15 miles Southwest of Wessel, Germany.
Operational: 23 March 1945

CAB-4 (Close Attack Bombing)
Operational: 15 March 1945
Equipment: AN/CPS-1

COL-6 (Coastal Overseas Low radar)
Located: April 1944, Hartley, 12 miles Northeast of Newcastle

COL-7 (Coastal Overseas Low radar)
Located: April 1944, Saltburn, 12 miles East Middlebrough
Note: As soon as the battalion reached Rennes, France the COL-7 and COL-8 were placed on detached service to the 54sth AAA Brigade and proceeded to positions on the Brittany Peninsula near Brest.
Mission: To provide Aircraft Warning cover and early warning for SCR-584 units of some of the Batteries and Battalions of the 54th AAA Brigade.
Equipment: Type 14 COL radar , replaced in September 1944 with a Type 15 radar
Designated: September 1944, CHB (Chain Home Beam) and reported directly to the Fighter Control Center, since it had no control or filter requirements but served entirely as a reporting unit.
Located: October 1944, on the outskirts of Bastogne
Relocated: 19 October 1944,  Batice, five miles north of Verviers, Belgium.

COL-8 (Coastal Overseas Low radar)
Note: As soon as the battalion reached Rennes, France the COL-7 and COL-8 were placed on detached service to the 54sth AAA Brigade and proceeded to positions on the Brittany Peninsula near Brest.
Mission: To provide Aircraft Warning cover and early warning for SCR-584 units of some of the Batteries and Battalions of the 54th AAA Brigade.

FDP (Forward Director Post)
Note: The primary role of each FDP was to control aircraft, so Controllers from the 306th fighter Control Squadron were attached to each FDP.

FDP-A (Forward Director Post)/FDP-1 (Forward Director Post)
Note: Renamed FDP-1
Mission:  to control aircraft, and to give pilots the necessary vectors from either the Type 15 or the Type 21 radar
Note: Operated by Company A
Located: St. Vith,
Relocated: 2 October 1944, South of Luxembourg
Relocated: Latter part of November 1944, Terwenselen, Holland about 10 miles north of Aachen
Equipment: AN/CPS-1
Note: on 24 March 1945, handled 45 missions comprising a total of 570 aircraft sorties.
Relocated: 6 April 1945, a few miles northwest of Bielefeld, operational 79 1/2 hours after the unit went off the air for the move.
Relocated: April 1945,  25 miles east of Brunswick
Note: occupied by the radar units until 9 May 1945

FDP-B (Forward Director Post)/FDP-2 (Forward Director Post)
Note: Renamed FDP-2
Mission:  to control aircraft, and to give pilots the necessary vectors from either the Type 15 or the Type 21 radar
Note: Operated by Company B
Located: St. Vith,
Relocated: 2 October 1944, South of Luxembourg
Relocated: 19 October 1944, Maastricht, Holland at Oppitter, Belgium
Located: December 1944, Opitter, Belgium
Relocated: 26 December 1944, a few miles Southwest of Liege, due to the start of the Battle of the Bulge.
Relocated: March 1945, original position at Opitter, Belgium.
Relocated: March 1945, Crossed the Rhine, located due South of Munster, Germany, about 15 miles from the city.
Relocated: April 1945,  northwest of Magdeburg
Note: occupied by the radar units until 9 May 1945

FDP-D (Forward Director Post)/FDP-4 (Forward Director Post)
Note: Renamed FDP-4
Mission:  to control aircraft, and to give pilots the necessary vectors from either the Type 15 or the Type 21 radar
Note: Operated by Company D
Located: St. Vith,
Relocated: 2 October 1944, South of Luxembourg
Note: The LW platoon for FDP-D returned from detached service with the 82nd Airborne Division 14 October 1944 and went into operation with that FDP, located north of Metz.
Relocated: 19 October 1944, Valkenburg, Holland

FDP-3 (Forward Director Post)
Note: Company A of the 566th Signal AW Battalion was attached to the 573rd as FDP-3
Located: St. Vith,
Relocated: 2 October 1944, South of Luxembourg
Located: 19 November 1944, Veldwezelt, Belgium near Maastricht, Holland
Note: Composition was almost identical to that of the other three FDP’s however, no LW Platoon was included
Relocated: March 1945, East of Aachen, about seven miles behind the Roer River.
Relocated: March 1945, Southwest of Munchen Gladbach, Germany
Note: March 1945, First 573rd unit to cross the Rhine
Relocated: April 1945, a few miles West of Hannover, Germany
Note: occupied by the radar units until 9 May 1945

Note: August 1944, two of the three GCI stations were equipped with a British Type 25 radar station, consisting of a type 15, Type 21 and Type 11 Radars.  The third GCA station was minus a type 11 radar which had not been received from the depot as yet. Each of the three GCI stations turned in its Type 11 radar, keeping the Type 15 and Type 21.  The third Type 11 was in the battalion only for a few days before it was returned to the depot having been drawn while the battalion was moving to Vermand, France.
GCI-8 (Ground Control Intercept)
Located: April 1944, Seaton Snook, 3 miles Southwest West Hartspool
Note: experimental establishment at GCI-8 of a combination filter and radar center, while the battalion was at Newcastle, England. This consisted of a small filter board located in a tent adjacent to the GCI radar equipment.  Plots on aircraft positions from the GCI station and from two outlying units, Ground Observer platoon and an LW platoon, were filtered on the board.  Filtered tracks were then submitted to the Battalion Filter Center.  After approximately one week, it was directed by IX Air Defense Command that this project be discontinued since it was not suitable for a defensive mission such as the battalion had at this time.  All radar units then reported directly to the Battalion Filter Center.  The experiment had served its purpose, however, and aided materially in permitting the battalion to easily switch to FDP’s (Forward Director Posts) later.
Discontinued: November 1944, Tactical operations pending its use as a CAB platoon.

GCI-9 (Ground Control Intercept)
Located: April 1944, Stannington, 10 miles North of Newcastle

GCI-10 (Ground Control Intercept)
Located: April 1944, Northstead, 25 miles North of Newcastle

Ground Observer Platoon

Ground Observer Platoon

Ground Observer Platoon 4
Note: A third Ground Observer platoon was placed on detached service with the battalion from the 564th Signal AW Battalion and became GO-4.)

LW (Lightweight radar unit) (Platoon)
Relocated: Hull, England
Note:  platoons experimented with a GCI station composed of two SCR-584 gun laying radars.  The project was later discontinued.
Note: Proceeded to the 566th, from where it was placed on detached service with IX Bomber Division.
Commander:
Lt. Markel

LW (Lightweight radar unit) (Platoon)
Relocated: Hull, England
Note:  platoons experimented with a GCI station composed of two SCR-584 gun laying radars.  The project was later discontinued.
Commander:
Lt. Diffendaffer

MRU-2 (Maintenance Repair Unit, radar)
Located: April 1944, Greathanm, 5 miles Southwest of West Hartsp
Note: August 1944, Vermand, France, set up during the period of operations from 8 to 15 September 1944, but never became operational.

Awards and Decorations
Bronze Star medals
Lt Col R.H. Eberle
Per Par 1, Section I, GO16
Hq XXIX TAC dtd 2 Apr 1945

1stLt. W. L. Freienmuth
1st Lt H. J. Morrison
M/Sgt H. B. Young
per Par 1 Section I, G, O, 31
Hq XXIX TAC dtd 19 Jun 1945

Maj T. B. Hoffman
Capt W. P. Napier
S/Sgt. B. Manndel
per GO 6
Hq XXIX TAC dtd 27 Jul 1945

Battle Participation Credits
1. Battalion awarded Battle Star for Campaign “Northern France” per Ltr. Order, Hq, ETOUSA, file AG200.6, toOpGA dated 30 Mar 1945.
2. Battalion awarded Battle Star for Campaign “Central Europe” per Ltr (8), Hq. USFXT, AG200.6, OpGA, dated 6 Jul 1945.
3. Battalion awarded Battle Star for Campaign “Rhineland”, Ltr (8), Hq, USFXT, AG 200.6, OpGA dtd 8 Jul 1945.
4. Company B awarded Battle Star for Campaign “Ardennes” per ltr, Hq, ETOUSA, dtd 30 June 1945.

Decorations
1. Battalion awarded the Belgian Fourragere (1940) per Decision No 717, Orders of the Day, Belgian Army, and War Department Cable (AG Wa-WX 32845, dated 15 Jul 1945)
2. Battalion awarded Meritorious Service Unit Plaque per Sec IV, G.O. 6 Hq XXIX TAC dated 27 Jul 1945.

Campaigns & Foreign Service Awards:
Ardennes-Alsace 16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945 (Company B only)
Central Europe 22 March – 11 May 1945
Northern France 25 July – 14 September 1944
Rhineland 15 September 1944 – 21 March 1945
Belgian Fourragere 1 October 17 December 1944 and 18 December 1944 – 15 January 1945
Occupation Credit: 2 May – 3 September 1945 Germany

Photos - Courtesy of Bill Freienmuth

A Factual Summary of Organizational Activities of the 573rd Sig.A.W.BN (Supplied by Russell Ottens)

Photo: Sgt Harry Ottens (9 Jan 1921- 21 March 1994)

Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion
Reorganized: 14 May 1944
Subordinate to: 85th Air Defense Wing
Note: See 85th Fighter Wing Aircraft Warning and Control plan
Equipment: 270, SCR-527
Campaigns & Foreign Service Awards:
Leyte 17 October 1944 – 1 July 1945
New Guinea 24 January 1943 – 31 December 1944
Assault Landing: Wakde Island 17 – 18 May 1944 (10 Reporting Platoon Company B)
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation 7 December 1941 – 10 May 1942 or 17 October 1944 – 4 July 1945

HQ & Plotting Platoon
Notes: 16 May 1944, Equipment and personnel transferred to Company D, 597th SAW Battalion

Company A
Equipment: three (3) SCR-270DA , 2 each SCR-527, 1 each SCR-615

1st Reporting Platoon
Notes: 14 May 1944, personnel and equipment transferred to Company A, 574th SAW Battalion
Mission: Biak Island Assault, May 1944. " 1st Plat, Co A, 574th Sig AW Bn (RS 415) will land at Arires Village Z+10. It will be sited to provide early warning to the North."

2nd Reporting Platoon
Notes: 14 May 1944, personnel and equipment transferred to Company B, 574th SAW Battalion

3rd Reporting Platoon
Notes: 16 May 1944, personnel and equipment transferred to Company C, 565th SAW Battalion

4th Reporting Platoon
Notes: 16 May 1944, personnel and equipment transferred to Company C, 565th SAW Battalion
Redesignated: 8 March 1945 as 10th Platoon Company B, 574th SAW Battalion
Redesignated: 8 July 1945, from 17 Platoon, Company C, 574th SAW Battalion

Company B
Redesignated:16 May 1944, Company B, 595th SAW Battalion (less 1st Reporting Platoon)
Equipment: three (3) SCR-270DA , 2 each SCR-527, SCR-615, 1 each SCR-516 and 1 SCR-615

1st Reporting Platoon
Notes: 16 May 1944, Personnel and equipment transferred to Company B, 565th SAW Battalion

7th Platoon
Mindoro, Philippines December 1944

8th Platoon
Mindoro, Philippines December 1944

9th Platoon
Mindoro, Philippines December 1944

10th Platoon
RS 523
Equipment: SCR-527
Redesignated: 8 March 1945 as 10th Platoon Company B, 574th SAW Battalion, from 4th Platoon, Company A, 574th SAW Battalion
Redesignated: 8 March 1945 as 17th Platoon, Company C, 574th SAW Battalion

11th Platoon
Mindoro, Philippines December 1944

12th Platoon
Mindoro, Philippines December 1944

Company C
Deployed: January 1944, for training Muroc Army Air Base, California, and attached to 592nd SAW Bn for exercise.
Redesignated: 16 May 1944, Company C, 595th SAW Battalion
Equipment: three (3) SCR-270DA , 2 each SCR-527, 2 each SCR-615

10th Platoon
RS 523

14th Platoon
RS 404
Equipment: SCR-270

15th Platoon
RS 407
Equipment: SCR-270

16th Platoon
RS 527
Call Sign: Pliers

17th Platoon GCI
RS 522
Call Sign: Witless
Redesignated: 8 March 1945, as the 4th Platoon, Company A, 574th SAW Battalion
Redesignated: 8 March 1945, from the 10th Platoon, Company B, 574th SAW Battalion

18th Platoon
RS 527
Equipment: SCR-527

Company D
Redesignated: 16 May 1944, Company A, 595th SAW Battalion

Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion

Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion
Subordinate to: 7th Air Control Group (Provisional)

Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion
Activated: 28 November 1942, Drew Field, Tampa, Florida
Commander:
(Capt. or Maj.) Edward V. Tresham
Disbanded: 26 April 1944, Drew Field, Tampa, Florida

Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion
Activated: 1 February 1943
Served:
South Pacific Area
Fiji
New Herbrids
British Solomon Islands
Toga Islands
Primary Mission: To provide aircraft warning service for Nadi Air Base Area, Fiji.
Departed: 24 August 1944, Guadalcanal
Inactivated: 14 March 1945, Drew Field, Tampa, Florida

Headquarters Company

Company A

Company B
Campaigns & Foreign Service Awards:
Northern Solomon's 22 February 1943 – 21 November 1944

Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion
Activated: 25 January 1943, Noumea, New Caledonia
Mission: to provide adequate early warning of the approach of all aircraft and surface vessels in the vicinity.
Served:
South Pacific Area
Southwest Pacific Area
Departed: 4 October 1944, Green Island
Arrived: 3 November 1944, Drew Field, Tampa, Florida
Disbanded: 11 December 1944
Campaigns & Foreign Service Awards:
Bismarck Archipelago 15 December 1943 – 27 November 1944
Northern Solomon's 22 February 1943 – 21 November 1944

Headquarters Company

Company A

Company B
Disbanded: 8 February 1945

Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion (Special)
Note: The First Signal Aircraft Warning Company of Hawaii was activated at Schofiled Barrack, Oahu, Territory of hawaii on 14 April 1940. It was redesignated 15 February 1942 as Signal Aircraft Warning Regiment of Hawaii. On 17 April 1942, it became the 515th Signal Aircraft Warning Regiment. On 1 April 1943, it was split into the 580th Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion (Special) and the 581st Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion.
Redesignated: 15 April 1945, from Special to Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion
Campaigns & Foreign Service Awards:
Central Pacific 7 December 1941 – 6 December 1942
Fort Shafter Oahu, Hawaii
April 1, 1943 to December 1948
Notes: The First Signal Aircraft Warning Company of Hawaii, was activated at Schofield Barracks, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii on 14 April 1940. Redesignated 15 February 1942 as Signal Aircraft Warning Regiment of Hawaii. On 17 April 1942, Became 515th Signal Aircraft Warning Regiment. On 1 April 1943, split into 580th Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion (Special) and the 581st Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion.
Notes: See 114th AC&W
Redesignated: 1 August 1946, as the 615th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (ref IRIS A0531A)
Photos: John Previti photos, service record

Company A
Redesignated: 1 August 1946 as 614th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (ref A0531A)

Company B

Company C

Company D

Company E

Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion
Note: The First Signal Aircraft Warning Company of Hawaii was activated at Schofiled Barrack, Oahu, Territory of hawaii on 14 April 1940. It was redesignated 15 February 1942 as Signal Aircraft Warning Regiment of Hawaii. On 17 April 1942, it became the 515th Signal Aircraft Warning Regiment. On 1 April 1943, it was split into the 580th Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion (Special) and the 581st Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion.
Notes: Location: Hawaiian Islands. Reports on Activities of WARD (Women's Air Raid Defense) non-military organization of women serving as part of the Aircraft Warning Service of the Hawaii Air Defense Region on microfilm A0436.
1 April, 1943 – 2 July, 1946
Campaigns & Foreign Service Awards:
Central Pacific 7 December 1941 – 6 December 1942
Redesignated: 616th AC&WS 2 July, 1946 (or as the 617th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron on 1 August 1946, IRIS A0531A)

Company A

Company B

Company C

Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion
Notes: Originally activated as 561st Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion on 9 March 1943; Reactivated as 582nd Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion on 15 January 1944.
Activated: 15 January, 1944, Frattamaggiore, Italy
Notes: Formed from personnel of the 560th, 561st, 562nd SAW Bns
Subordinate to: XII Air Support Command
Assigned to: 64th Fighter Wing
Attached Units: (Units and/or Personnel)
US:
593rd SAW Bn. 12 March 1944
594th SAW Bn. 8 April 1944
849th Signal Intelligence
2691st SAW Bn.
British:
12 F.U.
90 W.O.U.
329 AMES (Air Ministry Experimental Stations)
332 AMES
871 AMES G.C.I. Unit
886 AMES G.C.I. Unit
887 AMES
6037 AMES
6038 AMES
6041 AMES
6043 AMES
8015 AMES
8035 AMES G.C.I. Unit
14027 AMES G.C.I Unit, Microwave Radar
15051 AMES
Commanders:
Battalion Commander:
15 January 1944 - 24 June 1945, Lt. Col. Wilbert A. Speir
24 June 1945 - (?), Maj. Emil O. Lindner
Equipment: 1944, authorized; SCR-270; SCR-527, 3 each; SCR-584; SCR-602-T6, 12 each

Headquarters & Plotting Company:
Captain Milton A. Taylor, 15 January 1944 - 15 July 1944
Lt. Joseph C. Killian, 19 August 1945

Lightweight Radar Reporting Company: Captain William H. Fraiser Jr. 15 January 1944
Equipment: SCR-584

Ground Observer Company: Captain Eldon E. Evans, 15 January 1944

Reporting Company: Captain Lew E. Merrill, 15 January 1944
Departed: 1 June 1944, Frattamaggiore, Italy
Arrived: 19 June 1944, Orbetello, Italy
Departed: 18 - 21 July 1944, Orbetello, Italy
Arrived: 18 - 21 July 1944, Santa Maria Air Field, Italy (Staging Area)
Boarded Transport: 20 August 1944
Arrived: 9 September 1944, St Tropez, France (disembarked at Blue Beach, Beau Vallon, France)
Proceeded: to bivouac area 6 miles from St. Tropez, France
Relocated: L. W. Reporting Company and Reporting Company moved into quarters at Golf Hotel, Beau Vallon, France
Departed: 24 November 1944
Arrived: 26 November 1944, Roseries Aux Salines, France
Relocated: 17 January 1945, Nancy, France (in the Dormitory of the City University)
Relocated: 2 April 1945, Edenkoben, Germany
Relocated: 29 April 1945, Schwabisch Hall, Germany
Notes: 24 June 1945, The 593rd SAW Battalion dissolved and personnel transferred to 582nd.

Radar Teams (Click)
Causalities (Click)
Awards (Click)

Campaigns & Foreign Service Awards:
Central Europe 22 March – 11 May 1945
Naples-Foggia (Ground) 9 September 1943 – 21 January 1944
Northern France 25 July – 14 September 1944
Rhineland 15 September 1944 – 21 March 1945
Rome-Arno 22 January – 9 September 1944
Southern France 15 August - 14 September 1944
Assault Landing: Salerno 9 – 10 September 1943
Assault Landing: Southern France 15 – 16 August 1944
Notes: Unit history shows Assault Landings in North Africa, The Invasion of Pantelleria, Landing at Gela, Sicily, The Invasion of Italy at Salerno, Anzio Beachhead and Invasion of Southern France
Occupation Credit: 2 May – 31 October 1945 Germany
Redesignated: 24 May 1946 as 157th ACWG
Allotted: 24 May 1946 to National Guard

Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion
Mission Statement: "To provide air raid warning to nearby strips, control all aircraft in the area, and provide air raid warning to adjacent fighter sectors. It will also provide air raid warning to all units in the area who establish required liaison with the sector."
Activated: 1 April 1943, at Drew Field, Florida
Notes:
1. 710th, 711th, 712th, 715th disbanded and men and equipment transferred to the 583rd SAW Bn.
2. See 710th, 711th, 712th and 715th for more information.
Departed: 25 July 1943, Camp Stoneman, San Francisco, California
Arrived: 16 August 1943, Brisbane, Australia (Encamped at Doomben Race Track)
Subordinate to: V Fighter Command
Departed: August 1943, Brisbane, Australia
Attached Units: 2 September 1943,
Company "A" 549th SAW Battalion (Actual number is very difficult to read)
Company "B" 549th SAW Battalion (Actual number is very difficult to read)
Company "C" 565th SAW Battalion (Actual number is very difficult to read)
709th Signal Aircraft Warning Company
Arrived: 19 September 1943, Port Moresby, New Guinea (Map)
Relocated: 25 November 1943, Oro Bay, New Guinea
Relocated: 23 March 1944, Nadzab, New Guinea (Until 25 July 1944)
Assigned to: 19 April 1944, 85th Air Defense (Fighter) Wing (still under V Fighter Command)
Reorganized: 16 May 1944
Assigned to: 16 May 1944, 85th Air Defense Wing
Note: Participated in New Guinea Campaign, 1944
Relocated: 25 July 1944, Hollandia
Departed: 8 November 1944, Hollandia
Arrived: 15 November 1944, Leyte, Philippine Islands
Notes: See 85th Fighter Aircraft Warning and Control
Encamped: Near Dulag area until 10 December 1944 until moving to San Roque Area
Equipment: 12 each SCR-602
Located: May 1944, Nadzab, New Guinea
Note: Participated in the invasion of Polawan Island, Philippines, 1945
Located: April 1945, San Roque, Philippine Islands
Discontinued Operations: 17 May 1945, to prepare for movement to Luzon, Philippine Islands
Mission: to Furnish early air warning by radar and ground observer units, during assault operations.
Note: Unit history for the month of June 1945 is unreadable. July as portions that are readable.
Located: 1 July 1945, Luzon, Philippine Islands (except Company A)
Notes: Awaiting orders that would personnel on Detached Service with the newly formed 5276th Aircraft Control and Warning Group (P).
Notes: During the month of August 1945, the Battalion continued in a non-operative status, all personnel being on detached service with various units of the 5275th and 5276th Aircraft Control and Warning Groups (Provisional).

Causalities
Awards

Campaigns & Foreign Service Awards:
Bismarck Archipelago 15 December 1943 – 27 November 1944
Leyte 17 October 1944 – 1 July 1945
Luzon 15 December 1944 – 4 July 1945
New Guinea 24 January 1943 – 31 December 1944
Assault Landing: Hollandia New Guinea 22 April 1944 (Company C only)
Assault Landing: Wake Island 17 – 18 May 1944 (Company C only)
Assault Landing: Leyte Island 20 – 22 October 1944 (19th Ground Observation Platoon Company D; Company C only)
Note: See 85th Fighter Wing Aircraft Warning and Control plan
Assault Landing: Mindoro Island 15 December 1944 (Company A and D only)
Assault Landing: Nasugbu Point 29 January 1945 (Company D only)
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation 7 December 1941 – 10 May 1942 or 17 October 1944 – 4 July 1945
Allotted: 24 May 1946 to National Guard
Redesignated: 24 May 1946 as 158th ACWG
Note: It appears that most if not all of the 583rd used SCR-602 radars , while the 565th SAW Battalion, had "heavier long range units". (Ref. 583rd SAW Bn History, page 35)
Battalion Commanders:
21 May 1943 - 6 July 1943, Lt. Col. Roy T. Richards
6 July 1943 - 2 September 1943, Capt. Howard D. Evens Jr.
2 September 1943 - 15 October 1943, Maj. Arthur J. Wilde
15 October 1943 - 7 December 1943, Maj. Floyd A. Lambert
7 December 1943 - 4 January 1944 , Capt. Samuel R. Spann
4 January - 15 March 1944, Maj. Floyd A. Lambert
15 March 1944 - 2 August 1944, Capt. Samuel R. Spann
2 August 1944 - 7 August 1944, Capt. John O. Wallace
7 August 1944 - 18 October 1944, Maj. Samuel R. Spann
18 October 1944 - 31 December 1944, Maj. John O. Wallace
Shown as of 30 April and 31 May 1945, Maj. George G. Smith, San Roque, Leyte
13 June 1945, Maj. Edmund C. Wist
Equipment: SCR-602, with Yagi antenna. In August 1944, tests were made using the Australian LW/AW antenna. Soon thereafter, this antenna became standard equipment. Sometime after the adoption of this antenna, the platoons were reduced from 12 to 6 so each platoon could have two SCR-602's, one with a Yagi and one with an LW/AW antenna, as the Yagi equipped unit could set up within one hour and the the LW/AW about 1/2 day. When the LW/AW was operational the Yagi equipped set went into standby mode.

** Due to the disbanding and becoming part of the 583rd SAW Bn. it will be necessary to refer back to the 710th, 711th, 712th and 715th information.**

Headquarters & Headquarters Company
Commanders:
Activation - 6 July 1943, Capt. Samuel P. Spann
6 July 1943 - 20 January 1944, 1st Lt. Earl C. Humphries
20 January 1944 - 21 February 1944, 1st Lt. Charles W. Naftzinger
21 February 1944 - 6 April 1944, Capt. Lawrenz H. Dyvad
6 April 1944 - 31 May 1944, Capt. Robert G. Croyle

Headquarters Detachment
Designated: 14 May 1944
Departed: 25 July 1943, Camp Stoneman, San Francisco California
Arrived: 16 August 1943, Brisbane, Australia
Arrived: 19 September, 1943 Port Moresby, New Guinea
Departed: 25 November 1943
Arrived: 27 November 1943, Oro Bay
Relocated: 31 March 1944, Nadzab
Commander: 1 June 1944 - 31 December 1944, 1st Lt. Harry N. Gottlieb
Relocated: 25 July 1944, Hollandia
Departed: 8 November 1944
Arrived: 15 November 1944 Leyte, Philippine Islands, encamped near Dulag
Relocated: 10 December 1944, San Roque area
Commander: Shown as of 30 April and 31 May 1945, 1st Lt. John J. Solon, San Roque Leyte

Company A
Company B
Company C
Company D

Notes: (From 583rd Unit history)
1. Lightweight Reporting Platoon - divided into four (4) sections, each with a SCR-602.
2. A typical sector consists of a Plotting platoon, four to six SCR-602 radar stations, and four to six ground observer posts.
3. Units are expected to be operational 2 hours after landing.
4. See 85th Fighter Wing Aircraft Warning and Control plan

Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion
Activated: 1 May 1943, Drew Field, Tampa, Florida
Subordinate to: 4th Signal Aircraft Warning Training Battalion
Organized: 1 September 1943, Drew Field, Tampa, Florida
Mission: to train personnel in Aircraft Warning
Commanders:
1 September 1943, 1st Lt. Irwin Albrecht
2 September 1943, 1st Lt. John D. Hebel
10 September 1943, 1st Lt. Fred J. Prestin
17 September 1943, Maj. Carleton L. Kingsford
6 November 1943, 1st Lt. Fred j. Perstin
18 November 1943, Maj. Matthew J. Burrell
24 January 1944, 1st Lt. Fred J. Prestin
4 March 1944, 2nd Lt. John W. Byron
Notes:
1. January 1944, brought heavy transfer into this organization from the 553rd SAW Bn.
2. 23 January 1944, battalion included in the list of AW units ordered disbanded.
3. 14 March 1944, Operations ceased
Disbanded: 14 March 1944

Hq & Hq Company
Formed: 4 January 1944
Commander:
January 1944, Lt. McFadden
29 January 1944, Lt. Philip Finn
3 February 1944, Lt. Byron
13 February 1944, Lt. Sehmidt

F Teams 1 to 5

S Team 1 (Medics)

P Teams 1 to 4

B Team 1

Company A
Commander: 18 January 1944, 2nd Lt. Martin J. McFadden

I Teams 1 to 23

B Team

Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion
Disbanded: Effective 14 February 1944

Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion
Disbanded: Effective 14 February 1944

Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion
Activated: 8 March 1943, Drew Field, Tampa, Florida
Equipment: Eight (8) SCR-527
Disbanded: Effective 9 February 1944

Signal Aircraft Warning Training Battalion
Note: Began operating as a garrison school on 12 December 1941. Organized as the 588th Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion on 3 May 1943, at Drew Field, Tampa Florida (Microfilm A0437)
Organized: January 9, 1943, Drew Field, Tampa, Florida
Mission: Originally the department was organized as a troop school to train personnel of the Signal AW Battalions and Regiments which pooled their equipment for training. Soon after the school was set up, however, plans call for training of Signal Plotting Companies, AW Frontier, to man fixed information centers along the coastline of the United States aided by Civilian Volunteers. As home defense became a secondary factor and with the offensive phase of military operations taking first place, plans called for a mobile type of Signal AW Unit, thus with T/O 11-400 more flexible type of units were organized to meet the ever changing tactical situation. The department likewise had to modify its training to meet these new demands.
Mission: May 1943, Originally the 588th Signal AW Battalion was organized to function as an Aircraft Warning Battalion in the field. Prior to the attachment of the 588th Battalion to 2nd Signal AW Training Battalion, all personnel of the 588th were transferred to other units within AWUTC and upon attachment to the 2nd Signal Battalion, the 2nd Signal AW Training Battalion, the 2nd Signal AW Training Battalion personnel were transferred into the 588th and a new mission was given the 588th, namely, functioning as a school battalion for the instruction and training of enlisted men in the specialties of Aircraft Warning in order that they may adequately perform duties assigned them in an Aircraft Warning Unit.
Notes: Trained Plotting, Filtering, Drafting and Military Ground Observation. Included lectures on the characteristics, and performance of the SCR-527, SCR-602 and Mark III IFF.
Commanders:
January 1942 Capt Swann, Lt. Bull
February 1942, Lt. Milton Gould
March 1942, Lt. Earl Norley
April 1942, Lt. Blackstock, Lt. Rollins
May 1942, Lt. Frank E. Horrelko
August 1942, Capt. J. W. Godfrey
December 1942, Lt. Henry C. Rechtein
3 May 1943 1st Lt. Joseph F. Fitsgerald
22 May 1943, Capt. Ray Astle
31 May 1943, Maj. George G. Green
June 1943, Lt. Paul Smitkowski
June 1943, Capt. Frank B. Morgan
28 July 1943, Maj. Andrew Risner
13 August 1943, Col Ralph F. Stiehl
Operational: School started 29 December 1941
Equipment: SCS-5, a portable information set, with painted tables, for basic plotting training. (ref E011652-multi.pdf, page 962)

Radar Department, Preliminary Operational Training
Activated: 9 January 1943
Notes: Operated from 1 January 1942 - 9 January 1943 as an unofficial department
Department Head:
1st Lt. George M. Wigginsen
Mid-October 1942, Capt. Lyle Reading
6 May 1943, Capt. Lyle Reading
7 August 1943, Capt. Coffman
Training:
25 January 1942, First class of 202 men
24 March 1942, SCR-268, 200 students; SCR-270, 400 students
31 August 1942, Operator training started on SCR-588
1 December 1942, SCR-268-516 training discontinued
21 December 1942, SCR-602 Operator training begun
18 January 1943, Training on SCR-602 started for USMC students
3 February 1943, SCR-588 Operators 80 men/week; SCR-602 Operators, 84 men/week; SCR-270, 40 men/week
7 June 1943, first SCR-527 Operators course started (emphasis on GCI training
4 October 1943, One-week Officer Orientation Course
Courses:

* Students must have had previous qualification on some radar set

Reassigned: 1 May 1943, to 2nd Signal Aircraft Warning Training Battalion
Equipment: (added)
25 January 1942, Three (3) SCR-270-D;
latter part of February 1942, six (6) SCR-270-A (from Fort Dix)
1 March 1942, Three (3) SCR-270D's added;
15 March 1942, six (6) SCR-268, from Fort Dix
17 November 1942, two (2) SCR-271 (for SCR-270 operators course)
1 December 1942, SCR-602 (qty unknown)
12 January 1943, SCR-588 and SCR-602's arrived (qty unknown)
11 February1943, total number of SCR-588's is eleven (11)
14 May 1943, Three (3) SCR-527
15 September 1943, one (1) SCR-615
Course Qualifications:
Aircraft Warning Operators:
1. Operate the Oscilloscope and antenna so that he can readily pickup and track planes.
2. Plot and convert plots from polar to Rectangular coordinates.
3. Assist in making cable connections between components of the SCR-270B
4. Assist in erecting the Antenna of the SCR-270-B
5. Manipulate the controls of the transmitter, keyer, receiver, water cooler, and oscilloscope, in tuning and operating
Aircraft Warning Maintenance Man:
1. Install, tune, and maintain the SCR-270-B, to include:
a. theory of Operation
b. Testing and repair, general
c. Installation and tuning
d. Soldering and shop work
e. Troubleshooting
Supervisor, Aircraft Warning:
Trained so that he has a knowledge of the duties of the men of the other specialties, and some degree be able to perform their duties. In addition he will be trained in the use of the frequency meter and the radio modulator. He will also be given instruction in orientation, selection of sites, and general precautions
Disbanded: 19 April 1944

Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion
Activated: 1 April 1943, Drew Field, Tampa Florida
Notes: Personnel not received until September 1943
Deactivated: 6 February 1944, Orders received, 28 February 1944, final deactivation
Operations Ceased: 26 February 1944
Commanders:
September 1943, 2nd Lt. James A. Auten
29 November 1943, 2nd Lt. Hugh S. Reaves
8 December 1943, Capt. Frank S. Wellings

Headquarters Company
Commander:
15 January 1944 - 26 January, 2nd Lt. Abraham Harman
26 January 1944 - ( ?) , 2nd Lt. Richard F. Rosika

Company A
Commander:
(?) - 21 January 1944, 2nd Lt. Alfred A. Marzulla
21 January - (?), 2nd Lt. Neil D. Kennedy

Company B
Commander:
(?) - 7 January 1944, 1st Lt. Isidore Rosenman
7 January 1944 - (?), 2nd Lt. Abraham Harman

Company C
Commander:
10 January 1944 - 15 January 1944, 1st Lt. William V. Wiliams
15 January 1944 - (?), 2nd Lt. John Goldman

Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion
Activated: 8 March 1943, Drew Field, Tampa, Florida
Equipment: Two (2) SCR-527, Four (4) SCR-627, Two (2) SCR-588
Disbanded: 6 February 1944

Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion
Constituted: 8 March 1943, Drew Field, Tampa, Florida (G.O. 72, June 1, 1943 Unit History E011652-multi.pdf page 1267)
Activated: 1 June 1943, Drew Field, Tampa, Florida (Unit History E011652-multi.pdf page 1258)
Notes: No personnel assigned until 25 September 1943
Mission: The mission of this organization is to act as a Holding Battalion for the 5th Signal AW Training Battalion.
Commanders:
25 September 1943 - 4 November 1943, Maj. Edward V. Tresham
4 November 1943 - (?), Maj. Ashley B. Haight
Notes: 23 January 1944, orders received to start disbandment at earliest possible date
Disbanded: 26 March 1944, disbandment completed
Equipment: Four (4) SCR-527, Four (4) SCR-588

Headquarters & Headquarters Company
Commanders:
25 September 1943 - (?), 1st Lt. James D. Madden
20 October 1943 - 5 January 1944, 1st Lt. James D. Madden
5 January 1944, 2nd Lt. Edward T. Blauth

1st Reporting Company
Activated: 1 June 1943
Commanders:
(?) - 20 October 1943, 2nd Lt. Elliott F. Metcalf
2 November 1943 -17 November, 1st Lt. Ernest C. Morgan
17 November 1943 - 5 January 1944, 2nd Lt. Andrew J. Copp III
5 January 1944 - (?), 2nd Lt Joseph R. Occhipinti

2nd Reporting Company
Activated: 1 June 1943
Commanders:
8 October 1943 - (?), 1st Lt. Aniji W. Moore
2 November 1943 - (?), 1st Lt. Joe Glickman
26 November 1943 - 9 January 1944, 1st Lt. Barney H. Fleeman
9 January 1944, 2nd Lt. Steven M. Hiott Jr.

Ground Observer Company
Activated: 1 June 1943
Commanders:
8 October 1943 - 2 November 1943, 2nd Lt. Andrew J. Copp III
2 November 1943 - 10 January 1944, 2nd Lt William V. Williams
10 January 1944 - 12 January 1944, 2nd Lt. Paul S. Richardson
12 January 1944 - 22 January 1944, 2nd Lt. Trevor Temple

Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion
Constituted: 1 November 1943, Camp Pinedale, Fresno, California
Note: Camp Pinedale, Western Signal Aviation Unit Training Center
Activated: 10 November 1943, Camp Pinedale, Fresno, California
Subordinate to: IV Fighter Command
Mission: Training and equipping organization for assigned mission in theater of operations. The 592nd Signal AW Battalion will be utilized in a Tactical Air Force and is, therefore, organized and equipped to be completely mobile in the field.
Notes: 19 November 1943, Warning Orders received.
Commanders:
15 November 1943 - 20 January 1944, Lt. Colonel Lucius L. Moore
21 January 1944 - (?), Major Gerald Underwood
Deployment:
18 December 1943, for training to Porterville, California
6 January 1943, for training to Estrella Army Air Base, Estrella, California
Disbanded: 1 February 1944 - 23 February 1944
Notes: 22 April 1944, Official orders of disbandment. All personnel and equipment transferred to 593rd SAW Battalion.
Equipment: May have had SCR-270's; SCR-527

Ground Observer Company
Attached to: 27 December 1943, 593rd Signal AW Battalion

Plotting Company
Commanders:
6 November 1943 - (?), Capt. William R. Buford
(?) January 1944 - (?), Lt. Staniszewski

Reporting Company (Radar Units)
Commanders:
(?) - 29 January 1944, Capt. Thomas E. Duce
29 January 1944 - (?), Lt. Bayer

1st Platoon
Deployed:
8 January 1944, for training, Morro Bay, California
20 January 1944, for training, Muroc Army Air Base, California

2nd Platoon
Deployed:
8 January 1944, for training, San Simion, California
20 January 1944, for training, Muroc Army Air Base, California

3rd Platoon
Deployed:
8 January 1944, for training, Kirk Creek, California
20 January 1944, for training, Muroc Army Air Base, California

Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion
Constituted and Activated: 1 November 1943, Camp Pinedale, Fresno, California
Note: Camp Pinedale, Western Signal Aviation Unit Training Center
Arrival: 6 November 1943, Camp Pinedale, Fresno, California
Notes: 13 November 1943, personnel assigned to unit
Note: 1944, Authorized 30 Ground Observer Posts
Reorganized: 11 May 1944
Subordinate to: IV Fighter Command
Port Call: 21 January 1944, received notification
Transferred: 31 January 1944, Camp Patrick Henry, Hampton Roads, Virginia, Port of Embarkation
Disembarked: 10 March 1944, Naples and Taranto, Italy
Continued on to: 14 March 1944, Frattaminore, Italy
Subordinate to:
64th Fighter Wing
XII Air Support Command (Later renamed XII Tactical Air Command)
XII Air Force
Reorganized: 22 April 1944, official date of absorption of personnel and equipment of 592nd SAW Battalion.
Relocated: 30 May 1944, Movement Orders received, for movement to Cisterno (changed to Circeo 31 May 1944), Italy area. The move to be made in three (3) echelons on 31 May, 1 June and 4 June 1944. Ops 3 will stay in place.
Arrived: 2 June 1944, Circeo, Italy
Departed: 8 June 1944, Circeo, Italy
Arrived: 8 June 1944, Palazzolo, Italy
Departed 27 June 1944, Palazzolo, italy
Arrived: 27 June 1944, Mt. Filippo, Italy, on the peninsula about five miles from Orbetello, in Tuscany.
Note: {web master note, this looks like the beginning of the modern mobile radar philosophy used by the Air Force} 17 June 1944. A new tactical grouping of the 64th Fighter Wing units has been accomplished. Each operations unit is a complete tactical unit made up of Radar Platoons, Information Center teams, and Ground Observer, Fighter Control teams, plus the necessary cooks, drivers, communications men, etc., attached from the various Aircraft Warning and Fighter Control units of the Wing. Complete, continuous, and flexible Aircraft Warning information is the objective of this setup. As the tactical situation changes, the Operations units will be moved and shifter. If the front is narrow, as it is now, each unit can be used in leap-frog movements, advancing with the front line. Or, if coverage is required on a wider front, each unit could be placed on the same line and moved as the situation requires. While the radar units of a particular Operations are moving, other radars can change their area of sweep, filling in the gap. Likewise, while an Information Center is being moved, radars normally reporting to it will report to one of the Information Centers still operating. Radar units which cannot be used at a particular time will be returned to a pool to await tactical changes. Thus, a radar unit can be moved into a location almost as soon as it becomes Allied territory, or a radar can be moved to critical location with minimum delay. Although the present arrangement has been in effect only a short time and under favorable tactical situation, disadvantages are minor when compared with the advantages.
Departed: 19 July 1944, Mt Filippo, Italy
Arrived: 20 July 1944, Santa Maria, Italy
Departed: 10 September 1944, Santa Maria, Italy
Arrived: 11 September 1944, Naples, Italy
Departed: 11 September 1944, Naples, Italy
Landed: 21 September 1944, Marseilles, France
Arrived: 22 September 1944, Saint Tropez, France
Note: After the invasion, the whereabouts of the various radar units and ground observer relays was not know to Bn Hq because of the distance involved and the rapid movements. Therefore it is impossible for the Historian of this Battalion to submit a day by day war diary for the month of August, 1944.
Located: 17 November 1944, Chateau Brabois, Nancy, France
Relocated: 1 April 1945, Edenkoben, Germany
Relocated: 29 April 1945, Hessentel, Germany
Commanders:
15 November 1943 - (?), Maj. Edward C. Danford
10 March 1945 - (?) Major Emil O. Lindner
Equipment: Two (2) SCR-270's (Three authorized); 11 December 1943, received seven (7) SCR-527's; 23 March 1945, 1st MEW radar set, serial number 66); AN/MPS-2 (authorized one).
Note: In Unit History, E0116520multi.pdf, page 1713, a SCR-582 is mentioned several times. However, this radar is listed as a "Fixed Microwave Seacoast Artillery set".
Notes: Capt Swedoerg, Bn S-4 Officer, left Bn Hq on the 13th of January for the Radiation Laboratory of Mass. Institute of Technology for training and delivery of MEW radar set. 26 March 1945, Lt. Bissonnette of Reporting Co "A" left for the states to pick up and bring back another MEW radar.

Companies & Platoons
Causalities
Awards

Campaigns & Foreign Service Awards:
Central Europe 22 March – 11 May 1945
Northern France 25 July – 14 September 1944
Rhineland 15 September 1944 – 21 March 1945
Rome-Arno 22 January – 9 September 1944
Southern France 15 August - 14 September 1944
Meritorious Unit Commendation 10 March 1944 – 8 May 1945
Assault Landing: Southern France 15 – 16 August 1944
Occupation Credit: 20 May – 5 July 1945 Germany

Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion
Fort Dix Army Air Base, New Jersey 1943
North Africa
Campaigns & Foreign Service Awards:
North Appennines 10 September 1944 – 4 April 1945
Po Valley 5 April – 8 May 1945
Rome-Arno 22 January – 9 September 1944

Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion
Activated: 16 May 1944, Nadzab, New Guinea
Campaigns & Foreign Service Awards:
Leyte 17 October 1944 – 1 July 1945
Luzon 15 December 1944 – 4 July 1945
New Guinea 24 January 1943 – 31 December 1944
Southern Philippines 27 February – 4 July 1945
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation 7 December 1941 – 10 May 1942 or 17 October 1944 – 4 July 1945
Notes: Originally 737th Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion
Finchhaven, New Guinea
Deactivated: 31 July, 1946
Notes: Personnel transferred to the 527th AC&WG

Company A
Finschhafen, New Guinea
San Miguel, April 16, 1945

4th Platoon
Biak

Company B

11th Platoon
Rededignated: 8 March 1945, as 5th Platoon, Company A, 565th SAW Battalion
Redesignated: 8 March 1945, from the 5th Platoon, Company A, 565th SAW Battalion

13th Platoon
Redesignated: 8 March 1945, as 12th Platoon, Company B, 565th SAW Battalion
Redesignated: 8 March 1945, from the 12th Platoon, Company B, 565th SAW Battalion

Company C
Tarlac,

Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion
Constituted:16 May 1944
Assigned to: 16 May 1944 Fifth Air Force
Notes: Personnel furnished from Signal Aircraft Warning Detachment Number 39
Subordinate to: V Fighter Command
Assigned to: 86th Air Defense Wing
Laogag Area
Campaigns & Foreign Service Awards:
Bismarck Archipelago 15 December 1943 – 27 November 1944 (Company C only)
Leyte 17 October 1944 – 1 July 1945
Luzon 15 December 1944 – 4 July 1945
New Guinea 24 January 1943 – 31 December 1944
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation 7 December 1941 – 10 May 1942 or 17 October 1944 – 4 July 1945
Equipment: 12 each SCR-602
Allotted: 24 May 1946 to National Guard
Redesignated: 24 May 1946 as 159th ACWG

Company A
Equipment: 12 each SCR-602

1st Platoon
RS-638
Equipment: SCR-602

2nd Platoon
RS-639
Equipment: SCR-602

3rd Platoon
RS-640
Equipment: SCR-602

4th Platoon
RS-641
Equipment: SCR-602

5th Platoon
RS-642
Equipment: SCR-602

6th Platoon
RS-643
Equipment: SCR-602

Advance Echelon Headquarters (Co. A)

Ass. Echelon (Co. A)

Rear Echelon Headquarters (Co. A)

Company B
Equipment: 12 each SCR-602
Redesignated: 8 March 1945, Company B, 597ths SAW Battalion
Redesignated: 8 March 1945, from Company A, 597th SAW Battalion as Company B, 596th SAW Battalion

Company C
Ass. Ech. (Abbreviation meaning unknown) - Finschhafen
Equipment: 12 each SCR-602

Adv. Ech.
Headquarters
Tactical Fighter Control Center - Finschhafen

14th Platoon
RS-651 - Glouchester - Aberparena

15th Platoon
RS-652 - Glouchester - Aberparena

13th Platoon
RS-650 - Finschhafen

16th Platoon
RS-653 - Finschhafen

17th Platoon
RS-654 - Finschhafen

18th Platoon
RS-655 - Finschhafen

Rear Echelon
Tactical Fighter Control Center
Finschhafen - Kamiri

Company D (Ground Observer)

Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion
Activated: 1 December 1942, Drew Field, Tampa, Florida
Relocated: 12 March 1943, Oldsmar, Florida
Relocated: 1 July 1943, Camp Gordon Johnston, Florida
Relocated: 8 August 1943, Gulfport, Mississippi
Relocated: 22 September 1943, Hattiesbury, Mississippi
Arrived: 11 March 1944, Camp Stoneman, California
Arrived: 30 April, 1944 Finschhafen, New Guinea
Assigned to: 16 May 1944 Fifth Air Force
Relocated: 17 July 1944, Gusika, New Guinea
Relocated: 22 October 1944, Biak, Netherlands, East Indies
Notes: Personnel furnished from Signal Aircraft Warning Detachment Number 41
Subordinate to: V Fighter Command
Mindanao, Philippines 1944
Subordinate to: 1 March 1945, 13th Air Force
Inactivated: 25 March 1946, all personnel reassigned to and formed the second detachment of the 35th Fighter Control Squadron.
Campaigns & Foreign Service Awards:
Leyte 17 October 1944 – 1 July 1945
New Guinea 24 January 1943 – 31 December 1944
Southern Philippines 27 February – 4 July 1945
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation 7 December 1941 – 10 May 1942 or 17 October 1944 – 4 July 1945
Occupation Credit: 5 November 1945 – 5 March 1946 Japan (Less A, B & D)
Occupation Credit: 5 – 15 November 1945 Japan (Company A only)
Occupation Credit: 15 November 1945 – 6 March 1946 (Company B & D only)
Equipment: 12 each SCR-602
Allotted: 24 May 1946 to National Guard
Redesignated: 24 May 1946 as 160th ACWG
Notes: Landed by Submarine; Becomes the 611th AC&WS in Japan

Company A (Light Weight)
Equipment: 12 each SCR-602; four (4) light weight AN/TPS-3
Redesignated: 8 March 1945, Company B, 596th SAW Battalion

Company B (Light Weight)
Equipment: 12 each SCR-602
Redesignated: 8 March 1945, Company B, 583rd SAW Battalion
Redesignated: 8 March 1945, from Company B, 596th SAW Battalion as Company B, 597th SAW Battalion

Company C (Light Weight)
Equipment: 12 each SCR-602

Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion
Note: Participated in invasion of Philippines.
Campaigns & Foreign Service Awards:
Occupation Credit: 25 September 1945 – 5 March 1946 Okinawa
Allotted: 24 May 1946 to National Guard
Redesignated: 24 May 1946 as 161st ACWG

Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion
Organized: 30 March 1944, Drew Field in Tampa, Florida
Deployed: Oahu, Hawaii; Marshall and Mariana Islands (World War II).
Arrived: 22 September 1944, Saipan
Campaigns & Foreign Service Awards:
Western Pacific (Ground) 15 June 1944 – 2 September 1945 (Less Company C)
Deactivated: 29 July 1946
Allotted: 24 May 1946 to National Guard California Air National Guard.
Redesignated: 24 May 1946 as 162d ACWG
Mobilized: 1 May 1951
Deactivated: 6 February 1952
Returned to control of State of California
Van Nuys Air National Guard Base
"Sister" units: the 147th, 148th and 149th AC&WS
Subordinate to: 162nd AC&WG.
Relocated: North Highlands ANG Station, Sacramento, California
1 March 1961
Redesignated: 162nd Communications Group (Mobile)

Company A
Guam, Mariana Islands, Aug/Sep 1944

Company D
Guam, Mariana Islands, Aug/Sep 1944