30th Postal Regulating Section

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128th Army Postal Unit


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18th Weather Squadron: A Brief History

​    The 18th Weather Squadron was not part of the 33rd Service Group, but was in fact a large 8th Air Force organization responsible for the forecasting for an area that covered most of Europe.  It was comprised of six sections: Bomber, Fighter, Service, Composite, EWATC and RADIOSONDE.  Each section had detachments for every station within its area of responsibility.  Detachments at fighter stations did not have specific designations but were referred to by the station number at which they resided.
    Personnel of the 18th Weather Squadron began arriving at Station F-356 in April, 1943.  At that time their facilities had not yet been completed.  According to the detachment history, "A plot of ground, site of the proposed weather station, was all that T/Sgt J.C. Wilson, Sgts. T.W. Connor and Harold Wolf, Cpls. G.W. Locklear and Don Maxwell could find on their arrival at this old Eagle Squadron Base..."
   The weather station became operational on 25 June 1943.  The unit history noted that the accuracy of the detachment's forecasting was such that "one pilot, who drops into the weather office daily, wins most of his drinks by making casual bets on tomorrow's weather."   
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18th Weather Squadron Roster

Maxwell, Don
Miller, L.A.
Muffley,  O.L.
Mulvihill, J.A.
Obus, Elliott R.
Puff, G. W.
Riley, M.H.
Schobinger, John E.
Sickel, R. C.
Swope, Paul H.
Taylor, R. R.
Thompson, C.E.
Wescott, Donald A.
Wilson, J.C.
Wolf, Harold
Zarro, Eugene A.