Signal Corps Crossed
          Flags1029th Signal CompanyEighth Air Force
          Shoulder Patch

20th Fighter Group, 67th Fighter Wing, First Bombardment Division

Eighth Air Force

History

1941

February 13: First formed as a Signal platoon at McChord Field, Washington.

1943


Tobyhanna Army Depot, Pennsylvania

May: Ft. Dix, New Jersey: The unit stayed there for several months training and preparing for their transfer to England

July: Camp Kilmer. After two weeks there, they were boarded on the troop ship Athlone Castle, headed for the European Theater of Operation (ETO)

August 17: Arrived in Liverpool, England on 17 August 1941, and in a convoy of trucks, took an overnight ride to Kings Cliffe Army Air Base, just outside Peterborough, England.

1944-1945

The 1029th provided a variety of communications services to the 20th Fighter Group, 67th Fighter Wing, First Bombardment Division, Eighth Air Force.

The 1029th was split at one point, and Detachment A of the 1029th, was assigned to the 97th Service Group. 

Both units provided services until they were disbanded on April 15, 1945 as the war in Europe wound down. VE Day was May 8, 1945. 

Soldiers of the 1029th were reassigned to three squadrons of the 446th Air Service Group. They were to be deployed to the Pacific and the war with Japan.

After Japan's surrender, they returned to the U.S.


Narrative History with Photos

History Documents

Personnel

Technician Fifth Grade Arthur J. Montemayor


Acknowledgement:

Created with the assistance of Roger Montemeyor, son of the late Technician Fifth Grade Arthur J. Montemayor, 1029th Signal Company.
Roger Montemeyor served as an officer in the U.S. Army Signal Corps from 1971 to 1976.
All material not in the public domain Copyright 2023 Leonard H. Cizewski
and Roger Montemeyor

Last Major Update:
November 29, 2023
Minor Revision or Correction: November 23, 2023
Posted: November 21, 2023
Last Reviewed:

Ibiblio Logo



US Army Signal Corps from 1971 to 1976