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III Bomber Command

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Active
  
1941-1946

Type
  
Command and Control

Engagements
  
World War II

Country
  
United States

Part of
  
Third Air Force

Branch
  
United States Army Air Force

The III Bomber Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Third Air Force stationed at MacDill Field, Florida. It was inactivated on 8 April 1946.

Contents

Lineage

  • Constituted as III Bomber Command on 4 September 1941
    • Activated on 5 September 1941 Inactivated on 8 April 1946 Disbanded on 8 October 1948

    Assignments

  • Third Air Force, 5 September 1941 – 8 April 1946

    • Components

  • Various observation and light bombardment organizations

    • Stations

  • Drew Field, Florida, 5 September 1941
  • MacDill Field, Florida, c. September 1941
  • Savannah AAB, Georgia, c. io December 1941
  • MacDill Field, Florida, C. 15 December 1941 – 8 April 1946.

    • Operations

    Trained bombardment organizations and personnel. Also patrolled in search of enemy submarines,

    References

    III Bomber Command Wikipedia
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