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III Reconnaissance 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 Reconnaissance Command was a United States Army Air Forces unit. Its last assignment was with Third Air Force stationed at Rapid City Army Air Base, South Dakota. It was inactivated on 8 April 1946.

Contents

Lineage

  • Constituted as: I Air Support Command on 21 August 1941
    • Activated on 4 September 1941 Redesignated as: I Ground Air Support Command in April 1942 Redesignated as: I Air Support Command in September 1942 Redesignated as: I Tactical Air Division in August 1943 Redesignated as: III Tactical Air Division in April 1944 Redesignated as: III Reconnaissance Command in June 1945 Inactivated on 9 April 1946 Disbanded on 8 October 1948.

    Assignments

  • First Air Force, 4 September 1941-April 1944
  • Third Air Force, April 1944-9 April 1946

    • Components

  • Various observation and light bombardment organizations

    • Stations

  • Mitchel Field, New York, 1 September 1941
  • Morris Field, North Carolina, November 1942
  • Key Field, Mississippi, c. 3 April 1944
  • Rapid City AAB, South Dakota, November 1945-9 April 1946.

    • Operations

    Flew antisubmarine patrols off the east coast, 7 December 1941 – 15 October 1942. Trained light bombardment crews, participated in air-ground maneuvers, and demonstrated air support techniques, September 1941-May 1944. Trained reconnaissance personnel and organizations, May 1944 – 1946.

    References

    III Reconnaissance Command Wikipedia
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