XIII Bomber Command

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Active 1943–1946 Type Command and Control		Country United States
Branch United States Army Air Forces

The XIII Bomber Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to Thirteenth Air Force, based at Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines. It was inactivated on 15 March 1946.

XIII Bomber Command was a World War II command and control organization for Thirteenth Air Force. Its mission was to provide command and control authority of Army Air Force bombardment organizations within the Thirteenth Air Force Area of Responsibility.

Lineage

Constituted as XIII Bomber Command on 14 December 1942

Activated on 13 January 1943Inactivated on 15 March 1946Disbanded on 8 October 1948

Assignments

Thirteenth Air Force, 13 January 1943 – 15 March 1946

Stations

Pekoa Airfield, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, 13 January 1943

Carney Airfield, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 20 August 1943

Momote Airfield, Los Negros Island, Admiralty Islands, June 1944

Wakde Airfield, Wakde, Netherlands East Indies. 3 September 1944

Wama Airfield, Morotai, Netherlands East Indies. 17 October 1944

Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines, 27 August 1945 – 15 March 1946.

Units

5th Bombardment Group, 13 January 1943 – 15 March 1946

11th Bombardment Group, 9 November 1943 – 15 March 1946

42d Bombardment Group, 22 April 1943 – January 1946

307th Bombardment Group, February 1943 – December 1945

Operational history

Participated in the following campaigns: Central Pacific; China Defensive; Guadalcanal; New Guinea; Northern Solomons; Eastern Mandates; Bismarck Archipelago; Western Pacific; Leyte; Luzon; Southern Philippines; China Offensive.

References

XIII Bomber Command Wikipedia

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