XIII Bomber Command

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.

History

Lineage

• Constituted as XIII Bomber Command on 14 December 1942

Activated on 13 January 1943

Inactivated on 15 March 1946

Disbanded 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.

See also

• United States Army Air Forces in the South Pacific Area

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

• Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.

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