XIII Bomber Command

XIII Bomber Command
XIII Bomber Command
	Command B-24 Liberator in 1944
Active	1943–1946
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army Air Forces
Role	Command of bomber units
Engagements	Southwest Pacific Theater<bf/>China-Burma-India Theater;

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

History[]

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.

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.

Lineage[]

Constituted as the XIII Bomber Command on 14 December 1942

Activated on 13 January 1943

Inactivated on 15 March 1946

Disbanded on 8 October 1948^[1]

Assignments[]

Thirteenth Air Force, 13 January 1943 – 15 March 1946^[2]

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^[1]

Components[]

5th Bombardment Group, 13 January 1943 – 15 December 1945^[3]
11th Bombardment Group, 9 November 1943 – 15 March 1946
42d Bombardment Group, 22 April 1943 – 25 December 1945 (attached to 308th Bombardment Wing, c. 24 August 1944; 310th Bombardment Wing, 3 September 1944; , c. 15 September 1944; XIII Fighter Command, 1 October 1944; XIII Bomber Command Rear Echelon, 9 January – 24 February 1945; XIII Fighter Command, c. 22 March – c. September 1945)^[4]
307th Bombardment Group, February 1943 – December 1945^[5]

References[]

Notes[]

Explanatory notes

^ Aircraft is Consolidated B-24D-50-CO Liberator, serial 42-40323 of the 424th Bombardment Squadron.

Citations

^ ^a ^b Maurer, Combat Units, p. 451
^ Kane, Robert B. (21 October 2011). "Thirteenth Air Force (Air Forces Pacific) (PACAF)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
^ Bailey, Carl E. (8 May 2018). "Factsheet 5 Operations Group (ACC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
^ Haulman, Daniel (13 June 2018). "Factsheet 42 Air Base Wing (AETC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
^ Maurer, Combat Units, p. 451 (years only).

Bibliography[]

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

Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) [1961]. Air Force Combat Units of World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-02-1. LCCN 61060979. Retrieved 17 December 2016.

[1] Aircraft is Consolidated B-24D-50-CO Liberator, serial 42-40323 of the 424th Bombardment Squadron.

[Maurer13BC-2] Maurer, Combat Units, p. 451

[3] Kane, Robert B. (21 October 2011). "Thirteenth Air Force (Air Forces Pacific) (PACAF)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 24 December 2021.

[4] Bailey, Carl E. (8 May 2018). "Factsheet 5 Operations Group (ACC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 27 December 2021.

[5] Haulman, Daniel (13 June 2018). "Factsheet 42 Air Base Wing (AETC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 30 December 2021.

[6] Maurer, Combat Units, p. 451 (years only).

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