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  1. Bomber Command

    Bomber Command is an organizational military unit, generally subordinate to the air force of a country . Many countries have a Bomber Command , although the most famous ones were in United Kingdom Britain and the United States . A Bomber Command is generally used for Strategic bombing although at times ... s i.e. planes used to bomb targets . RAF Bomber Command Main RAF Bomber Command RAF Bomber Command ... , which represented about one sixth of Bomber Command s strength, was a Royal Canadian Air Force unit. Some non British personnel came from occupied European countries. At its height, Bomber Command ... into the air over Germany. Over 12,000 Bomber Command aircraft were shot down during World War II ... medal for Bomber Command was never struck. The decision not to award a medal for all members of Bomber ..., much to Harris s chagrin, made virtually no mention of Bomber Command s campaign in his victory ... . Bomber Command used not only British aircraft but also American built machines such as the B 17 Flying Fortress and B 24 Liberator although less than 2 of Bomber Command s wartime sorties were ... useful information on improvements before the US entered the war. RAF Bomber Command was merged into RAF Strike Command in 1968. USAAF Whereas the Bomber Command in the RAF was a single organisation ... bombing of Germany and Japan. VIII Bomber Command , XV Bomber Command , XX Bomber Command and XXI Bomber Command . VIII Bomber Command Main VIII Bomber Command VIII Bomber Command was the UK based strategic ... and a larger bomb load. VIII Bomber Command, known as Pine tree , began strategic operations in Europe ... and abandoned it in the face of serious losses. Until June, 1943, VIII Bomber Command could not mount ... in sizeable numbers did daylight bombing become effective. In January 1944, VIII Bomber Command ... the combined efforts of the 8th and the 15th Air Force in Italy . IX Bomber Command Main IX Bomber Command IX Bomber Command was part of the Ninth Air Force and had started life as the heavy ...   more details



  1. VI Bomber Command

    Infobox military unit unit name VI Bomber Command image File 6thbombcommand emblem.jpg 250px caption Emblem of the VI Bomber Command dates 1941 1946 country United States allegiance branch United States Army Air Force type role Command and Control size command structure garrison motto mascot battles notable commanders The VI Bomber Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Sixth Air Force . It was based throughout its service at Albrook Field , in the Panama Canal Zone . It was inactivated on 1 November 1946. It engaged in antisubmarine operations from the Canal ... Sinkings of German U Boats by VI Bomber Command Bombardment Aircraft year work VI Bomber Command In Defense Of The Panama Canal 1941 45 ref Lineage Constituted as VI Bomber Command on 17 October 1941 ... panama vibchistorytem.htm title VI Bombardment Command History year work VI Bomber Command ... year work VI Bomber Command In Defense Of The Panama Canal 1941 45 ref 9th Operations Group 9th ... work VI Bomber Command In Defense Of The Panama Canal 1941 45 ref 25th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing ... Heavy year work VI Bomber Command In Defense Of The Panama Canal 1941 45 ref 40th Air Expeditionary ... Heavy year work VI Bomber Command In Defense Of The Panama Canal 1941 45 ref 3d Bombardment Squadron ... Bomber Command In Defense Of The Panama Canal 1941 45 ref 10th Bombardment Squadron , attached December ... Heavy year work VI Bomber Command In Defense Of The Panama Canal 1941 45 ref 29th Bombardment ... work VI Bomber Command In Defense Of The Panama Canal 1941 45 ref 74th Bombardment Squadron , 1 November ... panama 74thbshistorytem.htm title 74th Bombardment Squadron Heavy year work VI Bomber Command ... 397thbshistorytem.htm title 397th Bombardment Squadron Heavy year work VI Bomber Command In Defense ... VI Bomber Command In Defense Of The Panama Canal 1941 45 year work Planes and Pilots Of World War ... DEFAULTSORT Vi Bomber Command Category Military units and formations established in 1941 Category ...   more details



  1. XXII Bomber Command

    Infobox military unit unit name XXII Bomber Command image caption dates 1944 1945 country United States allegiance branch United States Army Air Forces type Command and Control role size command structure notable commanders anniversaries decorations The XXII Bomber Command was a United States Army Air Forces unit. It was assigned to Second Air Force , and based at Peterson Field , Colorado . It was inactivated on 13 February 1945. Began organization for second B 29 Superfortress command in Pacific under Second Air Force . Wings attached but never permanently assigned. Organization never got beyond forming Headquarters echelon and Headquarters squadron. Inactivated before any operational groups assigned, as XX Bomber Command units were reassigned from India to the Marianas , eliminating need for command. Lineage Constituted as XXII Bomber Command Very Heavy on 4 August 1944 Activated on 14 August 1944 Disbanded on 13 February 1945. Assignments Second Air Force , 4 August 1944 13 February 1945 Stations Peterson Field , Colorado , 14 August 1944 13 February 1945. Compoents 315th Bombardment Wing , Very Heavy Attached , c. 14 August c. 7 December 1944 316th Bombardment Wing , Very Heavy Attached , c. 14 August c. 7 December 1944 References AFHRA Maurer, Maurer 1983 . Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0 89201 092 4. Reflist External links Portal box United States Air Force Military of the United States USAAF 2d Air Force World War II DEFAULTSORT Xxii Bomber Command Category Military units and formations established in 1944 Category Intermediate combat commands of the United States Army Air Forces ...   more details



  1. XI Bomber Command

    Use dmy dates date May 2011 Infobox military unit unit name XI Bomber Command image caption dates 1943 1944 country United States allegiance branch United States Army Air Forces type Fighter role size command structure current commander garrison ceremonial chief colonel of the regiment nickname patron motto colors march mascot battles notable commanders anniversaries decorations battle honours The XI Bomber Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Eleventh Air Force , stationed at Shemya Army Air Base , Alaska Alaska Territory . It was inactivated on 31 March 1944 The command controlled primarily medium and light bomber units assigned or deployed to Alaska during the World War II Aleutian Islands Campaign in conjunction with Eleventh Air Force. History Lineage Constituted as XI Bomber Command on 4 March 1943 Activated in Alaska on 19 March 1943 Disbanded in Alaska on 31 March 1944. Assignments Eleventh Air Force , 19 March 1943 31 March 1944 Stations Adak Army Airfield , Alaska Alaska Territory , 19 March 1943 Amchitka Army Airbase , Alaska Alaska Territory , 24 June 1943 Adak Army Airfield , Alaska Alaska Territory , 4 September 1943 Shemya Army Air Base , Alaska Alaska Territory , 3 31 March 1944 Components 28th Bombardment Group , Assigned 19 March 1943 31 March 1944 Numerous units groups, squadrons temporarily attached. References Portal box United States Air Force Military of the United States AFHRA Reflist Maurer, Maurer 1983 . Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0 89201 092 4. External links USAAF 11th Air Force World War II DEFAULTSORT Xi Bomber Command Category Military units and formations established in 1943 Category Intermediate combat commands of the United States Army Air Forces 11 Command Bomb ...   more details



  1. RAF Bomber Command

    Infobox military unit unit name Bomber Command image Image Bomber600.jpg 175px caption Bomber Command ... Strategic bomber Strategic bombing size command structure garrison 1936 40 RAF Uxbridge br 1940 68 ... recon aircraft patrol aircraft trainer aircraft transport RAF Bomber Command controlled the Royal Air ... May 1940, RAF Bomber Command was authorized to attack German targets east of the Rhine. Later in the War ... lives but Bomber Command crews also suffered extremely high casualty rates. In the 1960s the command ... Electric Canberra Canberra light bombers. RAF Bomber Command had 19 Victoria Cross winners. ref cite web url http members.iinet.net.au tcosgrove vcross.html accessdate 2008 07 03 title Bomber Command ... everything ref History 1936&ndash 1945 At the time of the formation of Bomber Command in 1936 ... defence. Consequently, the early conception of Bomber Command was in some ways akin to its later role ... of World War II At the start of World War II in 1939, Bomber Command faced four problems. The first was lack of size Bomber Command was not large enough to effectively attack the enemy as a pure, stand ... allocated to Bomber Command were not wide enough in scope. The third problem was the Command s lack ... Bomber Command operations provoke a German bombing attack on France. Since the Arm e de l Air had few ... was lack of good enough aircraft. The main Bomber Command workhorses at the start of the war, aircraft ... enough range or ordnance capacity for anything more than a limited strategic offensive. Bomber Command ..., Bomber Command too saw little combat during the first few months of hostilities. Bomber Command flew ... 1940, RAF Bomber Command was authorized to attack German targets east of the Rhine on May 15, 1940 the Air ..., p.124. ref Bomber Command s strategic bombing campaign on Germany had thus begun. ref Hinchliffe, 2000. p. 44 ref Bomber Command itself soon fully joined in the action. With the rapid collapse of France ... , but still vital and dangerous work. From July 1940 to the end of the year, Bomber Command lost ...   more details



  1. III Bomber Command

    no footnotes date January 2012 Infobox military unit unit name III Bomber Command image caption dates 1941 1946 country United States allegiance branch United States Army Air Force type Command and Control role size command structure Third Air Force current commander garrison ceremonial chief colonel of the regiment nickname patron motto colors march mascot battles World War II notable commanders anniversaries decorations battle honours 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. History 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 Hunter Army Airfield Savannah AAB , Georgia U.S. State 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 AFHRA Reflist references Maurer, Maurer 1983 . Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0 89201 092 4. External links Portal box United States Air Force Military of the United States USAAF 3d Air Force World War II DEFAULTSORT Iii Bomber Command Category Military units and formations of the United States in World War II ...   more details



  1. IV Bomber Command

    Infobox military unit unit name IV Bomber Command image caption dates 1941 1944 country United States allegiance branch United States Army Air Forces type Command and Control role size command structure current commander garrison battles notable commanders anniversaries decorations battle honours The IV Bomber Command is an inactive United States Army Air Forces unit. It was last assigned to Fourth Air Force , based at San Francisco , California . It was inactivated on 31 March 1944. It trained bombardment organizations and personnel. Also flew antisubmarine patrols along the west coast. History Lineage Constituted as IV Bomber Command on 1 September 1941 Activated on 19 September 1941 Disbanded on 31 March 1944. Assignments Fourth Air Force , 1 September 1941 31 March 1944 Stations Tucson , Arizona , 19 September 1941 Hamilton Field, California Hamilton Field , California , c. 8 December 1941 San Francisco , California , 5 January 1942 31 March 1944. References AFHRA Maurer, Maurer 1983 . Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0 89201 092 4. Reflist External links Portal box United States Air Force Military of the United States USAAF 4th Air Force World War II DEFAULTSORT Iv Bomber Command Category Military units and formations established in 1941 Category Intermediate combat commands of the United States Army Air Forces Category Military units and formations disestablished in 1944 ...   more details



  1. XIII Bomber Command

    Use dmy dates date May 2011 Infobox military unit unit name XIII Bomber Command image caption dates 1943 1946 country United States allegiance branch United States Army Air Forces type Command and Control role size command structure current commander garrison ceremonial chief colonel of the regiment nickname patron motto colors march mascot battles notable commanders anniversaries decorations battle honours The XIII Bomber Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to Thirteenth Air Force , based at Clark AFB 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 Santo Pekoa International Airport Luganville 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 Pitu Airport Wama Airfield , Morotai , Netherlands East Indies . 17 October 1944 Clark AB Clark Field , Luzon , Philippines, 27 August 1945 15 March 1946. Units 5th Bomb Wing 5th Bombardment Group , 13 January 1943 15 March 1946 11th Wing 11th Bombardment Group , 9 November 1943 15 March 1946 42d Air Base Wing 42d Bombardment Group , 22 April 1943 January 1946 307th Bombardment Wing 307th Bombardment ... Force World War II DEFAULTSORT Xiii Bomber Command Category Intermediate combat commands of the United States Army Air Forces 13 Command Bomb Category Military units and formations established in 1943 ...   more details



  1. VIII Bomber Command

    VIII Bomber Command image File Patch 8thUSAAF.png 220px caption World War II era emblem of Eighth ... commanders Major General Ira C. Eaker Refimprove date February 2012 The VIII Bomber Command is an inactive ... Daws Hill High Wycombe , England. The designation 8th Bomber Command was inactivated on 22 February 1944. VIII Bomber Command was the heavy bombardment arm of Eighth Air Force mdash which also came ... AAF Bomber Command on 31 Dec. when they attacked the vital CAM bal NARA 535712.jpg thumb 300px right An aerial view from a B 17 Flying Fortress of the VIII Bomber Command photograph taken on 31 ... Bomber Command on 19 January 1942 Activated on 1 February 1942 Inactivated with personnel and equipment redesignated Eighth Air Force on 22 February 1944 Note An VIII Bomber Command Very Heavy existed ... RAF Shipdham Attached to IX Bomber Command Libya, Tunisia , 28 June 14 September 1943 93d Bombardment ... Bomber Command Libya, Tunisia , 3 July 14 September 1943 Col break width 50 392d Bombardment Group , Circle ... with the 97th Bomb Group on 17 August 1942, this was the lead aircraft in the first VIII Bomber Command ... VIII Bomber Command was activated at Langley AFB Langley Field , Virginia , It was reassigned to Hunter ... detachment of VIII Bomber Command was established at RAF Bomber Command Headquarters at RAF High ... several months to get the VIII Bomber Command ready for combat operations in Europe. One of the major ... B 24D groups, the 44th and 93d were going to be the nucleus for VIII Bomber Command in England. The first combat group of VIII Bomber Command to arrive in the United Kingdom was the ground echelon of the 97th .... Under VIII Bomber Command the airmen were organized as the 15th Bombardment Squadron Light and equipped ... any of his heavy VIII Bomber Command bomb groups ready for operational missions. Two of the 15th ... operations by the VIII Bomber Command began on 17 August, when the 97th Bombardment Group flew 12 B 17Es on the first VIII Bomber Command heavy bomber mission of the war from RAF Polebrook, attacking ...   more details



  1. XX Bomber Command

    otheruses 20th Bomb Squadron Infobox military unit unit name XX Bomber Command BR smaller I Bomber Command File 1st usaaf patch.svg 65px   File 20th usaaf.png 65px image File XX Bomber Command Emblem.png 250px caption Emblem of XX Bomber Command dates 1941 1948 country United States allegiance branch ... Emblem of I Bomber Command 1941 1942 The XX Bomber Command XX BC is an inactive United States Air ... on July 16, 1945. History See also Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command As I Bomber ... Command on 15 October 1942. XX Bomber Command The idea of basing the Superfortresses in China ... them was Major General Kenneth B. Wolfe, the new commander of the XX Bomber Command, which had been ... wing to serve on the Asian mainland under the XX Bomber Command. ref name hittinghomepg4 A committee ... hit their targets, dropping 368 tons of bombs. Encouraged by the results, XX Bomber Command prepared ... On August 20, LeMay arrived to breathe new energy into the XX Bomber Command. The former Eighth Air ... as the lead ship. ref name hittinghomepg5 During his first two months at XX Bomber Command, LeMay ... in northern China a weather station that would provide better forecasts for the XX Bomber Command ... unnecessary. In January 1945, the XX Bomber Command abandoned its bases in China and concentrated ..., LeMay moved to the Marianas, leaving command of the XX Bomber Command in India to Brig. Gen. Roger ... Indies. The 58th, the only operational wing of the XX Bomber Command, remained in India until the end of March 1945, when it moved to the Marianas to join the Bomber Command XXI Bomber Command XXI Bomber Command . ref name hittinghomepg5 XX Bomber Command stopped being an operational command ... of the wing passed to the XXI Bomber Command. ref name hittinghomepg5 center gallery File 40bg emblem.jpg ... Bomber Command on September 4, 1941 Activated on September 5, 1941 Inactivated on October 15, 1942 Activated on May 1, 1943 Redesignated XX Bomber Command in August 1943 Disbanded on October 6, 1943 Reconstituted ...   more details



  1. VII Bomber Command

    Infobox military unit unit name VII Bomber Command image caption dates 1942 1946 country United States allegiance branch United States Army Air Force type role Command and Control size command structure current commander garrison ceremonial chief colonel of the regiment nickname patron motto colors march mascot battles Image World War II Victory Medal ribbon.svg 60px   Image Asiatic Pacific Campaign ribbon.svg 60px World War II Asiatic Pacific Campaign 1944 1945 notable commanders anniversaries The VII Bomber Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Seventh Air Force , based on Okinawa . It was inactivated on 31 March 1946. History Lineage Constituted as VII Bomber Command on 23 January 1942 Activated on 29 January 1942. Inactivated on 31 March 1946 Disbanded on 8 October 1948 Assignments Hawaiian Air Force 23 January 1942 31 March 1946 Redesignated 7 Air Force on 5 February 1942 Redesignated Seventh Air Force on 18 September 1942 Stations Hickam AFB Hickam Field , Hawaii Territory , 29 January 1942 Funafuti International Airport Funafuti Airfield , Nanumea , Gilbert Islands , November 1943 Tarawa , Gilbert Islands Hawkins Field Tarawa Hawkins Field , January 1944 Bonriki International Airport Bairiki Mullinix Airfield , January March 1944 Bucholz Army Airfield Kwajalein Airfield , Kwajalein , Marshall Islands , March 1944 East Field Saipan East Field , Saipan , Mariana Islands , August 1944 Yontan Airfield , Okinawa , July 1945 March 1946. Units assigned 5th Operations Group 5th Bombardment Group 29 January 1942 4 January 1943 11th Wing 11th Bombardment Group 29 January 1942 5 January 1943 8 April 1943 23 November 1945 30th Operations Group 30th Bombardment Group 17 October 1943 17 March 1945 41st Bombardment Group 16 October 1943 27 January 1945 307th Bombardment Group 1 November 1942 February 1943 494th Bombardment Wing 494th ... 2010 DEFAULTSORT Vii Bomber Command Category Military units and formations established in 1942 ...   more details



  1. XII Bomber Command

    Infobox military unit unit name XII Bomber Command image caption dates 1942 1944 country United States allegiance branch United States Army Air Forces type Command and Control role size command structure Twelfth Air Force current commander garrison mascot battles World War II notable commanders anniversaries decorations battle honours The XII Bomber Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Twelfth Air Force , based in Corsica , France . It was constituted on 26 February 1942, activated on 13 March 1942, and inactivated on 10 June 1944. It was assigned to Twelfth Air Force in August 1942 and transferred, without personnel and equipment, to England where the command was re formed. Moved to North Africa , with the first of its elements arriving during the invasion in November 1942. Served in combat in the Mediterranean theater until 1 November 1943 when most of the personnel were withdrawn and reassigned to Fifteenth Air Force . Received additional personnel in January 1944 and served in combat until 1 March 1944. It was finally disbanded in Corsica on 10 June 1944. Assignments Third Air Force , 13 March 1942 Twelfth Air Force , 31 August 1942 10 June 1944 Stations MacDill Field , Florida , 13 March 1942 RAF High Wycombe , England , 31 August 10 November 1942 Tafaraoui Airfield , Algeria , 22 November 1942 Algiers , Algeria , 27 November 1942 Constantine Airfield , Algeria , 5 December 1942 Tunis , Tunisia , 23 July 1943 Bari Airfield , Italy , c. December 1943 Pollena Trocchia Naples , Italy , 4 January 1944 Corsica , c. April 10 June 1944. Wings 5th Bombardment Wing World War II 5th Bombardment Wing , 13 October 1942 1 November 1943 42d Bombardment Wing World War II 42d Bombardment Wing , 1 September 1 November 1943, 1 January ... of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0 89201 092 4. USAAF 12th Air Force World War II DEFAULTSORT Xii Bomber Command Category Military units and formations established in 1942 Category Military units and formations ...   more details



  1. V Bomber Command

    About the American Pacific Bomber Command during World War II the British Cold War bomber fleet V Bomber Use dmy dates date May 2011 Infobox military unit unit name V Bomber Command image caption dates 14 November 1941 8 October 1948 country United States allegiance branch United States Army Air Forces type Command and Control role size command structure current commander garrison ceremonial chief colonel of the regiment nickname patron motto colors march mascot battles notable commanders Brig. Gen. Kenneth Walker KIA br Brig. Gen. Howard K. Ramey MIA anniversaries decorations battle honours The V Bomber Command is an inactive United States Army Air Forces unit. It was last assigned to Fifth Air Force , based at Iruma Air Base Irumagawa AB , Japan. It was inactivated on 31 May 1946. During World War II the unit initially controlled Fifth Air Force bomber units in the Philippines . It was largely destroyed in the Battle of the Philippines 1941 42 , and withdrew to Australia at the end of December 1941, although elements of some units remained in the Philippines until April 1942. Re equipped, the command provided command and control authority of Army Air Force bombardment organizations within the Fifth Air Force Area of Responsibility AOR . Afterward, served with the occupation force in Japan before being inactivated in 1946. History Lineage Constituted as V Bomber Command on 28 October ... 22V Bomber Command 22&as brr 3&ie ISO 8859 1&output html&sig cxrsOnod9KRwMYsfpxmLeBiEj2A page ... Japanese advance in the Netherlands Indies . The command ceased to function in March 1942 the AAF ... Dutch Australian Command ABDA and later Allied Air Forces . Headquarters was remanned in September ... . The command served in combat with Fifth Air Force until the end of the war. Brigadier General Kenneth ... when opposed by enemy interceptors and antiaircraft fire. After the war the command became ... Air Forces 05 Command Bomb Category Military units and formations established in 1941 ...   more details



  1. II Bomber Command

    Infobox military unit unit name II Bomber Command image caption dates 1941 1943 country United States allegiance branch United States Army Air Forces type Command and Control role size command structure current commander garrison ceremonial chief colonel of the regiment nickname patron motto colors march mascot battles notable commanders anniversaries decorations battle honours The II Bomber Command is an inactive United States Army Air Forces unit. It was last assigned to Second Air Force , based at Fort George Wright , Washington U.S. state Washington . It was inactivated on 6 October 1943. During World War II , the unit trained large numbers of B 17 Flying Fortress and B 24 Liberator bombardment groups. It controlled operational training units OTU and replacement training units RTU primarily in the west and southwest of the United States until late 1943 when its operations were taken over by Headquarters, Second Air Force and the command was disbanded. It also performed antisubmarine patrols along the pacific northwest coast until May 1943 History Lineage Constituted as II Bomber Command on 4 September 1941 Activated on 5 September Disbanded on 6 October 1943 Assignments Second Air Force , 4 September 1941 6 October 1943 Components Wings 17th Air Division 17th Bombardment Wing , 15 May 6 October 1943 46th Operations Group 46 Bombardment Operational Training Wing , 21 February 15 May 1943 58th Air Division 58th Bombardment Wing , 15 May 8 June 1943 Groups Col begin Col break width 50 7th Operations Group 7 Bombardment Group , 5 September 22 December 1941 17th Training Group 17th Bombardment Group , 25 May 1941 9 February 1942 39th Air Base Wing 39th Bombardment Group , 5 ... Bomber Command Category Military units and formations established in 1941 Category Intermediate combat commands of the United States Army Air Forces 02 Command Bomb ... Bomber Group 448th Bombardment Group , 1 May 6 October 1943 452d Operations Group 452 Bombardment ...   more details



  1. XXI Bomber Command

    Infobox military unit unit name XXI Bomber Command File 20th usaaf.png 65px image File 29th Bombardment ... 1944 1945 notable commanders anniversaries The XXI Bomber Command XXI BC was a unit of the Twentieth Air Force in the Mariana Islands for strategic bombing during World War II . The command was established ... ref Serious planning for the movement of the XXI Bomber Command s B 29s from their Second Air Force ... on 12 October 1944. By November 22, over 100 B 29s were at Isely Field. The XXI Bomber Command was assigned ... airfields there, however again the results were again poor. As in the XX Bomber Command Operation ... plane over Tokyo since 1942. These photos, along with other intelligence gave the XXI Bomber Command ... to build emergency landing airfields for XXIst Bomber Command as well as fighter airfields for VII ... recalled General Hansell and moved General Curtiss LeMay from the inactivating XX Bomber Command in India to take over XXI Bomber Command on Saipan. Command LeMay arrived in the Marianas on 20 January ... of the 39th and 330th, the XXI Bomber Command now had three wings, twelve groups, thirty six ... from India to Tinian , adding four more groups to the XXI Bomber Command. ref name Marshall ref name ... , under the command of General Carl A. Spaatz . The history of XXI Bomber Command terminated on 16 July ... Air Force . This redesignation brought to an end the XXI Bomber Command as a separate establishment ... under the command of USASTAF. ref name Marshall ref name Mann Lineage Constituted as XXI Bomber Command ... in India with XX Bomber Command in April 1944. It began combat missions from Tinian in early May 1945 ... 1945 The fifth and last B 29 wing to be assigned to XXI Bomber Command, the groups of the 315th were ... War II DEFAULTSORT XXI Bomber Command Category Military units and formations established in 1944 Category ... role Command and Control size command structure mascot battles Image World War II Victory Medal ribbon.svg ... and its assigned groups receiving their B 29 Superfortress aircraft, the command transferred ...   more details



  1. Bomber

    is a heavy bomber from World War II . A bomber is a military aircraft designed to attack ground and sea ... bomber. Strategic Strategic bombing are heavy bomber s primarily designed for long range bombing ... bomb nuclear armed strategic bomber s B 2 Spirit , B 52 Stratofortress , Tupolev Tu 95 Bear , Tupolev .... This role is filled by various aircraft tactical bomber classes, as different as light bomber s, medium bomber s, dive bomber s, interdictor s, fighter bomber s, ground attack aircraft , multirole ... Ca.32 300hp Ca.2 with Gianni Caproni on board.jpg thumb Caproni Ca.32, Italian heavy bomber of World War I File Handley Page O 400.jpg thumb The first two engined bomber, the British Handley Page Type ... distances to attack the enemy lines and immediate hinterland. The world s first four engined bomber ... File Dauntless bomb drop.jpg thumb upright United States Navy SBD Dauntless dive bomber During World ... A Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bomber With engine power as a major limitation, combined with the desire for accuracy and other operational factors, bomber designs tended to be tailored to one particular role. By the start of the war this included dive bomber light bomber , medium bomber and heavy bomber torpedo bomber interdictor s specialized ground attack aircraft designs Bombers are not intended ... bomber File F 14 with Bear.jpg thumb US Navy F 14 Tomcat escorts Tu 95 Bear D during 1985 NATO exercise ... Tu 22M Tu 22M Backfire in the 1970s, but their Mach number Mach 3 bomber project came to naught ... Vulcan Bomber RAF.JPEG thumb left The Avro Vulcan was part of the RAF V bomber force The United Kingdom British strategic bombing force largely came to an end when the V bomber force was phased out the last of which left service in 1983. The French Mirage IV bomber version was retired in 1996, although ... truck for loading onto a B 1B Lancer supersonic strategic bomber in Southwest Asia in 2007. In modern ... a bomber is generally a long range aircraft capable of striking targets deep within enemy territory ...   more details



  1. The Bomber

    about the Swedish crime novel the film based on the novel Deadline 2001 film Unreferenced auto yes date November 2010 The Bomber Lang sv Spr ngaren is a crime novel by Liza Marklund first published in 1998. It was adapted into Deadline 2001 film a film in 2001 . DEFAULTSORT Bomber, The Category 1998 novels Category Swedish novels Category Crime novels Category Novels adapted into films Crime novel stub ja pt Spr ngaren sv Spr ngaren bok ...   more details



  1. Bomber stream

    RAF losses. At the urging of Reginald Victor Jones R.V. Jones , Bomber Command reorganized their attacks into streams carefully positioned to fly right down the middle of a cell. The first use of the bomber stream was the Bombing of Cologne in World War II first 1,000 bomber raid against Cologne on the night ...Image Window Lancaster Dropping Window.jpg thumb right A Avro Lancaster Lancaster within the bomber stream dropping Chaff radar countermeasure chaff the crescent shaped white cloud on the left of the picture The USAAF flew in formation for protection against day fighters NOT in a BOMBER STREAM The bomber stream was a military tactics tactic developed by the Royal Air Force RAF RAF Bomber Command Bomber Command to overwhelm the Luftwaffe German Air defence aerial defences of the Kammhuber Line during World War II . The Kammhuber Line consisted of three layers of zones of about 32 km long north south and 20 km wide east west . Fact date February 2007 In each zone there were two Ground controlled interception ground directed night fighter s known as Wild Boar Wilde Sau . Initially, RAF Bomber Command sent in their Bomber planes individually, with each navigator plotting his own route to the target, to avoid flak concentrations. However this also meant the Himmelbett centres in each cell dealt with only one or two planes at a time, for which the system was designed. Image Kammhuber Line Map Agent Tegal.png thumb right A map of part of the Kammhuber Line showing the belt and nightfighter boxes through which the bomber stream flew British analysis of the loss of bombers to night fighters ... a altitude height band and a time slot in a bomber stream to minimize the risk of collision . Data provided to the British scientists allowed them to calculate that the bomber stream would overwhelm ... title The Thousand Bomber raids, 30 31 May Cologne to 17 August 1942 publisher http www.raf.mod.uk ... tactics de Bomberstrom fr Bomber stream ...   more details



  1. Dive Bomber

    A dive bomber is a bomber aircraft that dives directly at its targets. Dive Bomber may also refer to Dive Bomber film Dive Bomber film Dive Bomber video game Dive Bomber video game Dive Bomber ride , a type of List of amusement rides amusement ride See also Dive bomb disambiguation Disambiguation ...   more details



  1. Ural bomber

    heavy bombers of both RAF Bomber Command and the USAAF had first been flown before, and early in, World War II. As 1943 progressed, G ring bemoaned the lack of a heavy bomber fleet and cursed those who had told him the medium bomber was superior to the heavy bomber. Well, those inferior heavy bombers ... have provided the Luftwaffe with a bombing capability on par with the RAF Bomber Command s Avro ...Unreferenced date December 2009 File JunkersJu89.jpg thumb 200px Junkers Ju 89 The Ural bomber was a program to develop a long range bomber for the Luftwaffe , created and led by General Walther Wever ... using a strategic bomber to reduce these factories, ending their ability to fight even without the need for ground forces to advance. Under the Ural bomber program, he began secret talks with two ... Junkers , requesting designs for a long range bomber. The two companies responded with the Dornier ... of a strategic bomber force died with him. His replacement, Albert Kesselring , saw no need .... When the Ural bomber program was canceled, the partially completed 3rd prototype was converted ... of the six engined Junkers Ju 390 , which became one of the entrants in the Amerika Bomber project. According to some sources, the Ju 89 was considered to be the better performing of the two Ural bomber ... off the Ural bomber concept rather it was Hermann G ring who ceased strategic bomber development ... dive bombers. This was the questionable decision that was made to convert the Ju 88 medium bomber and the even more disastrous decision to convert the Heinkel He 177 heavy bomber, into a form of Big Stuka dive bomber, countering the request of Ernst Heinkel in November 1938 for the third and fourth He 177 V series prototypes to be specifically built as true, four separately engined heavy bomber ... Bomber idea, the now trans oceanic range Amerika Bomber proposal arrived in G ring s offices at the RLM ... a separately engined , true four engined heavy bomber but since the A version of Heinkel s heavy ...   more details



  1. Bomber Mafia

    to command them. For the first few years, the strongest voice at ACTS against the bomber doctrine was Captain .... See also Portal United States Air Force Big Wing , British fighter doctrine RAF Bomber Command ... The Bomber Mafia were a close knit group of United States American military men who believed that long range heavy bomber aircraft in large numbers were able to win a war . The derogatory term Bomber ..., and who were frustrated by the insistence of the men that the heavy bomber should take a primary position in planning and funding. After World War II, the 20 years of foundational work by the bomber ... to become an independent military arm. ref name Boyne2003 The bomber mafia s strategic doctrine, changed by war and experience, helped shape the mission of the new Air Force and its Strategic Air Command ... America s Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany , New York Simon & Schuster. ISBN ... crew positions. The ACTS officers who believed in the heavy bomber doctrine realized that any other Air Corps expenditures such as for tactical bomber s and fighter aircraft would take away ... the command with like minded officers such as Henry H. Arnold Henry H. Hap Arnold . ref Rentfrow ... Combat Support for an Expeditionary Air Force The Lessons of History . Air Command and Staff ... Donald Wilson of ACTS and a Bomber Mafia member is credited with the term. ref became the primary ... of the school, the core of the Bomber Mafia , produced the two airpower war plans AWPD 1 and AWPD ... The term bomber mafia came from the sometimes bitter debates between United States Army staff ... on medium bomber s and fighter bomber s. Kenney left ACTS in 1929, and heavy bomber ... 1924 1925, then took command of 2d Bomb Wing Second Bombardment Group . During his short tenure at ACTS ... units. Brereton continued in this stance as instructor at United States Army Command and General Staff College Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth , Kansas during 1935 1939. As an expert ...   more details



  1. Bomber (disambiguation)

    Wiktionary bomber Bomber commonly refers to Bomber , a military aircraft that delivers bombs or other explosives Light bomber , Medium bomber , Heavy bomber Strategic bomber , Tactical bomber Dive bomber , Torpedo bomber , Level bomber As a work of art Bomber may refer to Bomber novel Bomber novel , a 1970 historical fiction novel by Len Deighton Bomber album Bomber album , a 1979 album by Mot rhead Bomber song Bomber song , the album s title song Bomber 1941 film Bomber 1941 film , a 1941 short documentary film Bomber 1982 film Bomber 1982 film , a 1982 comedy film Bomber 2009 film Bomber 2009 film , a 2009 film by Paul Cotter Bomber may also refer to Bomber computer virus a beer bottle that holds convert 22 U.S.floz ml impoz 1 abbr on Joe Louis , American prizefighter, nicknamed The Brown Bomber Tony Brown English footballer , nicknamed Bomber Bomber video game a video game for a Macintosh computer Bombers plural as a sports team may refer to Battle Creek Bombers , an American minor league baseball team New York Yankees Bronx Bombers , nickname for the New York Yankees baseball team Brisbane Bombers , a proposed Australian professional rugby league NRL expansion franchise Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League, also known as the Essendon Bombers Kapunda Football Club in South Australia s Barossa, Light and Gawler Football Association, also known as the Kapunda Bombers JRU Heavy Bombers , the varsity team of Jose Rizal University of Manila St. Louis Bombers Rugby Football Club St. Xavier High School Cincinnati Athletics St. Xavier Bombers , the sports teams of St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati, Ohio Winnipeg Blue Bombers , a Canadian Football League team ... and Tubeway Army See also Flight jacket , a jacket also known as a bomber jacket Grenadier , a soldier ... X Bomber X , a Japanese TV series Yarn bombing , a type of graffiti or street art disambig de Bomber Begriffskl rung fr Bomber it Bomber ja ...   more details



  1. Strategic bomber

    . London Putnam, 1969 2nd ed. Hastings, Max. Bomber Command. New York Dial Press, 1979 Jones, Lloyd ... bomber is a heavy bomber aircraft designed to drop large amounts of Aircraft ordnance ordnance ... tactical bomber s, which are used in the battle zone to attack troops and military equipment, strategic ... ever airliner , but was turned into bomber for the Imperial Russian Air Force . The first strategic ... Ilya Muromets bomber the first heavy four engine aircraft , and by the Germany Germans using .... Late in the war, United States American fliers under the command of Brig. Gen. William Mitchell ... of Commons House of Commons early in the 1930s that the bomber will always get through no matter what ... 1941 was severely limited by small budgets and only barely saved the Boeing B 17 bomber that would ... II , initial so called strategic bombing was carried out by medium bomber s, typically twin engined ... shortcomings as well. By the end of the Second World War in 1945, the heavy bomber, epitomized .... The Royal Air Force s Great Britain British produced V bomber s were designed and designated to be able ... armed bomber for the French Air Force as a part of its independent nuclear strike force the Force ... bombs. These served in the bomber role through 1996, in reconnaissance through 2005. The French Government ... bombers such as the Rockwell International B 1B Lancer bomber, the Tupolev Tu 160 , and the Northrop Grumman B 2 Spirit bomber incorporate various levels of stealth technology in their designs in an effort ... . File B1s.jpg thumb right USAF B 1 Lancer supersonic strategic bomber Indeed, it is likely that the USAF ... has recently launched a program to study the production of a new strategic bomber to complement the current fleet. It is likely that this bomber would also serve as a replacement for both the B ... bomber design. With Maximum bomb load . In practice, the bomb load carried was dependent on factors ... include nuclear armed missiles as well as aerial bombs Image Avro Vulcan Bomber RAF.JPEG thumb RAF Avro ...   more details



  1. V bomber

    as the V force or Bomber Command Main Force . The bomber s, whose names all started with the letter ..., nuclear or conventional, ended in 1982. History Early development RAF Bomber Command ended the Second ... as part of the TBF Tactical Bomber Force , although remaining nominally part of Bomber Command. The Vulcan ... or SAC s, long range bomber forces. RAF Bomber Command attrition attacks against air defense targets ... s RAF Bomber Command first and then, NATO SAC second was the heart of the nuclear retaliatory ... Bomber Command s ability to be on target in the first wave several hours in advance of the main SAC ... the spacing The term V bomber was used for the Royal Air Force RAF aircraft during the 1950s and 1960s ... Page Victor Handley Page Victor first flew 1952, in service 1958 . The V Bomber force reached its ... bring down high flying aircraft, the V bomber force changed to low level attack methods. As a result ... version of the Avro Lancaster Lancaster , as their standard bomber for this purpose. However ... there was a need for something better. Massed bombers were unnecessary if a single bomber could destroy an entire city or military installation with a nuclear weapon. It would have to be a large bomber, since the first generation of nuclear weapons were big and heavy. Such a large and advanced bomber ... jet bomber in late 1946, the Air Ministry issued a request in January 1947 for an advanced jet bomber that would be at least the equal of anything the U.S. or the USSR had. The request followed ..., which proposed a medium range bomber landplane, capable of carrying one 10,000  pound 4,535  ... 45,400  kg , though this would be adjusted upward in practice that the bomber have a cruise speed ... s then current jet bomber the English Electric Canberra , introduced in May 1951, could only ... Page and Avro came up with very advanced designs for the bomber competition, which would become the Victor ... and only two prototypes were built the Valiant went into production as the first V bomber. ref ...   more details



  1. Tactical bomber

    merge Ground attack aircraft date April 2012 Unreferenced date December 2009 A tactical bomber is a bomber aircraft with an intended primary role of tactical bombing attacking tactical target s, such as enemy s troops and military equipment. This implies that either aircraft s range or Aircraft ordnance ordnance is insufficient to use it effectively as a strategic bomber . All light bomber s, and most of medium bomber s fulfill tactical role. Most heavy bomber s are strategic. A variety of aircraft classes performed tactical bombings through the course of history, although they are usually described using more precise names ground attack aircraft , interdictor , dive bomber , light bomber light or medium bomber , and fighter aircraft most notably fighter bomber , strike fighter , multirole fighter subclasses . Examples of aircraft that could be accurately described as tactical bombers by design include the Airco DH.4 , Fairey Battle , B 25 Mitchell , B 26 Marauder , A 26 Invader , or more recently F 111 Aardvark , and F 117 Nighthawk . See also Tactical bombing Strategic bomber DEFAULTSORT Tactical Bomber Category Bomber aircraft ar vi M y bay n m bom chi n thu t zh ...   more details




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