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5th Bomb Group (13th AF) (October 1944 – 5 March 1945) 38th Bombardment Group (15 October 1944 – 29 January 1945) 310th Bombardment Wing (18 September – 14 November 1944) 307th Bombardment Group (13th AF) (18 October 1944 – September 1945) 8th Fighter Group (19 September 20 December 1944) 35th Fighter Group (27 September 1944 – 20 ...
Established on 14 December 1942 at Plaine Des Gaiacs Airfield, on New Caledonia, 13 AF was a United States Army Air Forces combat air force deployed to the Pacific Theater of World War II. It engaged in operations primarily in the South Pacific, attacking enemy forces in the Solomon Islands , Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaigns ; Mariana and ...
394th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 5th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 4 January 1943 – 27 June 1943 (operated from Espiritu Santo and Guadalcanal 3–19 January 1943 and 25 April-5 June 1943) 431st Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 11th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 24 July-31 October 1942 (air echelon operated from New Hebrides, August 1942)
Groups. 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; Thirteenth Air Task Force, c. 15 September 1944; XIII Fighter Command, 1 October 1944; XIII Bomber Command ...
A bombardment group or bomb group was a unit of organizational command and control group of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) during World War II. A bombardment group was normally commanded by a colonel. The table of allowances (TOA) for personnel, aircraft and equipment grew steadily over the course of the war doubling from 35 aircraft ...
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Squadron emblems of the United States Air Force. This is a list of United States Air Force Bomb Squadrons. It covers all squadrons that were constituted or redesignated as bombardment squadron sometime during their active service. Today Bomb Squadrons are considered to be part of the Combat Air Force (CAF) along with fighter squadrons. Units in this list ...
United States Army Air Forces. 13th Air Force 42nd Bombardment Group (North American B-25 Mitchell) 69, 70, 75, 100, 390 Bombardment Squadrons (Palawan Island) 5th Bombardment Group (Consolidated B-24 Liberator) 23, 31, 72, 394 Bombardment Squadrons (Samar Island) 307th Bombardment Group (Consolidated B-24 Liberator)
The B-25 medium bomber was one the most famous airplanes of World War II. It was the type used by Gen. Jimmy Doolittle for the famous Doolittle Raid over Japan on 18 April 1942. The first B-25 test aircraft flew on 19 August 1940, and the first production Mitchell was delivered to the 17th Bombardment Group in February 1941.