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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 ... 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 ... bomb load. VIII Bomber Command, known as Pinetree , 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 was re ... 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 current commander garrison ceremonial ... anniversaries The VI Bomber Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment ... on 1 November 1946. History Lineage Constituted as VI Bomber Command on 17 October 1941 Activated ... panama vibchistorytem.htm title VI Bombardment Command History year work VI Bomber Command ... VI Bomber Command In Defense Of The Panama Canal 1941 45 ref 9th Operations Group 9th Bombardment Group ... work VI Bomber Command In Defense Of The Panama Canal 1941 45 ref 40th Air Expeditionary Wing 40th Bombardment ... work VI Bomber Command In Defense Of The Panama Canal 1941 45 ref 3d Bombardment Squadron , 1 November ... panama 3rdbshistorytem.htm title 3rd Bombardment Squadron Heavy year work VI Bomber Command ... year work VI Bomber Command In Defense Of The Panama Canal 1941 45 ref 29th Bombardment Squadron , 1 ... 74thbshistorytem.htm title 74th Bombardment Squadron Heavy year work VI Bomber Command In Defense ... title 397th Bombardment Squadron Heavy year work VI Bomber Command In Defense Of The Panama ... by VI Bomber Command Bombardment Aircraft year work VI Bomber Command In Defense Of The Panama Canal ... last Conaway url http www.planesandpilotsofww2.totalh.com panama panama.htm title VI Bomber Command ... Vi Bomber Command Category Military units and formations established in 1941 Category Military ... panama 9thbghistorytem.htm title 9th Bombardment Group Heavy year work VI Bomber Command In Defense Of The Panama Canal 1941 45 ref 25th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing 25th Bombardment ... panama 29thbshistorytem.htm title 29th Bombardment Squadron Heavy year work VI Bomber Command In Defense Of The Panama Canal 1941 45 ref 74th Bombardment Squadron , 1 November 1943 1 November ...   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 current commander garrison ceremonial chief colonel of the regiment nickname patron motto colors march mascot battles notable commanders anniversaries decorations battle honours The XXII Bomber Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to Second Air Force , based at Peterson Field , Colorado . It was inactivated on 13 February 1945. History Lineage Constituted as XXII Bomber Command Very Heavy on 4 August 1944 Activated on 14 August 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 Operational history 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. 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 ...   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 Groups of the United States Army Air Forces ...   more details



  1. XXI Bomber Command

    Infobox military unit unit name XXI Bomber Command image caption dates 1944 16 July 1945 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 XXI Bomber Command XXI BC was a unit of the Twentieth Air Force in Guam for strategic bombing during World War II . History Lineage Constituted as XXI Bomber Command on 1 Mar 1944, and activated the same day. Inactivated 16 Jul 1945 Assignments Second Air Force , 1 Mar 4 Dec 1944 Twentieth Air Force , 4 Dec 1944 16 Jul 1945 Bases Assigned Salina Municipal Airport Smoky Hill AAF , Kansas , 1 Mar 11 Jun 1944 Peterson AFB Peterson Field , Colorado , 11 Jun 20 Oct 1944 Harmon Air Force ... 315th Bombardment Wing 1945 Operational history The XXI Bomber Command was established at Salina ... at Harmon Field, Guam, in the Mariana Islands . The XX Bomber Command was the main operational ... War, the wing was initially based in India with XX Bomber Command . The 58th commanded the 40th ... to XXI Bomber Command, it consisted of the 16th, 331st, 501st and 502d Bomb Groups. The groups of the 315th ... of XXI Bomber Command terminated on 16 July 1945. On that date the command was redesignated ... Bomber Command as a separate establishment, as it was absorbed into the internal organizational structure of Twentieth Air Force and was placed under the command of United States Strategic Air ... II DEFAULTSORT Xxi Bomber Command Category Military units and formations established in 1944 Category ... assigned groups receiving their B 29 Superfortress aircraft, the command transferred first to Peterson ... bombardment operations primarily against Japan until mid Jul 1945. Although each wing of the command ...   more details



  1. III Bomber Command

    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 ceremonial chief colonel of the regiment nickname patron motto colors march mascot battles notable commanders anniversaries decorations battle honours The IV Bomber Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to Fourth Air Force , based at San Francisco , California . It was inactivated on 31 March 1944. 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. Operational history Trained bombardment organizations and personnel. Also flew antisubmarine patrols along the west coast 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 ...   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 tooshort date September 2011 RAF Bomber Command controlled the Royal Air Force RAF s bomber forces from 1936 to 1968. During World War II the command ... force of English Electric Canberra Canberra light bombers. RAF Bomber Command had 19 Victoria Cross ... Bomber Command s 19 Victoria Cross Winners date last Cosgrove first Troy work publisher ref ref group ... They gave everything ref History 1936&ndash 1945 At the time of the formation of Bomber Command ... as a proper defence. Consequently, the early conception of Bomber Command was in some ways akin to its ... Air warfare 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 ..., the targets allocated to Bomber Command were not wide enough in scope. The third problem was the Command ... lest Bomber Command operations provoke a German bombing attack on France. Since the Arm e de ... problem was lack of good enough aircraft. The main Bomber Command workhorses at the start of the war ..., Bomber Command too saw little combat during the first few months of hostilities. Bomber ... of 14 May 1940, RAF Bomber Command was authorized to attack German targets east of the Rhine on May ... Richards 1953, 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 ... , Bomber Command was assigned to pound the invasion barges and fleets assembling in the Channel ... Fighter Command , but still vital and dangerous work. From July 1940 to the end of the year, Bomber Command lost nearly 330 aircraft and over 1,400 aircrew killed, missing or captured. Bomber Command ...   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 Group , February 1943 December 1945 Operational history Participated in the following campaigns ... Force World War II DEFAULTSORT Xiii Bomber Command Category Operational commands of the United States ...   more details



  1. XX Bomber Command

    Infobox military unit unit name XX Bomber Command image Image XX BC Emblem.jpg 200px caption Emblem of XX Bomber Command dates 1941 1948 country United States allegiance branch United States Army Air Force ... 1945 notable commanders anniversaries The XX Bomber Command XX BC is an inactive United States Air ... BC Emblem.jpg thumb 200px Emblem of I Bomber Command 1941 1942 As I Bomber Command , the organization ... General Kenneth B. Wolfe, the new commander of the XX Bomber Command, which had been reassigned from ... mainland under the XX Bomber Command. ref name hittinghomepg4 A committee of operations analysts ... 368 tons of bombs. Encouraged by the results, XX Bomber Command prepared for the first raids against ... commanders in Southeast Asia and the southwestern Pacific. For these reasons, the XX Bomber Command ... 20, LeMay arrived to breathe new energy into the XX Bomber Command. The former Eighth Air Force group ... ship. ref name hittinghomepg5 During his first two months at XX Bomber Command, LeMay had little ... China a weather station that would provide better forecasts for the XX Bomber Command s raids .... In January 1945, the XX Bomber Command abandoned its bases in China and concentrated 58th Bomb ... moved to the Marianas, leaving command of the XX Bomber Command in India to Brig. Gen. Roger M. Ramey ... 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 at the end ... passed to the XXI Bomber Command. ref name hittinghomepg5 Assessment of the China campaign The American ... 16. ref XX Bomber Command had failed to achieve the strategic objectives that the planners had intended ... could have been more profitably used by his Fourteenth Air Force. The XX Bomber Command consumed almost ... Bomber Command on September 4, 1941 Activated on September 5, 1941 Inactivated on October 15, 1942 ...   more details



  1. VIII Bomber Command

    Use dmy dates date May 2011 Infobox military unit unit name VIII Bomber Command image Image Patch 8thUSAAF.png ... the wars end. The VIII Bomber Command was redesignated as the Eighth Air Force 22 February 1944 with the spin ... organization, see Eighth Air Force The VIII Bomber Command is an inactive United States ... , England. The designation 8th Bomber Command was inactivated on 22 February 1944. VIII Bomber Command ... Command Lineage Constituted as VIII Bomber Command on 19 January 1942 Activated on 1 February ... An VIII Bomber Command Very Heavy existed between October 1945 and 10 November 1946 due to a redesignation ... RAF Shipdham Attached to IX Bomber Command Libya, Tunisia , 28 June 14 September 1943 93d Bombardment ... August 1942, this was the lead aircraft in the first VIII Bomber Command heavy bombing combat mission ... Combat Crew Replacement Unit at RAF Bovingdon until 1945. Origins VIII Bomber Command was activated ... Command was established at RAF Bomber Command Headquarters at RAF High Wycombe High Wycombe England ... Bomber Command ready for combat operations in Europe. One of the major factors was an initial ... were going to be the nucleus for VIII Bomber Command in England. The first combat group of VIII Bomber ... at RAF Grafton Underwood on 12 May, then to RAF Molesworth on 9 June. Under VIII Bomber Command ... 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 the Rouen Sotteville marshalling ... fighters during the raid near Rotterdam. From these humble beginnings, the VIII Bomber Command ... Bomber Command with missions into Germany. In August 1942, the 92d Air Refueling Wing 92nd at RAF ... point in the daylight aerial war, as for the first time VIII Bomber Command had penetrated convert ... 1943 when the VIII Bomber Command attacked Saint Nazaire for the sixth time. A total of 101 bombers ... were rising and the future of VIII Bomber Command as a daylight bombing force was in doubt ...   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 ceremonial chief colonel of the regiment nickname patron motto colors march 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 inactivated on 10 June 1944 History Lineage Constituted as XII Bomber Command on 26 February 1942 Activated on 13 March 1942 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 22 November 1944 47th Bombardment Wing World War II 47th Bombardment formerly 7th Fighter Wing , 7 January 18 February 1943 1 September 1 November 1943 57th Bombardment Wing World War II 57th Bombardment Wing , 1 January 1 March 1944 Operations 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 ... Xii Bomber Command Category Military units and formations of the United States in World War II ...   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. V Bomber Command

    Use dmy dates date May 2011 About the American Pacific Bomber Command during World War II the British Cold War bomber fleet V Bomber 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 1941 Activated on 14 November 1941 Inactivated on 31 May 1946 Disbanded on 8 October 1948 Assignments ... 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 ...   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 September 1941 September 1943 40th Air Expeditionary Wing 40th Bombardment Group , 1 July 6 October ... Bomber Command Category Military units and formations established in 1941 Category Intermediate combat ... Bomber Group 448th Bombardment Group , 1 May 6 October 1943 452d Operations Group 452 Bombardment ...   more details



  1. Bomber

    is a heavy bomber from World War II . A bomber is a military aircraft designed to attack ground and sea ... 160 strategic bomber. Strategic bomber s are primarily designed for long range bombing missions against ..., as different as light bomber s, medium bomber s, dive bomber s, fighter bomber s, ground attack ... 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 O 1911 1939 anchor World War I The first ... hinterland. The world s first four engined bomber was the Russian Il ya Muromets created ... United States Navy SBD Dauntless dive bomber During World War II bombers often looked dramatically ... aircraft. File TBF dropping torpedo NAN2 2 44.jpg left thumb A Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bomber ... 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 specialized ground ... Hustler Mach 2 capable supersonic bomber File F 14 with Bear.jpg thumb US Navy F 14 Tomcat escorts ... Mach 3 bomber project came to naught. The Mach 2 Tu 160 Tu 160 Blackjack was built only in tiny numbers ... into the 21st century. File Avro 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 ... bomber in Southwest Asia in 2007. In modern air forces, the distinction between bombers, fighter bombers ... at present is the question of range a bomber is generally a long range aircraft capable of striking .... Plans in the U.S. and Russia for successors to the current strategic bomber force remain ... future. In the U.S., current plans call for the existing USAF bomber fleet to remain in service until the mid to late 2020s, with the first 2018 Bomber possible replacements becoming ...   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. Command

    wiktionary command Command may refer to Command computing , a statement in a computer language COMMAND.COM , the default operating system shell and command line interpreter for DOS Command military formation , an organizational unit Command key , a modifier key on Apple Macintosh computer keyboards Command pattern , a software design pattern in which objects represent actions Command Records , a record label Command album Command album , a 2009 studio album by Client Command paper , a policy paper or report issued by, for or to the British government Command and control , the exercise of authority in a military organization Command, a sentence using the imperative mood Command baseball , the ability of a pitcher to throw a pitch where he intends to Command teaching style disambiguation de Befehl es Comando fr Commande new ja pt Comando ru Command sq Komanda ...   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. 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. In Command

    Unreferenced date December 2009 Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Live and In Command Type Live Artist Annihilator band Annihilator Cover Annihilator In Command.jpg Released 1996 Recorded 1989 1990 Genre Thrash metal Length 70 05 Label The All Blacks B.V Producer Jeff Waters Reviews Last album Refresh the Demon br 1996 This album In Command br 1996 Next album Remains Annihilator album Remains br 1997 In Command is a live album by Canada Canadian band Annihilator band Annihilator . Tracks 1 5 recorded live on November 11, 1989 at Ritz rock club The Ritz , New York , NY. Tracks 6 14 recorded live on November 2, 1990 at The Showroom , San Antonio , TX. Track listing W.T.Y.D. Wicked Mystic Ligeia Alison Hell Word Salad W.T.Y.D. The Fun Palace Never, Neverland I Am in Command Stonewall Road to Ruin Sixes and Sevens Alison Hell Live Wire AC DC song Live Wire AC DC Cover Line up Jeff Waters guitar, vocals Randy Rampage vocals tracks 1 5 Coburn Pharr vocals tracks 6 14 Dave Scott Davis guitar Wayne Darley bass Ray Hartmann drums Annihilator Category Annihilator albums Category 1996 live albums 1990s thrash metal album stub ca In Command it In Command pt In Command Live 1989 1990 ...   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. Bomber Mafia

    Portal United States Air Force Big Wing , British fighter doctrine RAF Bomber Command Dehousing , British ... 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 ... ISBN 1 58566 069 8, pp. 39 40. ref ref Miller, Donald L. 2006 . Masters of the Air America s Bomber .... 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 from the proposed ..., commanded by General Frank M. Andrews , a strategic bombing advocate. Andrews staffed the command ... for an Expeditionary Air Force The Lessons of History . Air Command and Staff College, Wright ... of ACTS and a Bomber Mafia member is credited with the term. ref became the primary airpower strategy ..., the core of the Bomber Mafia , produced the two airpower war plans AWPD 1 and AWPD 42 that guided the wartime expansion and deployment of the Army Air Forces. ref name Boyne2003 Opposition The term bomber ... were the new primary weapon of war, and that a separate air arm was required to command them. For the first few years, the strongest voice at ACTS against the bomber doctrine was Captain later ... on medium bomber s and fighter bomber s. Kenney left ACTS in 1929, and heavy bomber doctrinarians filled ... command of 2d Bomb Wing Second Bombardment Group . During his short tenure at ACTS, he spoke ... continued in this stance as instructor at United States Army Command and General Staff College Command ...   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 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 Bombers plural as a song title may refer to Bombers ... known as a bomber jacket Grenadier , a soldier in the British Army trained in the use of hand grenades during the First World War Suicide attack 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

    R Planes 1914 1918. London Putnam, 1969 2nd ed. Hastings, Max. Bomber Command. New York Dial ... 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 zeppelin .... Late in the war, United States American fliers under the command of Brig. Gen. William Mitchell ... 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 by the American ... produced V bomber s were designed and designated to be able to deliver British made nuclear bombs ... the 1970s France produced its Dassault Mirage IV nuclear armed bomber for the French Air Force ... made bombers and IRBM s to deliver French made nuclear bombs. These served in the bomber role through ... B 1B Lancer bomber, the Tupolev Tu 160 , and the Northrop Grumman B 2 Spirit bomber incorporate ... Lancer supersonic strategic bomber Indeed, it is likely that the USAF s B 52 fleet will, with continual ... the production of a new strategic bomber to complement the current fleet. It is likely that this bomber ... used in the main or that represented a shift in heavy bomber design. With Maximum bomb load ... bombs Image Avro Vulcan Bomber RAF.JPEG thumb RAF Avro Vulcan . Image Tu 95 wingspan.jpg thumb ... strategic bomber version of the F 111 Aardvark tactical bomber flagicon UK Handley Page Victor 35,000 ... 40,000 lb Future flagicon USA New Generation Bomber . A future stealth bomber project to at least ...   more details




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