VII Bomber Command

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unit_nameVII Bomber Command
image431st Bombardment Squadron - B-24 Liberator.jpg
image_size300px
captionVII Bomber Command B-24 Liberator in the Marianas
dates1942–1946
country
branch
roleCommand of bomber units
command_structureSeventh Air Force
battlesChina-Burma-India Theater
Pacific Theater of Operations
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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.

It engaged in patrol operations from Hawaii from January 1942. On the night of 22-23 December 1942, twenty-six Consolidated B-24D Liberators of the 307th Bombardment Group staged through Midway Island for a strike on Wake Island with 135 500-pound general purpose bombs and 21 incendiaries. The attack may have taken the Japanese by surprise, as neither searchlights nor antiaircraft fire were encountered until after the bombing had begun. All planes returned safely, with only slight damage to two.

After late 1943, VII Bomber Command served in combat in the Central and Western Pacific.

Lineage

  • Constituted as the **7th Bomber Command ** on 23 January 1942Maurer indicates that the unit was constituted as the "VII" Bomber Command. However, the unit was constituted and activated with an arabic number in its name. The use of roman numerals to designate Army Air Forces combat commands did not begin until September 1942. : Activated on 29 January 1942
  • Redesignated **VII Bomber Command ** c. 18 September 1942 : Inactivated on 31 March 1946 : Disbanded on 8 October 1948

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References

  1. Maurer, ''Combat Units'', pp. 444-445
  2. Olson, p. 283.
  3. (July 6, 2009). "Factsheet Seventh Air Force (Air Forces Korea) (PACAF) (USAFE)". Air Force Historical Research Agency.
  4. (May 8, 2018). "Factsheet 5 Operations Group (ACC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency.
  5. (June 27, 2017). "Factsheet 30 Operations Group (AFSPC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency.
  6. (May 27, 2010). "Factsheet 90 Operations Group (AFSPC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency.
  7. (May 24, 2011). "Factsheet 307 Operations Group (AFRC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency.
  8. (January 25, 2021). "Factsheet 319 Operations Group (ACC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency.
  9. Bailey, Carl E., Lineage & Honors History of the 494 Air Expeditionary Group (AMC), 28 April 2003, Air Force Historical Research Agancy
  10. Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', pp. 8-9
  11. Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', p. 363
  12. (November 2, 2016). "Factsheet 623 Air Control Squadron (PACAF)". Air Force Historical Research Agency.
  13. Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', p. 541
  14. Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', p. 543
  15. Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', p. 544
  16. Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', p. 790

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