VII Bomber Command

VII Bomber Command
Active	1942–1946
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army Air Forces
Role	Command and Control
Engagements	World War II Asiatic-Pacific Campaign (1944–1945)

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.

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 Field, Hawaii (Territory), 29 January 1942
• Funafuti Airfield, Nanumea, Gilbert Islands, November 1943
• Tarawa, Gilbert Islands

Hawkins Field, January 1944

Bairiki (Mullinix) Airfield, January–March 1944

• Kwajalein Airfield, Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, March 1944
• East Field, Saipan, Mariana Islands, August 1944
• Yontan Airfield, Okinawa, July 1945 – March 1946.

Units assigned

• 5th Bombardment Group: 29 January 1942 – 4 January 1943
• 11th Bombardment Group: 29 January 1942 – 5 January 1943; 8 April 1943 – 23 November 1945
• 30th Bombardment Group: 17 October 1943 – 17 March 1945
• 41st Bombardment Group: 16 October 1943 – 27 January 1945
• 305th Fighter Control Squadron: 01 December 1945 - 31 December 1945
• 307th Bombardment Group: 1 November 1942– February 1943
• 494th Bombardment Group: 15 June 1944 – 8 December 1945

Operational history

Engaged in patrol operations from Hawaii until late in 1943. Afterward, served in combat in the Central and Western Pacific

References

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

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