XIII Bomber Command

• Constituted as the XIII Bomber Command on 14 December 1942

Activated on 13 January 1943

Inactivated on 15 March 1946

Disbanded on 8 October 1948^[1]

• Thirteenth Air Force, 13 January 1943 – 15 March 1946^[2]

• Pekoa 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
• Wama Airfield, Morotai, Netherlands East Indies. 17 October 1944
• Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines, 27 August 1945 – 15 March 1946^[1]

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 Rear Echelon, 9 January – 24 February 1945; XIII Fighter Command, c. 22 March – c. September 1945)^[4]
• 307th Bombardment Group, February 1943 – December 1945^[5]
• 494th Bombardment Group: under operational control 20–27 March 1945)^[6]

Squadrons

• 5th Tactical Air Communications Squadron: 20 October – 28 November 1945^[7]
• 9th Tactical Air Communications Squadron: 20 October – 28 November 1945^[8]
• 14th Tow Target Squadron: c. November – 27 December 1945^[9]
• 342d Fighter Squadron: attached c. 25 August – 22 September 1944^[10]
• 550th Night Fighter Squadron: attached 14 February – 7 April 1945^[11]

• United States Army Air Forces in the South Pacific Area

Explanatory notes

Citations

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

• 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
• Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2016.