VI_Bomber_Command

VI Bomber Command

VI Bomber Command

Military unit

The VI Bomber Command was a military formation of the United States Army Air Forces. Its last assignment was with Sixth Air Force. It was based throughout its service at Albrook Field, in the Panama Canal Zone. It was inactivated on 1 November 1946.

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It engaged in antisubmarine operations from the Canal Zone. It was credited with two submarines sunk and shared two others.[2]

Lineage

  • Constituted as the 6th Bomber Command on 17 October 1941[note 2]
Activated on 25 October 1941[3]
  • Res\designated VI Bomber Command c. 18 September 1942
Inactivated on 1 November 1946
Disbanded on 8 October 1948[1]

Assignments

  • Caribbean Air Force (later 6th Air Force, Sixth Air Force), 25 October 1941 – 1 November 1946[1]

Components

Groups
Squadrons

References

Notes

Explanatory notes
  1. [N 1]
    Approved 18 March 1942.
  2. [N 2]
    Maurer indicates that the unit was constituted as the "VI" 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. "Air Force Historical Research Agency Organizational Reconds: Types of USAF Organizations". Air Force History Index. 9 January 2008. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
Citations
  1. [1]
    Maurer, pp. 444-445
  2. [2]
    Conaway, William. "Confirmed Sinkings of German U-Boats by VI Bomber Command Bombardment Aircraft". VI Bomber Command In Defense Of The Panama Canal 1941 - 45.
  3. [3]
    Conaway, William. "VI Bombardment Command History". VI Bomber Command In Defense Of The Panama Canal 1941 - 45.
  4. [4]
    Robertson, Patsy (27 June 2012). "Factsheet 6 Operations Group (AMC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  5. [5]
    Musser, James M. (6 August 2019). "Factsheet 9 Operations Group (ACC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  6. [6]
    Haulman, Daniel L. (26 March 2018). "Factsheet 25 Attack Group (ACC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  7. [7]
    Haulman, Daniel L. "Lineage and Honors History of the 40 Air Expeditionary Wing (PACAF)" (PDF). Air Force Historical Research Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  8. [8]
    Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 19
  9. [9]
    Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 54-55
  10. [10]
    Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 145
  11. [11]
    Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 232-233
  12. [12]
    Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 270-271
  13. [13]
    Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 486-487

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