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.

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Activated on 29 January 1942.

Inactivated on 31 March 1946

Disbanded on 8 October 1948

BriGen Willis H. Hale (January 29, 1942 – June 19, 1942)
Col Albert E. Hegenberger (June 20, 1942 – June 25, 1942) - Acting Commander
BriGen William E. Lynd (June 25, 1942 – November 1942)
BriGen LaVerne G. Saunders (January 8, 1943 – January 1943)
BriGen Truman H. Landon (January 1943 – December 10, 1944)
BriGen Lawrence J. Carr (December 11, 1944 – October 1945)

Redesignated: 7 Air Force on 5 February 1942

Redesignated: Seventh Air Force on 18 September 1942

Hawkins Field, January 1944

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

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

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.

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