• Source: VI Bomber Command

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


      Lineage


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


      = Assignments

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


      = Components

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      Groups
      6th Bombardment Group, 25 October 1941 – 1 November 1943
      9th Bombardment Group, 25 October 1941 – 31 October 1942 (attached to VI Fighter Command after 28 January 1942)
      25th Bombardment Group, 25 October 1941 – 6 April 1944
      40th Bombardment Group, 25 October 1941 – 6 April 1942 (attached to 6th Interceptor Command after 15 January 1942); 22 June 1942 – 9 July 1943
      Squadrons
      3d Bombardment Squadron, 1 November 1943 – 1 November 1946
      10th Bombardment Squadron, attached 13 December 1943, assigned 17 December 1943 - c. 9 May 44
      29th Bombardment Squadron, 1 November 1943 – 1 November 1946
      59th Bombardment Squadron, 25 October 1941 – 19 March 1943 (attached to Trinidad Detachment, VI Fighter Command after 21 July 1942)
      74th Bombardment Squadron, 1 November 1943 – 1 November 1946
      397th Bombardment Squadron, 1 November 1943 – 1 November 1946


      References




      = Notes

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      Explanatory notes

      Citations


      = Bibliography

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      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. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
      Conaway, William. "VI Bomber Command In Defense Of The Panama Canal 1941 - 45". Planes and Pilots Of World War Two.

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