VII Bomber Command
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.History
Lineage
- Constituted as VII Bomber Command on 23 January 1942
Commanding Generals
- BriGen Willis H. Hale
- Col Albert E. Hegenberger – Acting Commander
- BriGen William E. Lynd
- BriGen LaVerne G. Saunders
- BriGen Truman H. Landon
- BriGen Lawrence J. Carr
Assignments
- Hawaiian Air Force 23 January 1942 – 31 March 1946
Stations
- Hickam Field, Hawaii, 29 January 1942
- Funafuti Airfield, Nanumea, Gilbert Islands, November 1943
- Tarawa, Gilbert Islands
- 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: 1 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
