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442 AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS OF WORLD WAR I1Col Charles B Dougher, 19 Feb 1944; ColElder Patteson, 18-31 Mar 194.CAMPAIGNS. American Theater.DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. On a blue disc with a yellowborder, a winged aerial bomb, nose down,beneath an olive chaplet inclosing a bombsight, all yellow. (Approved 4 Dec 1941.)IV FIGHTER COMMANDCOMMANDERS. Maj Gen Millard F Harmon,Jul 1941 ; Brig Gen William 0 Ryan,c. 3 Aug 1941 ; Brig Gen William E Kepner,c. 23 Feb 1942; Brig Gen Edward MMorris, 18 Mar 1943; Brig Gen Russell ERandall, 4 Dec 1943-31 Mar 1944.CAMPAIGNS. American Theater.DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. On a bezant bordered blue ablue falcon with white talons volant holdingin base in'its beak two red flashes insaltire. (Approved 28 Nov 1942.)V BOMBER COMMAND
AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS-COMMANDS 443missions and had developed an effectivetechnique for bombing when opposed byenemy interceptors and antiaircraft fire.After the war the command became partof the occupation force for Japan. Znmtivatedon 31 May 1946. Disbanded on 8OCt 1948.GROUPS. 3d Bombardment : 1942-1946.6th Reconnaissance : 1943. 7th Bombardment:1942. 8th Fighter: 1942. zgth Bombardment:1941-1942. 22d Bombardment:1942-1945. 27th Bombardment: 1941-1942. 35th Fighter : 1945-1946. 38th Bombardment:1942-1945. 43d Bombardment:1942-1945. 49th Fighter: 1945-1946. 7zstReconnaissance: 1943. 90th Bombardment:1942-1945. 312th Bombardment:1944-1945. 345th Bombardment: 1943-1945. 380th Bombardment: 1943-1945.417th Bombardment : 1944-1945.STATIONS. Clark Field, Luzon, 14 Nov1941; Darwin, Australia, Dec 1941; Java,Jan-Mar 1942; Townsville, Australia, 5Sep 1942; Port Moresby, New Guinea, Dec1942; Nadzab, New Guinea, 21 Feb 1944;Owi, Schouten Islands, c. 15 Aug 1944;Leyte, Nov 1944; Mindoro, Jan 1945; ClarkField, Luzon, Mar 1945; Okinawa, Aug1945; Murayama, Japan, Oct 1945; Irumagawa,Japan, c. 15 Jan-31 May 1946.COMMANDERS. Col Eugene L Eubank,14 Nov 1g41-unkn; Brig Gen Kenneth NWalker, 5 Sep 1942; Brig Gen Howard KRamey, Jan 1943; Brig Gen Roger MRamey, 19 Apr 1943; Col John H Davies,Oct 1943; Brig Gen Jarred V Crabb, 27Feb 1944-31 May 1946.CAMPAIGNS. Philippine Islands ; EastIndies; Air Offensive, Japan; China Defensive;Papua; New Guinea; NorthernSolomons; Bismarck Archipelago; WesternPacific; Leyte; Luzon; SouthernPhilippines; China Offensive.DECORATIONS. Distinguished Unit Citations:Philippine Islands, 8-22 Dec 1941;Philippine Islands, 7 Dec 1941-10 May1942; Papua, [Sep] 1942-23 Jan 1943.Philippine Presidential Unit Citation.INSIGNE. None.V FIGHTER COMMANDConstituted as I1 Interceptor Commandon 26 May 1941. Activated on 4 Jun 1941.Redesignated I1 Fighter Command in May1942, and V Fighter Command in Aug1942. Moved to the Southwest Pacific,Oct-Nov 1942, and operated with FifthAF until the end of the war. Afterward,served with the occupation force in Japan.Inactivated on 31 May 1946. Disbandedon 8 Oct 1948.CThis V Fighter Command has no connectionwith a 5th Interceptor Commandthat was constituted on 14 Oct 1941, activatedon 30 Oct, and redesignated FighterCommand School in Aug 1942. Nor is itrelated to a 5th Interceptor Commandprobablya provisional organization-thatwas located in the Philippines in 1941-1942.)GROUPS. 3d Air Commando: 1944-1945. 8th Fighter: 1942-1946. 35thFighter: 1942-1945. 38th Bombardment:1945-1946. 42d Bombardment: 1946.49th
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