Air Force Combat Units of WWII

AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS-COMMANDS 453with latitude and longitude representationsof the field. (Approved 20 Mar1945.)XXI BOMBER COMMANDOkinawa, Jun-Jul 1945. Znactivuted on16 Jul 1945. Disbanded on 8 Oct 1948.WINGS. 58th: 1943-1945. 73d: 1943-1944.STATIONS. Smoky Hill AAFld, Kan, 20Nov 1943-12 Feb 194; Kharagpur, India,28 Mar 1944-17 Jun 1945; Sakugawa,Okinawa, 7-16 Jul 1945.COMMANDERS. Brig Gen Kenneth BWolfe, 27 Nov 1943; Brig Gen Lavern GSaunders, 6 Jul 1944; Maj Gen Curtis ELeMay, 29 Aug 1944; Brig Gen Roger MRamey, 20 Jan 1945; Brig Gen JosephSmith, 25 Apr-16 Jul 1945.CAMPAIGNS. India-Burma; Air Off ensive,Japan; China Defensive; WesternPacific; Central Burma.DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. On an ultramarine blue arcsegment, couped at base, within bordergold, two very large aerial bombs of thelast, falling parallel to sides in perspective,toward and over a bezant in base, markedConstituted as XXI Bomber Commandon I Mar 1944 and activated the same day.Assigned to Second AF. Moved to theMarianas late in 1944 and, assigned toTwentieth AF, engaged in very-longrangebombardment operations until mid-Jul 1945. The history of XXI BomberCommand terminated on 16 Jul1g45. (Onthat date Headquarters and HeadquartersSquadron, XXI Bomber Command wasredesignated Headquarters Squadron,Twentieth AF. This redesignation, whichbrought an end to XXI Bomber Commandas an establishment, had no effect on thelineage of Twentieth AF.)WINGS. 58th: 1945. 73d: 1944-1945.3~3th: 1944-1945. 314th: 194-1945.3Z5th: 1945.STATIONS. Smoky Hill AAFld, Kan, IMar 1944; Peterson Field, Colo, 11 Jun-20Oct 1944; Harmon Field, Guam, 4 Dec1944-16 Jul 1945.COMMANDERS. Col John B Montgomery,7 Apr 1944; Brig Gen Roger MRamey, 15 Jun 1g,44; Brig Gen HaywoodS Hansel1 Jr, 28 Aug 1944; Maj Gen CurtisE LeMay, 20 Jan-16 Jul 1945.CAMPAIGNS. Air Offensive, Japan; EasternMandates; Western Pacific.DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. None.