• Constituted as the
XIII Bomber Command on 14 December 1942 : Activated on 13 January 1943 : Inactivated on 15 March 1946 : Disbanded on 8 October 1948
Assignments •
Thirteenth Air Force, 13 January 1943 – 15 March 1946
Stations •
Pekoa Airfield,
Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, 13 January 1943 •
Carney Airfield,
Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 20 August 1943 •
Momote Airfield,
Los Negros Island, Admiralty Islands, June 1944 •
Wakde Airfield,
Wakde, Netherlands East Indies. 3 September 1944 •
Wama Airfield,
Morotai, Netherlands East Indies. 17 October 1944 •
Clark Field,
Luzon, Philippines, 27 August 1945 – 15 March 1946 •
11th Bombardment Group, 9 November 1943 – 15 March 1946 •
42d Bombardment Group, 22 April 1943 – 25 December 1945 (attached to
308th Bombardment Wing, c. 24 August 1944;
310th Bombardment Wing, 3 September 1944;
Thirteenth Air Task Force, c. 15 September 1944;
XIII Fighter Command, 1 October 1944; XIII Bomber Command Rear Echelon, 9 January – 24 February 1945; XIII Fighter Command, c. 22 March – c. September 1945) •
307th Bombardment Group, February 1943 – December 1945 •
494th Bombardment Group: under operational control 20–27 March 1945) ; Squadrons •
5th Tactical Air Communications Squadron: 20 October – 28 November 1945 •
9th Tactical Air Communications Squadron: 20 October – 28 November 1945 •
14th Tow Target Squadron: c. November – 27 December 1945 •
342d Fighter Squadron: attached c. 25 August – 22 September 1944 •
550th Night Fighter Squadron: attached 14 February – 7 April 1945 ==See also==