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The '''XIII Bomber Command ''' was an inactive [[United States Army Air Forces]] formation. It was last assigned to [[Thirteenth Air Force]], based at [[Clark Field]], [[Luzon]], Philippines. It was inactivated on 15 March 1946.

==History==
XIII Bomber Command was a [[World War II]] command and control organization for Thirteenth Air Force. Its mission was to provide command and control authority of Army Air Force bombardment organizations within the Thirteenth Air Force Area of Responsibility.

Participated in the following campaigns: Central Pacific; China Defensive; Guadalcanal; New Guinea; Northern Solomons; Eastern Mandates; Bismarck Archipelago; Western Pacific; Leyte; Luzon; Southern Philippines; China Offensive.

==Lineage==
* 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<ref name=Maurer13BC>Maurer, ''Combat Units'', p. 451</ref>

===Assignments===
* [[Thirteenth Air Force]], 13 January 1943 – 15 March 1946<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.dafhistory.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/432189/thirteenth-air-force-air-forces-pacific-pacaf/ |last=Kane|first=Robert B.|title=Factsheet Thirteenth Air Force (Air Forces Pacific) (PACAF)|date=October 21, 2011|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|access-date=December 24, 2021}}</ref>

===Stations===
* [[Santo-Pekoa International Airport|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
* [[Pitu Airport|Wama Airfield]], [[Morotai]], Netherlands East Indies. 17 October 1944
* [[Clark Field]], [[Luzon]], Philippines, 27 August 1945 – 15 March 1946<ref name=Maurer13BC/>

===Components===
; Groups
* [[5th Bombardment Group]], 13 January 1943 – 15 December 1945<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.dafhistory.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/434139/5-operations-group-acc/ |last=Bailey|first=Carl E.|title=Factsheet 5 Operations Group (ACC)|date=May 8, 2018|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|access-date=December 27, 2021}}</ref>
* [[11th Bombardment Group]], 9 November 1943 – 15 March 1946
* [[42d Bombardment Group]], 22 April 1943 – 25 December 1945 (attached to [[308th Bombardment Wing (U.S. Army Air Forces)|308th Bombardment Wing]], c. 24 August 1944; [[310th Air Division|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)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.dafhistory.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/434105/42-air-base-wing-aetc/ |last=Haulman|first=Daniel|title=Factsheet 42 Air Base Wing (AETC)|date=June 13, 2018|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|access-date=December 30, 2021}}</ref>
* [[307th Bombardment Group]], February 1943 – December 1945<ref>Maurer, ''Combat Units'', p. 451 (years only).</ref>
* [[494th Bombardment Group]]: under operational control 20–27 March 1945)<ref>Bailey, Carl E., Lineage & Honors History of the 494 Air Expeditionary Group (AMC), 28 April 2003, Air Force Historical Research Agancy</ref>

; Squadrons
* [[5th Tactical Air Communications Squadron]]: 20 October – 28 November 1945<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.dafhistory.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/969564/5-air-support-operations-sq-acc/ |last=Dollman|first=TSG David|title=Factsheet 5 Air Support Operations Squadron (ACC)|date=May 15, 2017|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|access-date=July 17, 2018}}</ref>
* [[9th Tactical Air Communications Squadron]]: 20 October – 28 November 1945<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.dafhistory.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/986095/9-air-support-operations-sq-acc/ |last=Dollman|first=TSG David|title=Factsheet 9 Air Support Operations Squadron (ACC)|date=March 27, 2017|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|access-date=January 14, 2021}}</ref>
* [[14th Tow Target Squadron]]: c. November – 27 December 1945<ref>Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', p. 80</ref>
* [[342d Fighter Squadron]]: attached c. 25 August – 22 September 1944<ref>Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', p. 424</ref>
* [[550th Night Fighter Squadron]]: attached 14 February – 7 April 1945<ref>Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', p. 654</ref>

==See also==
* [[United States Army Air Forces in the South Pacific Area]]

==References==
===Notes===
; Explanatory notes
{{Reflist|group=note}}

; Citations
{{Reflist|40em}}

===Bibliography===
{{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}
* {{cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Air Force Combat Units of World War II|orig-year= 1961|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/21/2001330256/-1/-1/0/AFD-100921-044.pdf|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161220180735/http://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/21/2001330256/-1/-1/0/AFD-100921-044.pdf|url-status= dead|archive-date= 20 December 2016|access-date= December 17, 2016|edition=reprint|year=1983|publisher= Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-912799-02-1|lccn=61060979}}
* {{cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II|orig-year=1969|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161220180455/http://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= 20 December 2016 |edition= reprint|access-date= December 17, 2016|year=1982|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-405-12194-6|oclc=72556|lccn=70605402}}

{{USAAF 13th Air Force World War II}}

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