VI Bomber Command
The VI Bomber Command was a military formation of the United States Army Air Forces. Its last assignment was with Sixth Air Force. It was based throughout its service at Albrook Field, in the Panama Canal Zone. It was inactivated on 1 November 1946.
It engaged in antisubmarine operations from the Canal Zone. It was credited with two submarines sunk and shared two others.Lineage
- Constituted as VI Bomber Command on 17 October 1941
Assignments
- Caribbean Air Force 25 October 1941
Units assigned
- 6th Bombardment Group, 9 December 1941 – 1 November 1943
- 9th Bombardment Group, 25 October 1941 – 31 October 1942
- 25th Bombardment Group, 25 October 1941 – 6 April 1944
- 40th Bombardment Group, 25 October 1941 – 1 July 1943
- 3d Bombardment Squadron, 1 November 1943 – 1 November 1946
- 10th Bombardment Squadron, attached December 13, 1943, assigned December 17, 1943 - May 44
- 29th Bombardment Squadron, 1 November 1943 – 1 November 1946
- 74th Bombardment Squadron, 1 November 1943 – 1 November 1946
- 397th Bombardment Squadron, 1 November 1943 – 1 November 1946
