III Bomber Command

The III Bomber Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Third Air Force stationed at MacDill Field, Florida. It was inactivated on 8 April 1946.

Lineage

 * Constituted as III Bomber Command on 4 September 1941
 * Activated on 5 September 1941
 * Inactivated on 8 April 1946
 * Disbanded on 8 October 1948

Assignments

 * Third Air Force, 5 September 1941-8 April 1946

Components

 * Various observation and light bombardment organizations

Stations

 * Drew Field, Florida, 5 September 1941
 * MacDill Field, Florida, c. September 1941
 * Savannah AAB, Georgia, c. io December 1941
 * MacDill Field, Florida, C. 15 December 1941-8 April 1946.

Operations
Trained bombardment organizations and personnel. Also patrolled in search of enemy submarines,