00201662
2747-1
UNCLASSIFIED
2430096
04-11-1941
2430725
12-31-1942
0004 BOMBER COMMAND
HISTORY
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4 BOMBER COMMAND WAS ACTIVATED 11 APR 41 AT MARCH FIELD CA. ITS PARENT ORGANIZATION WAS 1 BOMBARDMENT WING. COMMAND OPERATED IN THEORY ONLY UNTIL 19 SEP 41 WHEN HEADQUARTERS SQUADRON WAS ACTIVATED. BRIG GEN FRANK D. LACKLAND, COMMANDING GENERAL OF 1 BOMBARDMENT WING. IN MAY 41 COMMAND HEADQUARTERS MOVED FROM MARCH FIELD CA TO TUCSON AZ AND THEN IN DEC 41 MOVED TO HAMILTON FIELD CA. HEADQUARTERS MOVED TO SAN FRANCISCO CA IN JAN 42. AS OF JAN 42 4 BOMBER COMMAND WAS TO REINFORCE UNITS OF WESTERN SEA FRONTIER AND NORTHWESTERN SEA FRONTIER. TRAINING OF PERSONNEL WAS ANOTHER MAJOR FUNCTION. IN MAR 43 BRIG GEN BARNEY M. GILES ASSUMED COMMAND OF 4 BOMBER COMMAND. GILES WAS REPLACED BY COL HOWARD K. RAMEY IN AUG 42. BRIG GEN SAMUEL M. CONNELL ASSUMED COMMAND IN NOV 42. INCLUDES SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS.
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