404th Bombardment Squadron Inactivated October 1945 Twelfth Air Force Formed November 1942. Operated B-24s in Algeria, Tunisia and Sicily. Transferred Liberators to Fifteenth Air Force in November 1943, becoming tactical air force in Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO) primarily supporting Fifth Army (XII Tactical Air Command) in Italy, also operating in Southern France and Germany supporting Seventh Army. Twelfth Air Force had several B-17 Flying Fortress groups which were transferred from VIII Bomber Command in England when the command was formed in the fall of 1942. In Tunisia, the Liberator-equipped 98th and 376th Bombardment Groups were briefly transferred from Ninth Air Force in October 1943 to the command. All of Twelfth AF's heavy bomb groups were reassigned to Fifteenth Air Force in November. Thirteenth Air Force Formed on December 14, 1942. Operated primarily in South Pacific Area (SPA) of the Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO) 5th Bombardment Group Unit formed in 1915. Large number of B-18s and B-17C/Ds destroyed during Pearl Harbor Attack; surviving B-17s sent to New Hebrides in 1942. Re-equipped in Hawaii with B-24s and redeployed in August 1943 Stationed in Solomon Islands, Admiralty Islands, Netherlands East Indies, Schouten Islands, Molucca Islands, Philippines 23d Bombardment Squadron 31st Bombardment Squadron 72d Bombardment Squadron 394th Bombardment Squadron Transitioned to RB-29s in 1946 307th Bombardment Group Established with B-17s in April 1942; transitioned to B-24s at Hickam Field, November 1942 Stationed in Solomon Islands, Admiralty Islands, Netherlands East Indies, Philippines 370th Bombardment Squadron 371st Bombardment Squadron 372d Bombardment Squadron 424th Bombardment Squadron Transitioned to B-29s in 1946 868th Bombardment Squadron Established in July 1943 with SB-24 RADAR aircraft; assigned directly to 13th AF Headquarters. Flew low level, anti-shipping strikes under the cover of darkness. Also flew as pathfinders for high-altitude bombers. Special missions were flown against land targets at night and one of the intentions was to prevent the Japanese from sleeping. Stationed in Solomon Islands, Admiralty Islands, Schouten Islands, Netherlands East Indies, Philippines, Okinawa. Inactivated December 1945 Fourteenth Air Force Formed out of the American Volunteer Group in March 1943 in Kunming, China. Primary United States Air Force in China as part of the China-Burma-India Theater 308th Bombardment Group Formed with B-24s in April 1942; deployed to China in March 1943 373d Bombardment Squadron 374th Bombardment Squadron 375th Bombardment Squadron 425th Bombardment Squadron Inactivated October 1945 Fifteenth Air Force Activated in Tunisia on November 1, 1943. Primary strategic bombardment Air