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The XX Bomber Command of the USAAF recruitment poster. ...USAAF was established in November 1943 to oversee The Boeing B_29 Superfortress (Boeing Model 341/345) was a four_engine heavy bomber flown by the United States Army Air Force. ...B_29 Superfortress training in the US. The XX, an operational unit under the Twentieth Air Force was formed during World War II, exclusively as a heavy strategic bombardment organization. ...Twentieth Air Force was then moved to India. Under the plan known as Operation Matterhorn was organised by U.S. XX Bomber Command during World War II to place USAAF B29 Bombers in China for use against Japan. ...Operation Matterhorn the XX bombed Japan from forward bases in China, supported by supplies from India. Early in 1945 the XX moved to newly established bases in the Mariana Islands (sometimes called The Marianas; up to the early 20th century sometimes called the Ladrone Islands) are a group of islands made up by the summits of 15 volcanic mountains in the Pacific Ocean. ...Marianas.
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General Henry Harley Arnold (June 25, 1886 _ January 15, 1950), often referred to by the nickname Hap, was an American pilot, commander of the US Army Air Corps from 1938, commander of the US Army Air Forces from 1941 until 1945 and the first General of the Air Force in 1949. ...Henry "Hap" Arnold became the Twentieth Air Force commander with Brigadier General Haywood S. Hansell as chief of staff. Arnold commanded the commanders of XX Bomber Command: - Major General Kenneth B. Wolfe
- Brigadier General LaVern G. Saunders
- Major General Curtis Emerson LeMay (November 15, 1906 _ October 3, 1990) was a General in the United States Air Force. ...Curtis E. LeMay
- Brigadier General Roger M. Ramey
Campaign In April 1944, the The Joint Chiefs of Staff is a panel comprising the highest_ranking members of each major branch of the armed services in any particular country. ...Joint Chiefs of Staff approved Operation Matterhorn was organised by U.S. XX Bomber Command during World War II to place USAAF B29 Bombers in China for use against Japan. ...Operation Matterhorn. The XX Bomber Command was deployed to India and the first B–29 Superfortress combat mission was launched on June 5 is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (157th in leap years), with 209 days remaining. ...June 5, 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...1944, against the Bankok railway system.
On the June 15 is the 166th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (167th in leap years), with 199 days remaining. ...June 15 the first air raid by the XX Bomber Command was undertaken against mainland Japan. From a staging airbase at Chengtu the bombers flew to the Japanese mainland and bombed the Imperial Iron and Steel Works at Yawata on Kyushu, more than 1,500 miles away. This was the first raid on the Japanese home islands since the Doolittle Raid Conflict World War II, Pacific War Date April 18, 1942 Place Tokyo, Japan Result United States propaganda victory The Doolittle Raid was a bomber raid launched on the Japanese mainland on April 18, 1942. ...Doolittle raid.
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XX Bomber Command stopped being an operational command at the end of March 1945 when the 58th Bomb Wing moved from India to the Marianas and control of the wing passed to the XXI Bomber Command.
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