III Reconnaissance Command
The III Reconnaissance Command was a United States Army Air Forces unit. Its last assignment was with Third Air Force stationed at Rapid City Army Air Base, South Dakota. It was inactivated on 8 April 1946.
III Reconnaissance Command | |
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A Lockheed F-5 Lightning as used by photographic reconnaissance units training under III Reconnaissance Commband | |
Active | 1941-1946 |
Country | United States |
Branch | United States Air Force |
Role | reconnaissance training |
Insignia | |
III Reconnaissance Command Distinctive Unit Insigne (approved 23 July 1942)[1] |
History
Flew antisubmarine patrols off the east coast, 7 December 1941 – 15 October 1942. Trained light bombardment crews, participated in air-ground maneuvers, and demonstrated air support techniques, September 1941-May 1944. Trained reconnaissance personnel and organizations, May 1944 – 1946.[1]
Lineage
- Constituted as the I Air Support Command on 21 August 1941
- Activated on 4 September 1941
- Redesignated I Ground Air Support Command in April 1942
- Redesignated I Air Support Command in September 1942
- Redesignated I Tactical Air Division in August 1943
- Redesignated III Tactical Air Division in April 1944
- Redesignated III Reconnaissance Command in June 1945
- Inactivated on 9 April 1946
- Disbanded on 8 October 1948[1]
Assignments
- First Air Force, 4 September 1941-April 1944
- Third Air Force, April 1944-9 April 1946[1]
Components
- 103d Reconnaissance Squadron, 18 April 1944-3 June 1944[2]
- 127th Liaison Squadron, 11 August 1943-31 April 1944[3]
- Other observation and light bombardment organizations
Stations
- Mitchel Field, New York, 1 September 1941
- Morris Field, North Carolina, November 1942
- Key Field, Mississippi, c. 3 April 1944
- Rapid City Army Air Base, South Dakota, November 1945-9 April 1946[1]
References
Notes
- Maurer, Combat Units, pp. 440-441
- Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 188
- Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 351
Bibliography
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.
- Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) [1961]. Air Force Combat Units of World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-02-1. LCCN 61060979. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
- Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
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