Editing XX Bomber Command (section)

==Lineage==
* Constituted as the '''XX Bomber Command''' on 19 November 1943
: Activated on 20 November 1943
: Inactivated on 16 July 1945
: Disbanded on 8 October 1948<ref name=Maurer20BC/>

===Assignments===
* [[Second Air Force]], 20 November 1943 – 29 June 1944<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.dafhistory.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/432145/second-air-force-aetc/ |last1=Ream|first1=Margaret M.|title=Factsheet Second Air Force (AETC)|date=September 9, 2020|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|access-date=December 13, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Twentieth Air Force]], 19 April 1944 – 18 July 1945 1945<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.dafhistory.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/432271/twentieth-air-force-air-forces-strategic-afgsc/ |last1=Robertson|first1=Patsy|title=Factsheet Twentieth Air Force (Air Forces Strategic) (AFGSC)|date=June 20, 2011|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|access-date=December 24, 2021}}</ref><ref group=note>The two Lineage Histories prepared by the [[Air Force Historical Research Agency]] disagree on the command's assignmrnt between April and June 1944. In addition the Twentieth Air Force History has the command assigned for two days after it was inactivated.  Robertson.</ref>
* [[Far East Air Forces]], 7–16 July 1945{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}

===Stations===
* [[Smoky Hill Army Air Field]], Kansas, 28 November 1943 – 12 February 1944<ref name=Maurer20BC/>
* [[Kharagpur Airfield]], India, 28 March 1944 – 17 June 1945<ref name=Maurer20BC/>
:: [[Hsinching Airfield]], China designated as forward headquarters, 6 April 1944 – 1 April 1945{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}
* [[Kadena Air Base|Kadena Airfield]], [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]], 7–16 July 1945<ref name=Maurer20BC/>

===Components===
; Combat Units
* [[58th Bombardment Wing]], 20 November 1943 – 29 June 1944; 8 February – 29 March 1945<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=10112 |title=Factsheet 58 Air Division (Defense) |date=5 October 2007|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121014044615/http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=10112 |archive-date=14 October 2012|access-date=2 April 2014}}</ref>
: Combat from CBI, 2 April 1944 – 29 March 1945
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:: [[40th Bombardment Group]], 20 November 1943 – 12 October 1944; 8 February 1945 – 29 March 1945
::: Operated from: [[Chakulia Airfield]], India, 2 April 1944 – 25 February 1945
::: [[Hsinching Airfield]] (A-1), China designated as forward staging base.
:: [[444th Bombardment Group]], 20 November 1943 – 12 October 1944; 8 February 1945 – 29 March 1945
::: Operated from: [[Dudhkundi Airfield]], India 1 July 1944 – 1 March 1945
::: [[Kwanghan Airfield]] (A-3), China designated as forward staging base.
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:: [[462d Bombardment Group]], 20 November 1943 – 12 October 1944
::: Operated from: [[Piardoba Airfield]], India 7 April 1944 – 26 February 1945
::: [[Kuinglai (Linqiong) Airfield]] (A-4), China designated as forward staging base.
:: [[468th Bombardment Group]], 20 November 1943  – 12 October 1944; 8 February 1945 – 29 March 1945
::: Operated from: [[Kharagpur Airfield]], India, 13 April 1944 – 24 February 1945
::: [[Pengshan Airfield]] (A-7), China designated as forward staging base.
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Used the following airfields in Ceylon as staging bases for missions into Malaysia, Singapore and Dutch East Indies:
* Sigiriya Airfield    {{Coord|07|57|20|N|080|43|41|E}}
* Trincomalee Airfield {{Coord|08|32|22|N|081|10|35|E}}
* Ratmalana Airfield   {{Coord|06|49|19|N|079|53|10|E}}

'''Second Air Force units'''
* [[472d Bombardment Group]], 20 November 1943 – 1 April 1944 (58th BW Training Unit)
* [[73d Bombardment Wing]], 20 November 1943 – 2 June 1944<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=10116 |title=Factsheet 73 Air Division |date=5 October 2007|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121008233757/http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=10116 |archive-date=8 October 2012 |access-date=1 April 2014}}</ref>
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:: [[497th Bombardment Group]], 20 November 1943 – 2 June 1944
:: [[498th Bombardment Group]], 20 November 1943 – 2 June 1944
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:: [[499th Bombardment Group]], 20 November 1943 – 2 June 1944
:: [[500th Bombardment Group]], 20 November 1943 – 2 June 1944
* [[40th Bombardment Group]]: 12 October 1944 – 8 February 1945<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.foia.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-090624-035.pdf |title=Lineage and Honors History of the 40 Air Expeditionary Wing (PACAF) |last=Haulman |first=Daniel L. |publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000448/http://www.foia.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-090624-035.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=27 November 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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; Squadron
* [[23d Antisubmarine Squadron]]: 6 February 1944<ref>Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', pp. 120-121</ref>

===Command Structure===
General [[Henry H. Arnold|Henry "Hap" Arnold]] named himself the commander of the Twentieth Air Force to avoid diversion of assets from the B-29 effort against Japan, particularly by Admiral [[Chester Nimitz|Nimitz]], who was given command authority over all efforts in the Central Pacific. Brigadier general [[Haywood S. Hansell]] became Twentieth Air Force chief of staff. The subordinate commanders of XX Bomber Command were:
* Major general [[Kenneth B. Wolfe]]
* Brigadier general [[LaVerne G. Saunders]]
* Major general [[Curtis E. LeMay]]
* Brigadier general [[Roger M. Ramey]]