XX Bomber Command, USAAF

XX BOMBER COMMAND, USAAF

History: Constituted as XX Bomber Command on 19 November 1943, and activated on 20 November. Assigned to Second Air Force. In Early 1944 moved to India and assigned to Twentieth Air Force. Engaged in very-long-range bombing from June 1944 until all of its tactical components where relieved of assignment in March 1945. Moved to Okinawa June-July 1945. Inactivated on 16 July 1945 and disbanded on 8 October 1948.

Official blazon

Insigne: On an ultramarine blue arc segment, couped at base, whitin border gold, two very large aerial bombs of the last, falling parallel to sides in perspective, toward and over a bezant in base, marked with latitude and longitude representations of the field.

Origin/meaning

The Insigne was approved on 28 March 1945.

Literature: Image from Wikimedia Commons

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