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3rd Bombardment Group
Air Force: 5th Air Force
Division: V Bomber Command
Wing: 3rd Bombardment Wing (1932-1940) 17th Bombardment Wing (1940-1941)
Active: 1932-Present
Theater Pacific
Motto: Non Solum Armis (Not through arms alone)
Aircraft: Douglas A-20 Havoc: 1941-45 Douglas A-24 Banshee: 1941, 1942 North American B-25 Mitchell: 1942-1944 Douglas A-26 Invader : 1945-1956
COMMANDERS
Group CO: Col John C McDonnell: Sep 1938 Lt Col R G Breen: Nov 1940 Lt Col Paul L Williams: Dec 1940 Lt Col Phillips Melville: 18 Aug 1941 1st Lt Robert F Strickland: 19 Jan 1942 Col John H Davies: 2 Apr 1942 Lt Col Robert F Strickland: 26 Oct 1942 Maj Donald P Hall: 28 Apr 1943 Lt Col James A Downs: 20 Oct 1943 Col John P Henebry: 7 Nov 1943 Lt Col Richard H Ellis: 27 Jun 1944 Col John P Henebry: 30 Oct 1944 Col Richard H Ellis: 28 Dec 1944 Col Charles W Howe: 1 May 1945 Lt Col James E Sweeney: 7 Dec 1945
MAIN BASES
Air fields: Barksdale Field, La: 28 Feb 1935 Savannah, Ga: 6 Oct 1940-19 Jan 1942 Brisbane, Australia: 25 Feb 1942 Charters Towers, Australia: 10 Mar 1942 Port Moresby, New Guinea: 28 Jan 1943 Dobodura, New Guinea: 20 May 1943 Nadzab, New Guinea: 3 Feb 1944 Hollandia, New Guinea: 12 May 1944 Dulag, Leyte: 16 Nov 1944 San Jose, Mindoro: c. 30 Dec 1944 Okinawa: 6 Aug 1945 Atsugi, Japan: c. 8 Sep 1945