IV Bomber Command, USAAF

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IV BOMBER COMMAND, USAAF

History: Constituted as IV Bomber Command on 4 September 1941 and activated on 19 September. Assigned to Fourth Air Force. Trained bombardment organizations and personnel. Also flew patrols along the US West Coast. Disbanded on 31 March 1944.

Official blazon

Insigne: On a blue disc with a yellow border, a winged aerial bomb, nose down, beneath an olive caplet inclosing a bomb sight, all yellow.

Origin/meaning

The Insigne was approved on 4 December 1941.

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