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For all of you grognard types out there I have grouped the American Army Air Force bomb squadrons into their parent groups. I have also listed the withdrawal date of any group that was rotated out of theater for those of you who want remove those units voluntarily. (To allow for more balance against a Japanese opponent.)

3rd Bomb Group
8th Bomb Squadron
13th Bomb Squadron
89th Bomb Squadron
90th Bomb Squadron

5th Bomb Group
23rd Bomb Squadron
31st Bomb Squadron
72nd Bomb Squadron
394th Bomb Squadron

11th Bomb Group (Withdrawn late in March 1943)
26th Bomb Squadron
42nd Bomb Squadron
98th Bomb Squadron
431st Bomb Squadron

19th Bomb Group (Withdrawn late 1942. Late October?)
28th Bomb Squadron
30th Bomb Squadron
93rd Bomb Squadron
435th Bomb Squadron

22nd Bomb Group
2nd Bomb Squadron
19th Bomb Squadron
33r Bomb Squadron
408th Bomb Squadron

38th Bomb Group
69th Bomb Squadron
70th Bomb Squadron
71st Bomb Squadron
405th Bomb Squadron

42nd Bomb Group
69th Bomb Squadron
70th Bomb Squadron
75th Bomb Squadron
390th Bomb Squadron

43rd Bomb Group
63rd Bomb Squadron
64th Bomb Squadron
65th Bomb Squadron
403rd Bomb Squadron

90th Bomb Group
319th Bomb Squadron
320th Bomb Squadron
321st Bomb Squadron
400th Bomb Squadron

307th Bomb Group
370th Bomb Squadron
371st Bomb Squadron
372nd Bomb Squadron
424th Bomb Squadron

345th Bomb Group
498th Bomb Squadron
499th Bomb Squadron
500th Bomb Squadron
501st Bomb Squadron

If anyone is interested I can try to list American AAF fighter units by group as well.

We operate enough in a vacuum.

This took longer than I thought, sorry. The 5th US Air Force operated out of the Australia and New Guinea area, while the 13th US Air Force operated out of the Solomon Islands chain. All the information placed in this post I compiled from a great web site at www.armyairfoces.com.

8th Fighter Group (5th US Air Force)
35th Fighter Squadron
36th Fighter Squadron
80th Fighter Squadron

18th Fighter Group (13th US Air Force). Arrived in March 1943.
6th Fighter Squadron
12th Fighter Squadron
44th Fighter Squadron
419th Fighter Squadron

35th Fighter Group (5th US Air Force)
39th Fighter Squadron
40th Fighter Squadron
41st Fighter Squadron

49th Fighter Group (5th US Air Force)
7th Fighter Squadron
8th Fighter Squadron
9th Fighter Squadron

347th Fighter Group (13th US Air Force). Activated October 3rd 1942.
67th Fighter Squadron
68th Fighter Squadron
70th Fighter Squadron
339th Fighter Squadron

348th Fighter Group (5th US Air Force). Arrived in May-June 1943.
340th Fighter Squadron
341st Fighter Squadron
342nd Fighter Squadron

Thank you for the update