III Reconnaissance Command

III Reconnaissance Command
III Reconnaissance Command
	A Lockheed F-5 Lightning as used by photographic reconnaissance units training under III Reconnaissance Commband
Active	1941-1946
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	reconnaissance training
Insignia
III Reconnaissance Command Distinctive Unit Insigne (approved 23 July 1942)[1]

The III Reconnaissance Command was a United States Army Air Forces unit. Its last assignment was with Third Air Force stationed at Rapid City Army Air Base, South Dakota, where it was inactivated on 8 April 1946.

History

Flew antisubmarine patrols off the east coast, 7 December 1941 – 15 October 1942. Trained light bombardment crews, participated in air-ground maneuvers, and demonstrated air support techniques, September 1941-May 1944. Trained reconnaissance personnel and organizations, May 1944 – 1946.[1]

Lineage

Constituted as the 1st Air Support Command on 21 August 1941

Activated on 4 September 1941

Redesignated 1st Ground Air Support Command c. 30 April 1942

Redesignated I Air Support Command c. 18 September 1942

Redesignated I Tactical Air Division c. 15 August 1943

Redesignated III Tactical Air Division c. 15 April 1944

Redesignated III Reconnaissance Command c. 1 June 1945

Inactivated on 9 April 1946

Disbanded on 8 October 1948[1][2]

Assignments

First Air Force, 4 September 1941[3]
Third Air Force, 17 August 1942 – 9 April 1946[4]

Components

26th Observation Group, 1 September 1941 – 17 August 1942[5]
103d Reconnaissance Squadron, 18 April 1944 – 3 June 1944[6]
127th Liaison Squadron, 11 August 1943 – 31 April 1944[7]
162nd Liaison Squadron, 15 May – 24 June 1944[8]
Other observation and light bombardment organizations

Stations

Mitchel Field, New York, 1 September 1941
Morris Field, North Carolina, November 1942
Key Field, Mississippi, c. 3 April 1944
Rapid City Army Air Base, South Dakota, November 1945-9 April 1946[1]

References

Notes

Maurer, Combat Units, pp. 440-441
Some details from Kane and Haulman.
Kane, Robert B. (11 June 2009). "Factsheet First Air Force (Air Forces Northern) (ACC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
Haulman, Daniel L. (4 April 2019). "Factsheet Third Air Force (USAFE)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
Robertson, Patsy (27 December 2007). "Factsheet 350 Electronic Systems Wing (AFMC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 188
Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 351
Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 361-362

Bibliography

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) [1961]. Air Force Combat Units of World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-02-1. LCCN 61060979. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556. Retrieved 17 December 2016.

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[MaurerIIIRC-1] Maurer, Combat Units, pp. 440-441

[2] Some details from Kane and Haulman.

[3] Kane, Robert B. (11 June 2009). "Factsheet First Air Force (Air Forces Northern) (ACC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 9 December 2021.

[4] Haulman, Daniel L. (4 April 2019). "Factsheet Third Air Force (USAFE)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 9 December 2021.

[5] Robertson, Patsy (27 December 2007). "Factsheet 350 Electronic Systems Wing (AFMC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 9 December 2021.

[6] Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 188

[7] Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 351

[8] Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 361-362