United States Army Air Forces in the South Pacific Area

Airfields of the United States Army Air Force in the South Pacific Area
Part of World War II
Date 1942-1945 Location South West Pacific Theatre of World War II Result Allied victory over the Empire of Japan (1945)

During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces engaged in combat against the Empire of Japan primarily in the South Pacific Area. As defined by the War Department, this consisted of the Pacific Ocean areas which lay south of the Equator between longitude 159° East and 110° West. It included New Zealand, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Fiji, and most of the Solomon Islands.

The major USAAF combat organizations in the region was Thirteenth Air Force, which was formed in November 1942 as a command and control organization to organize many widely separated Seventh Air Force and independent units scattered in the South Pacific Area during the Solomon Islands campaign. As the war progressed, Thirteenth Air Force units moved into the South West Pacific theatre and coordinated their activities with the Seventh Air Force units in New Guinea, Netherlands East Indies and Philippines during 1944 and 1945.

See Also

• United States Army Air Forces in Australia
• United States Army Air Forces in the Central Pacific Area
• United States Army Air Forces in the South West Pacific Theatre
• United States Army Air Forces in Okinawa

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

• Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0892010924.
• Mauer, Mauer (1969), Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II, Air Force Historical Studies Office, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. ISBN 0892010975