China Burma India (CBI) Theater; WWII
China Burma India (CBI) Theater; WWII

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Constituted as Tenth AF on 4 Feb 1942 and activated on 12 February. Moved to India, March-May 1942. Served in India, Burma, and China until Mar 1943 when Fourteenth AF was activated in China. Then the Tenth operated in India and Burma until it moved to China late in Jul 1945. Returned to the US, Dec 1945-Jan 1946.

Fighter Groups

33RD FIGHTER GROUP
80TH FIGHTER GROUP
311TH FIGHTER GROUP

Bomber Groups

7TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP
12TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP
341ST BOMBARDMENT GROUP

Other Groups

433RD TROOP CARRIER GROUP

Commanders

Col Harry A Halverson, 17 Feb 1942
Maj Gen Lewis H Brereton, 5 Mar 1942
Brig Gen Earl L Naiden, 26 Jun 1942
Maj Gen Clayton L Bissell, 18 Aug 1942
Maj Gen Howard C Davidson, ig Aug 1943
Maj Gen Albert F Hegenberger, 1 Aug 1945

Stations

Patterson Field, Ohio, 12 Feb-8 Mar 1942
New Delhi, India, 16 May 1942
Myitkyina, Burma, 2 Nov 1944
Piardoba, India, 15 May 1945
Kunming, China, 1 Aug 1945
Liuchow, China, 9 Aug-15 Dec 1945

 

 


Veteran Roster

Search for veterans that served in the CBI theater. It is unfortunate that many documents of the CBI specifically both General Orders and Special Orders do not include the group number to which the servicemen were assigned. Many of these groups moved their commands or sub-units between the 10th Air Force and the other theater commands. So with this in mind we have placed our database of all veterans of the CBI on our cbihistory.org website.

China-Burma-India Veterans Roster


Historical Documents

Notation: Some of the following documents are copies/scans presented in pdf format; others have been transcribed from official unit documents without corrections. Some material was difficult to read and transcribe, sometimes this is noted in the transcription. Some originals may have been missing sections or pages. Spelling was not corrected. Documents are not meant to be a complete record, they are only what has been reasonbly-readable. In some cases document formatting-layout may have been altered to enable better viewing on a web page with multiple devices.

Arrow The Tenth Air Force 1942   AAF Historical Office,

Army Air Forces Historical Studies No. 12. 

Arrow The Tenth Air Force 1943   AAF Historical Office,

Army Air Forces Reference History No. 17.