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GILBERT ISLANDS
Abemama Airfield, Abamama Atoll, Gilbert Islands
0°29′27″N 173°49′43″E
Seventh Air Force
30th Bombardment Group, Heavy 4 January–19 March 1944
27th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy, operated from Abemama 26 February-14 March 1944
392d Bombardment Squadron, Heavy, 10 January-16 March 1944
9th Troop Carrier Squadron, Seventh Air Force, 27 March–3 August 1944
47th Bombardment Squadron (Medium), 41st Bombardment Group (Medium), 22 December 1943 – 20 April 1944
48th Bombardment Squadron (Medium), 41st Bombardment Group (Medium), 22 December 1943 – 23 April 1944
Bonriki Airfield (Mullinix Field). Bonriki Island, Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands
01°22′53.89″N 173°08′49.33″E
Seventh Air Force
Headquarters, VII Bomber Command, January–March 1944
11th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 28 January–4 April 1944
26th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 25 January-13 April 1944
98th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 20 January-2 April 1944
431st Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 16 January-30 March 1944
41st Bombardment Group (Medium), 17 December 1943 – 23 April 1944
396th Bombardment Squadron (Medium), 28 January-19 April 1944
820th Bombardment Squadron (Medium), 24 December 1943 – 26 April 1944
Makin Airfield, Butaritari Island, Makin Atoll, Gilbert Islands
03°05′12.48″N 172°48′47.74″E
Seventh Air Force
41st Bombardment Group (Medium), 24 April-13 October 1944
47th Bombardment Squadron (Medium), 41st Bombardment Group (Medium), 21 April-4 November 1944
48th Bombardment Squadron (Medium), 41st Bombardment Group (Medium), 24 April-13 October 1944 (operated from Saipan 23 July-21 August 1944)
396th Bombardment Squadron (Medium), 41st Bombardment Group (Medium), 24 December 1943 – 19 April 1944
820th Bombardment Squadron (Medium), 27 April-13 October 1944
38th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy, 30th Bombardment Group, Heavy,(operated from Makin Atoll 26 February-22 March 1944)
531st Fighter Bomber Squadron, Seventh Air Force, 18 December 1943 – 17 February 1944
531st Fighter Squadron, Seventh Air Force, 18 February–March 1944
Hawkins Field (Tarawa), Betio Island, Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands
01°21′22.49″N 172°55′48.39″E
Seventh Air Force
Headquarters, VII Bomber Command, January 1944
11th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 14–27 January 1944
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