Several Eighth Air Force B-26 transferred to the Ninth Air Force in late 1943. The Maurders had been part of VIII Air Support Command and 3rd Bomb Wing.
In the South Pacific (POA) the two independent squadrons, formerly of the 38th Bomb Group, USA, were transferred from the Seventh Air Force when the new organization formed.The independent 69th BS & 70BS were assigned layer to the 42nd BG and eventually converted to B-25 aircraft.
21st Bombardment Group (Operational Training Unit) at MacDill Field, Florida, included the 313th, 314th, 315th, 398th Bomb Squadrons.
38th Bombardment Group (Operational Training Unit) included the 69th, 70th, 71st Bomb Squadrons and the 15th Reconnaissance Squadron based in the United States and South-west Pacific.
40th Bombardment Group (Operational Training Unit) included the 25th, 44th, 45th Bomb Squadrons based in the Caribbean.
335th Bombardment Group (Replacement Training Unit) included the 474th, 475th, 476th, 477th Bomb Squadrons based in California, United States.
336th Bombardment Group (Replacement Training Unit) included the 478th, 479th, 480th, 481st Bomb Squadrons based in Louisiana, United States.
VD-2 – Placed into operation at theU.S. Naval Air Station,Atlantic Fleet Air Base,Norfolk, Virginia late in 1942, Fleet AirPhotographicReconnaissance VD-2 became a photographic training squadron, which did equipment testing and specialized assignments by direct orders from the Director, of the Photography Division, of theBureau of Aeronautics,Washington, D.C. This photographic squadron operated from the Atlantic Fleet Air Base at Norfolk during World War II, with a hodge-podge collection of airplanes that were not equipped or suited for overseas war time operations.
VMJ-1 Commissioned 21 March 1945 atBarking Sands,Kauai,Hawaii as VMTD-1 and on 1 May 1945 was redesignated as VMJ-1 and assigned to the3rd Marine Division, towing targets for MarineAA batteries over the Hawaiian Islands. The squadron was deactivated on Kauai in October 1945.[18]
VMJ-2 Commissioned 10 October 1944 atMarine Corps Air Station Ewa,Hawaii as VMTD-2 to train in towing aerial targets and tracking missions for Marine AA batteries. After two months in Hawaii towing for the5th Marine Division, the entire detachment of 6 JM-1s (Navy Version of the B-26) left 24 November 1944 forAgana, Guam. They daily towed targets and carried out tracking for Army AA units onGuam,Tinian andSaipan. It was redesignated VMJ-2 on 1 May 1945. Following the war, the squadron returned to theWest Coast and was deactivated on 6 March 1946.[18]
VMJ-3 Commissioned 1 October 1944 at theMarine Corps Air Station Ewa, Hawaii as VMTD-3 to provide towing and tracking for Marine AA battalions which had been formerly performed by Navy Squadrons attached to the3rd Marine Aircraft Wing and operated in practice beach assaults with the4th Marine Division. The squadron was redesignated VMJ-3 on 1 May 1945 at Ewa. In August 1945 the detachment was sent toMidway to tow for Marine defense battalions. Following the end of the war, the squadron returned to MCAS Ewa and was deactivated in October, 1945.[18]
