XI Bomber Command
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History
Eleventh Air Force organized the 11th Bombardment Command (Provisional) on 1 March 1942. The provisional unit was discontinued in March 1943 and replaced by a permanent unit, XI Bomber Command. The command controlled primarily medium and light bomber units deployed to Alaska during the Aleutian Islands Campaign in conjunction with Eleventh Air Force.
Lineage
- Constituted as the XI Bomber Command on 4 March 1943
- Activated on 19 March 1943
- Disbanded on 31 March 1944[1]
Assignments
- Eleventh Air Force, 19 March 1943 – 31 March 1944[2]
Stations
- Adak Army Air Field, Alaska, 19 March 1943
- Amchitka Army Air Field, Alaska, 24 June 1943
- Adak Army Air Field, Alaska, 4 September 1943
- Shemya Army Air Base, Alaska, 3–31 March 1944[1]
Components
- 28th Bombardment Group, 19 March 1943 – 31 March 1944[3]
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- Military units and formations disestablished in 1944