The XI Bomber Command was a formation of the

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. It was assigned to

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, and its last station was Shemya Army Air Base, Alaska, where it was inactivated on 31 March 1944.

History

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

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and

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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

Assignments

, 19 March 1943 – 31 March 1944

Stations

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, Alaska, 19 March 1943 *

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, Alaska, 24 June 1943 * Adak Army Air Field, Alaska, 4 September 1943 * Shemya Army Air Base, Alaska, 3–31 March 1944

Components

* 28th Bombardment Group, 19 March 1943 – 31 March 1944

References

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