XI Bomber Command

The XI Bomber Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Eleventh Air Force, stationed at Shemya Army Air Base, Alaska (Territory). It was inactivated on 31 March 1944

The command controlled primarily medium and light bomber units assigned or deployed to Alaska during the World War II Aleutian Islands Campaign in conjunction with Eleventh Air Force.

History

Lineage

• Constituted as XI Bomber Command on 4 March 1943

Activated in Alaska on 19 March 1943

Disbanded in Alaska on 31 March 1944.

Assignments

• Eleventh Air Force, 19 March 1943 – 31 March 1944

Stations

• Adak Army Airfield, Alaska (Territory), 19 March 1943
• Amchitka Army Airbase, Alaska (Territory), 24 June 1943
• Adak Army Airfield, Alaska (Territory), 4 September 1943
• Shemya Army Air Base, Alaska (Territory), 3–31 March 1944–

Components

• 28th Bombardment Group, Assigned: 19 March 1943 – 31 March 1944
• Numerous units (groups, squadrons) temporarily attached.

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

• Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.

External links

USAAF Eleventh Air Force in World War II
Previously: Alaskan Air Force (1941-1942)
Bases	Combat Airfields Adak/Davis Alexai Point Amchitka Elmendorf Fort Glenn Fort Morrow Fort Randall Shemya Support Airfields Annette Island Cordova Gakona Juneau Kiska Ogliuga Island Yakutat Air Transport Command Northwest Staging Route (xfr to 11AF 1945) Bethel Big Delta Galena Gambell Ladd McGrath Marks Mile 26 Moses Point Naknek Northway Tanacross
Units	Commands XI Bomber XI Fighter Groups Bombardment 28th Bombardment Fighter 343d Fighter
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