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XI Bomber Command

Constituted as XI Bomber Command on 4 Mar 1943 and activated in Alaska on ig Mar. Operated in combat with Eleventh AF. Disbanded in Alaska on 31 Mar 1944.

Groups. 28th Composite: 1943-1944-

Stations. Adak, 19 Mar 1943; Amchitka, 24 Jun 1943; Adak, 4 Sep 1943; Shemya, 3-31 Mar 1944-

Commanders. Brig Gen Earl H De Ford, 19 Mar 1943; Col Robert H Herman, 2 Dec 1943-31 Mar 1944.

Campaigns. Air Offensive, Japan; Aleutian Islands.

Decorations. None.

Data from Air Force Combat Units of World War II By Maurer, Maurer, Published 1986

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