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. 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
Assignments
- Eleventh Air Force, 19 March 1943 – 31 March 1944
Stations
- Adak Army Airfield, Alaska, 19 March 1943
- Amchitka Army Airbase, Alaska, 24 June 1943
- Adak Army Airfield, Alaska, 4 September 1943
- Shemya Army Air Base, Alaska, 3–31 March 1944–
Components
- 28th Bombardment Group, Assigned: 19 March 1943 – 31 March 1944
- Numerous units temporarily attached.
