XI Bomber Command

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The XI Bomber Command was a formation of the United States Army Air Forces. It was assigned to Eleventh Air Force, and its last station was Shemya Army Air Base, Alaska, where it was inactivated on 31 March 1944.

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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.

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