XI Fighter Command
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The XI Fighter Command was a command of the United States Army Air Forces. It was assigned to Eleventh Air Force, stationed at Adak Army Airfield, Alaska.
The command controlled fighter units in Alaska during the World War II Aleutian Islands Campaign under Eleventh Air Force. It was activated in March 1942 and inactivated on 31 March 1944.
Lineage
- Constituted as the 11th Interceptor Command on 8 March 1942Maurer indicates unit was constituted as the "XI" Interceptor Command. However, the unit was constituted and activated with an arabic number in its name. The use of roman numerals to designate Army Air Forces combat commands did not begin until September 1942. {{cite web |url= https://www.dafhistory.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/433913/types-of-usaf-organizations/ |title=Air Force Historical Research Agency Organizational Reconds: Types of USAF Organizations|date=9 January 2008|publisher=Air Force History Index|access-date=19 September 2016}}
: Activated in Alaska on 15 March 1942
: Redesignated 11th Fighter Command on 15 May 1942
: Redesignated XI Fighter Command c. 18 September 1942
=Assignments=
- Eleventh Air Force, 15 March 1942 – 31 March 1944{{cite web |url= https://www.dafhistory.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/433448/eleventh-air-force-pacaf/ |last1=Butler|first1=William M.|title=Factsheet Eleventh Air Force (PACAF)|date=December 10, 2008|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|access-date=December 21, 2021}}
=Stations=
- Elmendorf Field, Alaska, 15 March 1942
- Adak Army Airfield, Alaska, 12 September 1943 – 31 March 1944
Components
; Group
- 343d Fighter Group: 15 March 1942 – 31 March 1944
; Squadrons
- 11th Fighter Squadron: 7 June – 11 September 1942Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 61-62
- 18th Fighter Squadron: 7 June – 11 September 1942Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 99
- 54th Fighter Squadron: 31 May – 11 September 1942Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 223-224
References
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=Bibliography=
{{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}
- {{cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Air Force Combat Units of World War II|orig-year= 1961|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/21/2001330256/-1/-1/0/AFD-100921-044.pdf|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161220180735/http://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/21/2001330256/-1/-1/0/AFD-100921-044.pdf|url-status= dead|archive-date= 20 December 2016|access-date= December 17, 2016|edition=reprint|year=1983|publisher= Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-912799-02-1|lccn=61060979}}
- {{cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II|orig-year=1969|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161220180455/http://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= 20 December 2016 |edition= reprint|access-date= December 17, 2016|year=1982|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-405-12194-6|oclc=72556|lccn=70605402}}
{{USAAF 11th Air Force World War II}}
Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1944