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448 AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS OF WORLD WAR I1DECORATIONS. Cited in the Order of theDay, Belgian Army: 6 Jun-30 Sep 1944.INSIGNE. None.IX TACTICAL AIR COMMANDConstituted as IX Air Support Commandon 29 Nov 1943. Activated in Englandon 4 Dec 1943. Assigned to NinthAF. Redesignated IX Tactical Air Commandin Apr 1944. Operated in the Europeantheater, primarily in support of USFirst Army, until V-E Day. Moved to theUS in Oct 1945. Inactivated on 25 Oct1945. Disbanded on 8 Oct 1948.WINGS. 70th Fighter: 1944-1945. 7zstFighter: 1944. 84th Fighter: 1944. zoothFighter: 1944.STATIONS. Aldermaston Court, England,4 Dec 1943; Middle Wallop, England,I Feb 1944; Uxbridge, England, 15Feb-Jun 1944; Au Gay, France, 10 Jun1944; Les Obeaux, France, 2 Jul 1944;Canisy, France, 2 Aug 19%; Coulouvray,France, 12 Aug 1944; Haleine, France, 22Aug 1944; Versailles, France, 2 Sep 1944;Janoulx, Belgium, 11 Sep 1944; Verviers,Belgium, 2 Oct 1944; Bruhl, Germany,26 Mar 1945; Marburg, Germany, 8 Apr1945; Weimar, Germany, 26 Apr 1945;Fritzlar, Germany, 26 Jun-Sep 1945 ;Camp Shanks, NY, 24-25 Oct 1945.COMMANDERS. Col Clarence E Crumrine,4 Dec 1943; Maj Gen Elwood RQuesada, I Feb 1944; Brig Gen Ralph FStearley, 21 Apr-Sep 1945.CAMPAIGNS. Air Offensive, Europe;Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland;Ardennes-Alsace ; Central Europe.DECORATIONS. Cited in the Order of theDay, Belgian Army: 6 Jun-30 Sep 1944;16 Dec 1944-25 Jan 1945. Belgian Four-ragere.INSIGNE. None.IX TROOP CARRIERCOMMANDConstituted as IX Troop Carrier Commandon 11 Oct 1943 and activated inEngland on 16 Oct. Assigned to NinthAF. Served in the European theater, engagingin airborne and transport operations,until after V-E Day. Transferred,without personnel and equipment, in Sep1945 to the US where the command wasagain manned and equipped. Inactivatedon 31 Mar 1946. Disbanded on 8 Oct1948.WINGS. 50th: 1943-1945, 1945-1946.52d: 1944-1945, 1945-1946. 53d: 1944-1945.STATIONS. Cottesmore, England, 16 Oct1943; Grantham, England, I Dec 1943;Ascot, England, 20 Sep 1944-5 Sep 1945;Stout Field, Ind, 5 Sep 1945; GreenvilleAAB, SC, I Feb-31 Mar 1946.COMMANDERS. Brig Gen Benjamin FGiles, 16 Oct 1943; Maj Gen Paul L Williams,25 Feb 1944-c. 12 Jul 1945, and 5Nov 1945-31 Mar 1946.CAMPAIGNS. Normandy ; NorthernFrance; Rhineland ; Ardennes-Alsace;Central Europe.
AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS-COMMANDS 449DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. None.XI BOMBER COMMAND1942; Lt Col Donald E Meade, 15 Jul1g43;Col William E Elder, 25 Feb 1944; Lt ColDon L Wilhelm Jr, 20-31 Mar 1944.CAMPAIGNS. Aleutian Islands.DECORATIONS. None.Constituted as XI Bomber CommandINSIGNE. None.on 4 Mar 1943 and activated in Alaska on19 Mar. Operated in combat with XI1 BOMBER COMMANDEleventh AF. Disbanded in Alaska on31 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 DeFord, 19 Mar 1943; Col Robert H Herman,2 Dec 1943-31 Mar 1944.CAMPAIGNS. Air Offensive, Japan ; AleutianIslands.DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. None.XI FIGHTER COMMANDConstituted as XI Interceptor Commandon 8 Mar 1942 and activated in Alaska on15 Mar. Assigned to Eleventh AF. RedesignatedXI Fighter Command in May1942. Engaged in combat from Jun 1942to Oct 1943. Disbanded in Alaska on 31Mar 1944.GROUPS. 343d: 1942-1944.STATIONS. Elmendorf Field, Alaska, 15Mar 1942; Adak, 12 Sep 1943-31 Mar 1944.COMMANDERS. Col Norman D Sillin, 15Mar 1942; Col Phineas K Morrill Jr, 6 SepConstituted as XI1 Bomber Commandon 26 Feb 1942. Activated on 13 Mar 1942.Assigned to Twelfth AF in Aug 1942 andtransferred, without personnel and equipment,to England where the command wasre-formed. Moved to North Africa, withthe first of its elements arriving during theinvasion in Nov 1942. Served in combatin the Mediterranean theater until I Nov1943 when most of the personnel werewithdrawn. Received additional personnelin Jan 1944 and served in combat untilI Mar 1944. Disbanded in Corsica on 10Jun 1944.WINGS. 5th: 1943. 42d: 1943, 1944.47th (formerly 7th Fighter) : 1943. 57th:1944.STATIONS. MacDill Field, Fla, 13 Mar1942; High Wycombe, England, 31 Aug-10 Nov 1942; Tafaraoui, Algeria, 22 Nov1942; Algiers, Algeria, 27 Nov 1942; Constantine,Algeria, 5 Dec 1942; Tunis,Tunisia, 23 Jul 1943; Bari, Italy, c. Dec1943; Trocchia, Italy, 4 Jan 1944; Corsica,c. Apr-Io Jun 1944.COMMANDERS. Brig Gen Samuel MConnell, 3-8 May 1942; Col Claude EDuncan, 2 Sep 1942; Col Charles T Phil-
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