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450 AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS OF WORLD WAR I1lips, 11 Dec 1942; Col Carlyle H Ridenour,16 Dec 1942; Brig Gen John K Cannon,I Jan 1943; Maj Gen James H Doolittle,26 Feb-1 Nov 1943; Brig Gen Robert DKnapp, c. Dec 1943-c. 29 Feb 1944.CAMPAIGNS. Air Combat, EAME Theater;Algeria-French Morocco; Tunisia;Sicily; Naples-Foggia; Anzio; Rome-Arno.DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. None.XI1 TACTICAL AIR COMMANDConstitzlted as XI1 Ground Air SupportCommand on 10 Sep 1942 and activatedon 17 Sep. Assigned to Twelfth AF. RedesignatedXI1 Air Support Command inSep 1942, and XI1 Tactical Air Commandin Apr 1944. Moved to North Africa,Oct-Nov 1942. Col Demas T Craw wasawarded the Medal of Honor for actionduring the invasion of Algeria-FrenchMorocco: when the Allies landed on 8 Nov1942, Col Craw volunteered to negotiate anarmistice ; while trying to pass through thelines near Port Lyautey, he was killed bymachine-gun fire. The command servedin combat in the Mediterranean and Europeantheaters until May 1945. Afterward,remained in Europe as part of the occupationforce. Znactiuated in Germany on 10Nov 1947. Disbanded on 8 Oct 1948.WINGS. 5th Bombardment: 1942. 7thFighter: 1942. 42d Bombardment: 1945.57th Bombardment: 1943-1944. 63dFighter: 1945. 64th Fighter (formerly 3dAir Defense) : 1943-1944, 1945-1947. 70ghFighter: 1945-1947. 7zst Fighter: 1945.87th Fighter: 1944.STATIONS. Birmingham, Ala, 17 Sep1942; Bolling Field, DC, 25 Sep-18 Oct1942; French Morocco, 9 Nov 1942; Algeria,Jan 1943; Tunisia, 13 Mar 1943;Sicily, c. 12 Jul 1943; Italy, c. g Sep 1943;France, 18 Aug 1944; Germany, 27 Mar1945; Erlangen, Germany, Jul 1945; BadKissingen, Germany, I Nov 1945-10 Nov1947.COMMANDERS. Col Rosenham Beam, 18Sep 1942; Brig Gen John K Cannon, 22Sep 1942; Col Rosenham Beam, c. 30 Dec1942; Col Peter S Rask, I Jan 1943; BrigGen Howard A Craig, 10 Jan 1943; BrigGen Paul L Williams, 24 Jan 1943; BrigGen John K Cannon, 12 May 1943; ColLawrence P Hickey, 24 May 1943; MajGen Edwin J House, 13 Jun 1943; BrigGen Gordon P Saville, 2 Feb 1944; BrigGen Glenn 0 Barcus, 29 Jan 1945; MajGen William E Kepner, 3 Dec 1945; BrigGen Glenn 0 Barcus, 9 Jan 1946; BrigGen John F McBlain, 3 Aug 1946; MajGen Robert LeG Walsh, 27 Nov 1946; BrigGen James M Fitzmaurice, I Apr-c. Oct1947-CAMPAIGNS. Air Combat, EAME Theater;Algeria-French Morocco; Tunisia;Sicily; Naples-Foggia; Anzio; Rome-Arno; Northern France; Southern France;North Apennines; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe.DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. None.
AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS-COMMANDS 451XI11 BOMBER COMMANDConstituted as XI11 Bomber Commandon 14 Dec 1942. Activated in the SouthPacific on 13 Jan 1943. Served in combatwith Thirteenth AF until the end of thewar. Znactivated in the Philippines on 15Mar 1946. Disbanded on 8 Oct 1948.GROUPS. 5th: 1943-1946. 21th: 1943.42d: '943-1945- 307th: 1943-1945-STATIONS. Espiritu Santo, 13 Jan 1943;Guadalcanal, 20 Aug 1943; Los Negros, IJun 1944; Wakde, 3 Sep 1944; Morotai, 17Oct 1944; Clark Field, Luzon, 27 Aug1945-15 Mar 1946.COMMANDERS. Col Harlan T McCormick,13 Jan 1943; Col James M Fitzmaurice,6 Apr 1943; Brig Gen Glen C Jamison,16 Jun 1943; Brig Gen William AMatheny, 10 Aug 1943; Brig Gen Carl ABrandt, 2 Feb-c. Oct 1945.CAMPAIGNS. Central Pacific; China Defensive;Guadalcanal; New Guinea;Northern Solomons; Eastern Mandates;Bismarck Archipelago; Western Pacific;Leyte; Luzon; Southern Philippines;China Offensive.DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. None.XI11 FIGHTER COMMANDConstituted as XI11 Fighter Commandon 14 Dec 1942. Activated in the SouthPacific on 13 Jan 1943. Served in combatwith Thirteenth AF until the end of thewas. Znactivated in the Philippines on 15Mar 1946. Disbanded on 8 Oct 1948.GROUPS. 18th: 1943-1946. 347th:1943-1945. 414th: 1946.STATIONS. New Caledonia, 13 Jan 1943;Espiritu Santo, c. 22 Jan 1943; Guadalcanal,Dec 1943; Sansapor, New Guinea,15 Aug 1944; Leyte, 10 Jan 1945; PuertoPrincesa, Palawan, I Mar 1945; Manila,Luzon, c. Nov 1945-15 Mar 1946.COMMANDERS. Brig Gen Dean CStrother, 13 Jan 1943; Brig Gen Earl WBarnes, Jan 1944; Col Willard R Wolfinbarger,16 Nov 1944; Brig Gen Earl WBarnes, 31 Jan 1945-unkn.CAMPAIGNS. China Defensive; Guadalcanal;New Guinea; Northern Solomons;Bismarck Archipelago; Western Pacific;Leyte; Luzon; Southern Philippines;China Offensive.DECORATIONS. Philippine PresidentialUnit Citation.INSIGNE. None.XIX TACTICAL AIRCOMMANDConstituted as XIX Air Support Commandon 29 Nov 1943. Activated in Englandon 4 Jan 1944. Assigned to NinthAF. Redesignated XIX Tactical AirCommand in Apr 1944. Operated in theEuropean theater, primarily in support ofUS Third Army, until V-E Day. Movedto the US in Aug 1945. Znactivated on 31Mar 1946. Disbanded on 8 Oct 1948.WINGS. 100th Fighter: 1944-1945.303d Fighter: 1944.STATIONS. Middle Wallop, England, 4Jan 1944; Aldermaston Court, England, I
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