The XII Bomber Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Twelfth Air Force, based in Corsica, France. It was inactivated on 10 Jun 1944
[edit] History
[edit] Lineage
- Constituted as XII Bomber Command on 26 Feb 1942
- Activated on 13 Mar 1942
- Disbanded in Corsica on 10 Jun 1944.
[edit] Assignments
[edit] Stations
- MacDill Field, Florida, 13 Mar 1942
- RAF High Wycombe, England, 31 Aug-10 Nov 1942
- Tafaraoui Airfield, Algeria, 22 Nov 1942
- Algiers, Algeria, 27 Nov 1942
- Constantine Airfield, Algeria, 5 Dec 1942
- Tunis, Tunisia, 23 Jul 1943
- Bari Airfield, Italy, c. Dec 1943
- Pollena Trocchia (Naples), Italy, 4 Jan 1944
- Corsica, c. Apr-10 Jun 1944.
[edit] Operations
Assigned to Twelfth Air Force in Aug 1942 and transferred, without personnel and equipment, to England where the command was re-formed. Moved to North Africa, with the first of its elements arriving during the invasion in Nov 1942. Served in combat in the Mediterranean theater until 1 Nov 1943 when most of the personnel were withdrawn and reassigned to Fifteenth Air Force. Received additional personnel in Jan 1944 and served in combat until 1 Mar 1944.
[edit] References
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
- Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
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