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    XII Bomber Command is an inactive United States Army Air Forces formation. Its last assignment was with the Twelfth Air Force, based in Corsica, France...
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  • Air Command XII Engineer Command XIII Bomber Command XIII Fighter Command XV Fighter Command XIX Tactical Air Command XX Bomber Command XXI Bomber Command...
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    NASAF to XII Bomber Command, NATAF to XII Air Support Command, NACAF to XII Fighter Command, NAASC to XII AFSC, NAAF TCC to XII Troop Carrier Command (Provisional)...
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    John K. Cannon (category United States Army Command and General Staff College alumni)
    XII Air Support Command for the Western Task Force during the invasion of French Morocco. He moved to Algeria as commanding general of the XII Bomber...
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    Houari Boumediene Airport (category Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces Air Transport Command in North Africa)
    under the command of Lt. Col Carter E. Duncan 1943/44, used the airport as a command and control facility, headquartering its XII Bomber Command; XXII Tactical...
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  • Technical Service Command and also served as headquarters for XII Bomber Command as a command and control base. It also was used as a command post for Allied...
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    47th Air Division (category Units and formations of Strategic Air Command)
    temporarily attached. In January 1943, the wing was reassigned to XII Bomber Command and was redesignated as the 47th Bombardment Wing (Medium). (The reason...
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    Bomber Command and on 21 April 1942 moved to Columbia Army Air Base. On 2 May 1942, it was briefly reassigned from III Bomber Command to XII Bomber Command...
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    transferred to XII Bomber Command in the preparations for Operation Torch, the invasion of North Africa. However, VIII Bomber Command retained operational...
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    area. HQ Fifteenth Air Force, 1 December 1943 – 15 September 1945 XII Bomber Command, December 1943 – 4 January 1944 55th Bombardment Wing, 9 July – 9...
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    Winthrop, Massachusetts. During World War II, he served with the XII Bomber Command, and he became a first lieutenant. He was wounded in North Africa...
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    Northwest African Air Forces (category Allied air commands of World War II)
    James H. Doolittle, included: the former XII Bomber Command of B-17 Flying Fortresses, No. 205 (Heavy Bomber) Group's bombardment force consisting of...
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  • it was used by B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers of the United States Army Air Force XII Bomber Command 97th Bombardment Group. The 97th moved out in...
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    flying component of the 1st Fighter Wing, assigned to the USAF Air Combat Command. The group is stationed at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. The 1st Operations...
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    Combat Command, 10 February 1942 Second Air Force, c. 28 February 1942 XII Bomber Command, 1 May 1942 Third Air Force, 21 July 1942 III Bomber Command, 8...
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    MacDill Air Force Base (category Aerospace Defense Command military installations)
    a Strategic Air Command (SAC) installation for B-47 Stratojet bombers. In the early 1960s, it transitioned to a Tactical Air Command (TAC) installation...
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    XII Bomber Command in preparation for Operation Torch, the invasion of North Africa, but they continued to operate under the control of VIII Bomber Command...
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    1942 following Operation Torch's initial landings, becoming part of XII Bomber Command. The squadron flew interdiction and close air support, bombing bridges...
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    propeller-driven B-29s with new Boeing B-47E Stratojet swept-wing medium bombers capable of flying at high subsonic speeds and primarily designed for penetrating...
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    the versions, Bristol Hercules engines. It first saw service with RAF Bomber Command in 1942 and as the strategic bombing offensive over Europe gathered...
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    used as a night bomber in the early years of the Second World War, performing as one of the principal bombers used by Bomber Command. During 1943, it...
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    1942 following Operation Torch's initial landings, becoming part of XII Bomber Command. The squadron flew interdiction and close air support, missions, bombing...
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    variants and other historical information. Heavy bomber training organizations primarily under II Bomber Command in the United States and non-combat units are...
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    transferred to XII Bomber Command in the preparations for Operation Torch, the invasion of North Africa. However, VIII Bomber Command retained operational...
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    The XII Tactical Air Command was a formation of the United States Army Air Forces. Its last assignment was with the United States Air Forces in Europe...
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    re-designated the 48th Fighter-Bomber Group, with the flying squadrons re-designated as the 492d, 493d, 494th, and 495th Fighter-Bomber Squadrons. Moving to William...
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    transferred to XII Bomber Command in the preparations for Operation Torch, the invasion of North Africa. However, VIII Bomber Command retained operational...
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    Anson XII & XIX multi-role aircraft Sikorsky Hoverfly I helicopter Short Sunderland V flying boat patrol bomber Avro Lancaster III heavy bomber Bristol...
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    assigned to III Bomber Command. Initial planning called for 20 aircraft to fly the mission, and 24 of the group's B-25B Mitchell bombers were diverted to...
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  • Mosquito fighter-bombers No. 1437 Flight RAF, P-51A Mustang fighters No. 6 Squadron, Hurricane ground attack XII Air Support Command Maj. General Edwin...
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