XXI Bomber Command
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xxi-bomber-command-185-4509138
title:
XXI Bomber Command
text:
The XXI Bomber Command was a unit of the Twentieth Air Force in the Mariana Islands for strategic bombing during World War II. The command was established at Smoky Hill Army Air Field, Kansas on 1 March 1944. After a period of organization and its assigned groups receiving their B-29 Superfortress aircraft, the command transferred first to Peterson Field, Colorado, then deployed to the central Pacific, being headquartered at Harmon Field, Guam, in the Mariana Islands. Its assigned units engaged
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wiki
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encyclopedia
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Military unit
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XXI_Bomber_Command
date created:
2008-08-29T13:35:14Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T18:27:27Z
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13
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