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XXI Bomber Command

XXI Bomber Command
29th Bombardment Group North Field Guam 1945
Active1944–1945
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
RoleCommand of long range bombers
EngagementsPacific Theater[1]
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Brig Gen Roger M. Ramey
Brig Gen Haywood S. Hansell, Jr
Maj Gen Curtis LeMay

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 in very long-range bombardment operations, primarily against Japan until mid-July 1945.

  1. ^ Maurer, Combat Units, p. 455

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