Courtesy - USAF History Office
P-40E
11th Fighter Squadron
Loading Ammunition at Umnak in 1942
Lt James Perryman supervises
20
Nov 1940 Constituted 11th Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor)
15
Jan 1941 Activated
15
May1942 Redesignated 11th Fighter Squadron
15
Aug1944 Inactivated
Note: Assignment of the unit once it left Alaska will not be covered.
Assignments
15
Jan 1941 50th Pursuit Group
30
Dec 1941 Western Theater of Operations
2 Jan 1942 Attached to Provisional Interceptor Command,
Alaska
2 Feb 1942 28th Composite Group
7 Jun 1942 XI Fighter Command
11
Sep 1942 - 15 Aug 1946 343rd Fighter Group
Note: Assignment of the unit once it left Alaska will not be covered.
Stations
15
Jan 1941 Selfridge Field, MI
3 Oct - 19 Dec 1941 Key Field, Ms
29
Dec 1941 Elmendorf Field, Ak
Detachments operated from:
Ft Randall, Ak - 25 May - c. 1 Sep 42
Ft Glenn, Ak - 26 May - Jun 42
Jun 1942 Ft Glenn, Ak
c.
20 Feb 1943 Adak, Ak
Detachments operated from:
Amchitka, Ak - 27 Mar - c. 17 May 43
c.23 Mar 44 - 20 Jul 45
Ft Glenn, Ak - 26 May - Jun 42
11
Aug 1945 - 15 Aug 1946 Shemya,Ak
Note: Assignment of the unit once it left Alaska will not be covered.
Aircraft
Operations
Combat in the North
Pacific
and
Air Defense of Alaska during World War II
Service
Steamers
None
Campaigns
Aleutian Islands;
Air Combat, Asiatic-Pacific Theater
Decorations
None
Emblem
Approved 30 Nov 1956
(after the unit left Alaska)
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