11th Air Force

[aidenmac16]

What was the history of the 11th Air Force while they were stationed in Alaska during World War 2?

 

[muskeg13]

What was the history of the 11th Air Force while they were stationed in Alaska during World War 2?

You have some reading to do. https://www.amazon.com/Mission-Kurils-John-H-Cloe/dp/1578336422

 

[fubar57]

I think I have some histories but I won't be back home until next Wednesday

 

[Barrett]

What was the history of the 11th Air Force while they were stationed in Alaska during World War 2?

Um, there appears to be dozens of internet sites with photos, unit and campaign coverage, and even veterans organizations (now fewer than before). "Time spent on Googling is seldom wasted!"

 

[fubar57]

11th AF history in Alaska. Not sure how complete it is

 

[pinehilljoe]

Not a history of the 11th, this is a first hand account of flying in the 11th in a Liberator. Its an incredible story of perseverance. 81 Days Below Zero: The Incredible Survival Story of a World War II Pilot in Alaska's Frozen Wilderness



https://www.amazon.com/Days-Below-Zero-Incredible-Wilderness/dp/0306824523

 

[SaparotRob]

.. 81 Days Below Zero: The Incredible Survival Story of a World War II Pilot in Alaska's Frozen Wilderness



Amazon.com

I need a sweater when I open the fridge.

 

[GreenKnight121]

What was the history of the 11th Air Force while they were stationed in Alaska during World War 2?

Also read The Thousand Mile War: World War II in Alaska and the Aleutians by Brian Garfield.

The Thousand-Mile War is Brian Garfield's masterful history of the blind war fought in the wind and fog of the Aleutians in 1942-1943. Since its first printing in 1969, The Thousand-Mile War has been acclaimed as one of the great accounts of World War II. Nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, it is the first independent study ever written about the only campaign of World War II fought on North American soil.

The war in the Aleutians was fought in some of the worst climatic conditions on earth for men, ships, and airplanes. The sea was rough, the islands craggy and unwelcoming, and enemy number one was always the weather: the savage wind, fog, and rain of the Aleutian chain. The fog seemed to reach even into the minds of the military commanders on both sides, as they directed men into situations that often had tragic results.

Author Brian Garfield studied the official records as well as the personal stories, letters, and diaries of the participants. The result follows the fifteen-month course of the campaign chronologically, tracing the events that eventually combined to dash Japanese hopes of a quick victory while a surprised America was still reeling from the disaster at Pearl Harbor. Frustrating, befuddling, and still the subject of debates, the Aleutian campaign still marks a turning point in the war in favor of the United States.