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Groups of the 301st Fighter Wing provided bomber escort for Twentieth Air Force B-29 Superfortress bombers during their strategic bombing missions over Japan in 1945. Reassigned to the Eighth Air Force with the same mission for Eighth Air Force in the planned invasion of Japan. |
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Reassigned to Far East Air Forces when Eighth Air Force was returned to the United States in 1946, being assigned to Far East Air Forces. Performed air defense role over the Rykus until inactivated on 20 January 1949. |
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== See Also == |
== See Also == |
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Revision as of 20:46, 23 August 2008
| 301st Fighter Wing | |
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| Active | 1944 - 1949 |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | United States Army Air Forces |
| Role | Bombardment |
| Part of | Twentieth Air Force |
| Garrison/HQ | Pacific Ocean Theater of World War II |
The301st Fighter Wing was a United States Army Air Forces organization. It was a command and control organization of Twentieth Air Force that fought in the Pacific Ocean Theater of World War II.
Lineage
- Constituted as 301st Fighter Wing on 5 October 1944 and activated on 15 October.
- Inactivated on Okinawa on 20 January 1949.
Commands
- First Air Force (1944-1945)
- Twentieth Air Force (1945)
- Eighth Air Force (1945-1946)
- Far East Air Forces (1946-1949)
Stations
- Seymour Johnson Field, NC, 15 Oct 1944
- Mitchel Field, NY, 1 Nov 1944-30 May 1945
- Ie Shima, 31 Jul 1945
- Kadena, Okinawa, 29 Nov 1945
- Naha, Okinawa, 14 Aug 1947-20 Jan 1949
Units Assigned
- Groups
- 51st Fighter Group: 1946-1948
- 408th Fighter Group: 1944.
- 413th Fighter Group: 1944-1946
- 414th Fighter Group: 1944-1945
- 506th Fighter Group: 1944-1945
- 507th Fighter Group: 1944-1945
Operational History
Groups of the 301st Fighter Wing provided bomber escort for Twentieth Air Force B-29 Superfortress bombers during their strategic bombing missions over Japan in 1945. Reassigned to the Eighth Air Force with the same mission for Eighth Air Force in the planned invasion of Japan.
Reassigned to Far East Air Forces when Eighth Air Force was returned to the United States in 1946, being assigned to Far East Air Forces. Performed air defense role over the Rykus until inactivated on 20 January 1949.
See Also
References
- Endicott, Judy G. (1999) Active Air Force wings as of 1 October 1995; USAF active flying, space, and missile squadrons as of 1 October 1995. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. CD-ROM.
- Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0892010924.
- Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947-1977. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0912799129.
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