70th Fighter Wing

70th Fighter Wing
Active	1943 - 1947
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army Air Force
Role	Fighter (Command & Control)
Part of	United States Air Forces in Europe

The 70th Fighter Wing (70th FW) is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with thr United States Air Forces in Europe, based at Neubiberg Air Base, Germany. It was inactivated on 25 September 1947.

History

Lineage

• Constituted as 70th Fighter Wing on 11 August 1943

Activated on 15 August 1943

Inactivated on 25 September 1947

Assignments

• Ninth Air Force

IX Tactical Air Command, 24 Aug 1943 - 2 Dec 1945

• United States Air Forces in Europe, 2 Dec 1945 - 25 Sep 1947

Units Assigned

• 48th Fighter Group
• 354th Fighter Group
• 367th Fighter Group
• 371st Fighter Group
• 474th Fighter Group

Bases assigned

• Paine Field, Wash, 15 Aug-8 Nov 1943
• RAF Greenham Common, England, 29 Nov 1943
• RAF Boxted, England, 6 Dec 1943
• RAF Ibsley, England, 17 Apr-Jun 1944
• Criqueville, France, 9 Jun 1944
• Villedieu les Poeles, France, 4 Aug 1944
• Le Teilleul, France, 16 Aug 1944
• Aillieres, France, 22 Aug 1944
• Versailles, France, 31 Aug 1944
• Marchais, France, 10 Sep 1944
• Liege, Belgium, 3 Oct 1944
• Verviers, Belgium, 22 Jan 1945
• Bruhl, Germany, 18 Mar 1945
• Bad Wildungen, Germany, 30 May 1945
• Furstenfeldbruck, Germany, 28 Jul 1945
• Neubiberg, Germany, 10 Nov 1945-25 Sep 1947

Operational history

The 70th Fighter Wing served in the European theater from Feb 1944 to May 1945, operating with various fighter groups assigned or attached for brief periods of time. Remained in Europe after the war as part of United States Air Forces Europe. Znactivated in Germany on 25 SeP 1947.

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

• Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0892010924.