432d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

432d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
Emblem of the 432d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
Active	1943-1958
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Fighter-Interceptor

The 432d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Air Defense Command 475th Fighter Group stationed at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, Minnesota. It was inactivated on 2 Jan 1958.

History

Lineage

• Activated on 14 May 1943 by special authority prior to constitution as 432d Fighter Squadron on 15 May 1943

Inactivated on 1 Apr 1949

• Redesignated 432d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 10 Oct 1952

Activated on Dec 1952

Inactivated on 2 Jan 1958.

Assignments

• Fifth Air Force

475th Fighter Group, 14 May 1943-1 Apr 1949

• Air Defense Command

31st Air Division, 1 Dec 1952

520th Air Defense Group, 16 Feb 1953

475th Fighter Group, 18 Aug 1955-2 Jan 1958.

Stations

• Charters Towers, Australia, 14 May 1943
• Amberley Field, Australia, 11 Jun 1943
• Dobodura, New Guinea, 14 Aug 1943

Operated from Port Moresby, New Guinea, 12 Aug-1 Sep 1943

• Nadzab, New Guinea, 25 Mar 1944
• Hollandia, New Guinea, 15 May 1944
• Biak, 12 Jul 1944
• Dulag, Leyte, 2 Nov 1944

Detachment operated from San Jose, Mindoro, 5 Feb-2 Mar 1945

• Clark Field, Luzon, 27 Feb 1945
• Lingayen, Luzon, 19 Apr 1945
• Ie Shima, 8 Aug 1945
• Kimpo, Korea, 28 Sep 1945
• Itazuke, Japan, 28 Aug 1948
• Ashiya, Japan, 25 Mar-1 Apr 1949
• Truax Field, Wis, 10 Oct 1952
• Minneapolis–St Paul Intl Aprt, Minn, 18 Aug 1955-2 Jan 1958

Aircraft

• P-38 Lightning, 1943-1946
• P-51 Mustang, 1946-1949
• F-86 Sabre, 1952-1955
• F-89 Scorpion, 1955-1957

Operations History

Combat in Southwest Pacific and Western Pacific, 12 Aug 1943-21 Jul 1945. Occupation duty (Korea and Japan), 1945-1949. Air Defense of Upper Midwest, 1952-1958.

References

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

• Mauer, Mauer (1969), Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II, Air Force Historical Studies Office, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. ISBN 0892010975