86th Fighter Wing (Air National Guard)

86th Fighter Wing (World War II)
Active	1943 - 1946
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army Air Forces

The 86th Fighter Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit which operated during the Second World War. Its last assignment was with Far East Air Forces, based at San Marcelino Airfield, Philippines. It was inactivated on 25 March 1946.

History

Lineage

• Constituted as 86th Fighter Wing on 19 Nov 1943

Activated on 1 Dec 1943

Inactivated on 15 Mar 1946.

Note: This wing is not related to an 86th Fighter Wing that was constituted on 1 Jul 1948 and activated in Germany the same day by the United States Air Forces in Europe.

Assignments

• Fourth Air Force, 1 Dec 1943
• Fifth Air Force, 1 May 1944-15 Mar 1946

Attached to: 308th Bombardment Wing, 16 Jan-15 Mar 1946.

Units

• 8th Fighter Group: 1 May 1944-16 Aug 1945
• 49th Fighter Group: 1 May 1944-16 Aug 1945
• 58th Fighter Group: 1 May 1944-16 Aug 1945

Stations

• March Field, California, 1 Dec 1943-25 Mar 1944
• Finschhafen Airport, New Guinea, 1 May 1944
• Middleburg Airfield, New Guinea, 4 Aug 1944
• Sansapor Airfield, New Guinea, 19 Aug 1944
• San Marcelino Airfield, Luzon, Phillipines, 16 Jan 1945-15 Mar 1946.

Operational history

Engaged in combat from May until early in 1945 when the wing became responsible for establishing and operating an aircraft warning systerm in the Philippine Islands

References

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

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