340th Fighter Squadron: Difference between revisions

340th Fighter Squadron
340th Fighter Squadron
Active	1942-1946
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army Air Forces
Role	Fighter

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The 340th Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 348th Fighter Group, based at Itami Air Base, Japan. It was inactivated on 10 May 1946.

Activated on 30 Sep 1942

Inactivated on 10 May 1946

Redesignated 141st Fighter Squadron, and allotted to New Jersey ANG on 24 May 1946.

Combat in Southwest and Western Pacific, 30 Jul 1943-15 Aug 1945.

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

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 ==History==
 === Lineage===
+* Constituted '''341st Fighter Squadron''' on 24 Sep 1942
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+: Activated on 30 Sep 1942
+: Inactivated on 10 May 1946
+* Redesignated '''141st Fighter Squadron''', and allotted to New Jersey ANG on 24 May 1946.
 ===Assignments===
+* [[348th Fighter Group]], 30 Sep 1942-10 May 1946.
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 ===Stations===
+* Mitchel Field, NY, 30 Sep 1942
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+* Bradley Field, Conn, 30 Sep 1942
+* Westover Field, Mass, 30 Oct 1942
+* Hillsgrove, RI, 11 Jan 1943
+* Westover Field, Mass, 29 Apr-9 May 1943
+* Port Moresby, New Guinea, 23 Jun 1943
+* Finschhafen, New Guinea, 17 Dec 1943
+* Saidor, New Guinea, 27 Mar 1944
+* Wakde, 22 May 1944
+* Noemfoor, 24 Aug 1944
+* Tacloban, Leyte, 30 Nov 1944
+* Tanauan, Leyte, c. 15 Dec 1944
+* San Marcelino, Luzon, 7 Feb 1945
+* Floridablanca, Luzon, c. 15 May 1945
+* Ie Shima, 12 Jul 1945
+* Kanoya, Japan, 9 Sep 1945
+* Itami, Japan, c. 20 Oct 1945-10 May 1946.
 ===Aircraft===
+* [[P-47 Thunderbolt]], 1942-1945
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+* [[P-51 Mustang]], 1945-1946.
 ===Operational History===
 Combat in Southwest and Western Pacific, 30 Jul 1943-15 Aug 1945.
 == References==
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