100th Fighter Wing (World War II)

100th Fighter Wing
Active	1943 - 1945
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army Air Force
Role	Fighter (Command & Control)
Part of	Ninth Air Force

The 100th Fighter Wing (100th FW) is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Ninth Air Force, based at Seymour Johnson AAF, North Carolina. It was inactivated on 7 November 1945.

History

Lineage

• Established as 100 Fighter Wing on 8 Nov 1943

Activated on 24 Nov 1943

Inactivated on 7 Nov 1945

Disestablished on 15 Jun 1983

• Reestablished, and consolidated (31 Jul 1985) with the 704 Strategic Missile Wing

Established on 20 May 1957

Activated on 1 Jul 1957

Redesignated 704 Strategic Missile Wing (ICBM) on 1 Apr 1958

Inactivated on 1 Jul 1959

• Redesignated: 404 Tactical Missile Wing on 31 Jul 1985 (Remained inactive)
• Redesignated: 404 Air Expeditionary Group and converted to provisional status on 24 Mar 2003

Activated on 16 Jun 2003; Inactivated on 8 Jul 2003

Activated on 27 Aug 2003; Inactivated on 19 Sep 2003

Activated on 27 May 2005; Inactivated on 22 Jun 2005

Activated on 28 Jun 2007; Inactivated on 30 Jul 2007

Activated on 14 Mar 2008; Inactivated on 30 Apr 2008

Activated on 21 Aug 2008; Inactivated on 15 Sep 2008

Activated on 1 Oct 2008.

Assignments

• Ninth Air Force, 24 Nov 1943
• IX Fighter Command, 27 Nov 1943
• IX Air Support Command, 12 Dec 1943
• IX Fighter Command, 4 Jan 1944
• IX Air Support Command, 1 Feb 1944
• IX Fighter Command, 1 Mar 1944
• XIX Air Support (later, XIX Tactical Air) Command, 15 Apr 1944-28 Jun 1945

Under operational control of IX Fighter Command, 15 Apr-31 Jul 1944

• First Air Force, 6 Sep-7 Nov 1945
• Air Research and Development Command, 1 Jul 1957

Attached to Air Force Ballistic Missile Division, 1-31 Jul 1957

• 1st Missile Division, 1 Aug 1957-1 Jul 1959

• United States Air Forces in Europe, for activation or inactivation any time after 24 Mar 2003

Attached to Third Air Force, 16 Jun-8 Jul 2003

Attached to Sixteenth Air Force, 27 Aug-19 Sep 2003

Attached to Sixteenth Air Force, 27 May-22 Jun 2005

Attached to Third Air Force [Air Forces Europe], 28 Jun-30 Jul 2007

• 323d Air Expeditionary Wing

Attached to Third Air Force [Air Forces Europe], 14 Mar-30 Apr 2008

• United States Air Forces in Europe

Attached to 48th Fighter Wing, 21 Aug-15 Sep 2008

Attached to Seventeenth Air Force [Air Forces Africa], 1 Oct 2008-Present

Units assigned

• 48th Fighter Group, 1944
• 354th Fighter Group, 1943, 1944, 1945
• 358th Fighter Group, 1944
• 361st Fighter Group, 1944-1945
• 362d Fighter Group, 1944, 1945
• 363d Fighter Group, 1944
• 365th Fighter Group, 1944-1945

• 367th Fighter Group, 1944, 1945
• 368th Fighter Group, 1944-1945
• 371st Fighter Group, 1944, 1945
• 405th Fighter Group, 1945
• 406th Fighter Group, 1945
• 474th Fighter Group, 1944

Stations

• RAF Boxted (AAF-150), England, 24 Nov 1943
• RAF Greenham Common (AAF-486), England, 6 Dec 1943
• RAF Ibsley (AAF-347), England, 13 Jan 1944
• RAF Lashenden (AAF-410), England, c. 15 Apr-Jun 1944
• Cricqueville Airfield (A-2), France, 1 Jul 1944
• Saint-Pierre-Église, France, 10 Jul 1944

• Rennes Airfield (A-27), France, 8 Aug 1944
• Le Mans Airfield (A-35), France, 30 Aug 1944
• St-Dizier Airfield (A-64), France, 19 Sep 1944
• Metz Airdrome (Y-34), France, 29 Dec 1944
• Königstein, Germany, 14 Apr-Aug 1945
• Seymour Johnson AAF, North Carolina, 6 Sep-7 Nov 1945.

Operational history

The 100th Fighter Wing engaged in combat in the European theater from Apr 1944 to May 1945. Moved to the US, Aug-Sep 1945. Inactivated on 7 Nov 1945.

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.
• Johnson, David C. (1988), U.S. Army Air Forces Continental Airfields (ETO), D-Day to V-E Day; Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center, Maxwell AFB, Alabama.