332nd Fighter Group
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332nd
Fighter Squadron |
| The 332nd Fighter Group was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for its longest bomber escort mission to Berlin, Germany, March 24, 1945. It destroyed three German ME-262 Jet fighters and damaged five additional jet fighters without losing any of the bombers or any of its own fighter aircraft to enemy fighters. |
| The 332nd Fighter Group had also distinguished itself in June 1944 when two of its pilots flying P-47 Thunderbolts discovered a German destroyer in the harbor of Trieste, Italy. |
| The tenacious bomber escort cover provided by the 332nd "Red Tail" fighters often discouraged enemy fighter pilots from attacking bombers escorted by the 332nd Fighter Group. |
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99th Fighter
Squadron |
99th Fighter
Squadron |
| Lineage:
Constituted 99th Pursuit Squadron 10 March
1941. Activated on 22 March 1941. Redesignated 99th
Fighter Squadron on 15 May 1942. Inactivated 1 July
1949 |
| Aircraft:
P-39, P-40, P-47,P-51 |
| Operations:
Combat in Mediterranean Theater of Operations and
European Theather of Operations, 2 June 1943 - 30
April 1945. |
| Campaigns:
Sicily; Naples-Foggia; Anzio; Rome-Arno; Normandy;
Northern France; Southern France; North Apennines;
Rhineland; Central Europe; Po Valley; Air Combat,
EAME Theater. |
| Decorations:
Distinguished Unit Citations: Sicily, June-July
1943; Cassino, 12-14 May 1944; Germany, 24 March
1945. |
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100th Fighter Squadron |
100th Fighter
Squadron |
| Lineage:
Constituted 100th Pursuit Squadron 27 December 1941.
Activated on 19 February 1942. Redesignated 100th
Fighter Squadron on 15 May 1942. Inactivated on
19 October 1945. Activated on 1 July 1947. Inactivated
on 1 July 1949. |
| Aircraft:
P-39, P-40, P-47,P-51 |
| Operations:
Combat in Mediterranean Theater of Operations and
European Theather of Operations, 19 February 1944
- 26 April 1945. |
| Campaigns:
Rome-Arno; Normandy; Northern France; Southern France;
North Apennines; Rhineland; Central Europe; Po Valley;
Air Combat, EAME Theater. |
| Decorations:
Distinguished Unit Citation: Germany, 24 March 1945. |
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301st Fighter Squadron |
301st Fighter
Squadron |
| Lineage:
Constituted 301st Fighter Squadron 4 July 1942.
Activated on 13 October 1942. Inactivated on 19
October 1945. Activated on 1 July 1947. Inactivated
on 1 July 1949. |
| Aircraft:
P-39, P-40, P-47, P-51 |
| Operations:
Combat in Mediterranean Theater of Operations and
European Theather of Operations, 15 February - 26
April 1945. |
| Campaigns:
Rome-Arno; Normandy; Northern France; Southern
France; North Apennines; Rhineland; Central Europe;
Po Valley; Air Combat, EAME Theater. |
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Decorations: Distinguished Unit
Citation: Germany, 24 March 1945. |
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302nd Fighter Squadron |
302nd Fighter
Squadron
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| Lineage:
Constituted 302nd Fighter Squadron 4 July
1942. Activated on 13 October 1942. Inactivated
on 6 March 1945. Activated 302nd Tactical Fighter
Squadron on 1 July 1987. |
| Aircraft:
P-39, P-40, P-47, P-51 |
| Operations:
Combat in Mediterranean Theater of Operations and
European Theather of Operations, 17 February 1944
- 20 February 1945. |
| Campaigns:
Rome-Arno; Normandy; Northern France; Southern France;
North Apennines; Rhineland; Central Europe; Po Valley;
Air Combat, EAME Theater. |
| Decorations:
None |
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616th
Bombardment
Squadron |
616th Bombardment
Squadron |
| Lineage:
Constituted 616th Bombardment Squadron (Medium)
on 13 May 1943. Activated on 1 June 1943. Inactivated
on 25 August 1943. Activated on 15 January 1944.
Inactivated on 22 June 1945. |
| Aircraft:
B-26, B-25 |
| Operations:
Training June - August 1943, and January 1944 -
June 1945. |
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617th
Bombardment
Squadron |
617th Bombardment Squadron |
| Lineage:
Constituted 617th Bombardment Squadron
(Medium) on 13 May 1943. Activated on 11 June 1943.
Inactivated on 25 August 1943. Activated on 15 April
1944. Inactivated on 1 July 1947. |
| Aircraft:
B-26, B-25 |
| Operations:
Training June - August 1943, and April 1944 - July
1947. |
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618th
Bombardment
Squadron |
618th Bombardment Squadron |
| Lineage:
Constituted 618th Bombardment Squadron (Medium)
on 13 May 1943. Activated on 1 June 1943. Inactivated
on 25 August 1943. Activated on 15 May 1944. Inactivated
on 8 October 1945. |
| Aircraft:
B-26, B-25 |
| Operations:
Training June - August 1943, and May 1944
- August 1945. |
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619th
Bombardment
Squadron |
619th Bombardment Squadron |
| Lineage:
Constituted 619th Bombardment Squadron (Medium)
on 13 May 1943. Activated on 1 June 1943. Inactivated
on 25 August 1943. Activated on 27May 1944. Inactivated
on 22 June 1945. |
| Aircraft: B-26, B-25 |
| Operations:
Training June - August 1943, and May 1944 - June
1945. |
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