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312th Fighter Wing

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Active
  
1944–1945

Role
  
Fighter

Country
  
United States

Part of
  
Fourteenth Air Force

312th Fighter Wing

Branch
  
United States Army Air Forces

Garrison/HQ
  
China Burma India Theater of World War II

The 312th Fighter Wing was a United States Army Air Forces organization. It was a command and control organization of Fourteenth Air Force that fought in the China Burma India Theater of World War II.

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Lineage

Constituted as 312th Fighter Wing on March 7, 1944.

Activated in China on March 13. Inactivated on November 5, 1945.

Assignments

  • Fourteenth Air Force, 13 March 1944 – 1 October 1945.
  • Army Service Forces, 3–5 November 1945.

    • Stations

  • Kunming Airport, China, March 13, 1944.
  • Chengtu Airfield, China, c. March 25, 1944 – c. October 1, 1945.
  • Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, United States, c. November 3–5, 1945.

    • Major components

  • 33d Fighter Group, 11 May – 24 August 1944 (P-38, P-47).
  • 81st Fighter Group, 12 May – 1 October 1945 (P-40, P-47).
  • 311th Fighter Group, 18 August 1944 – 1 October 1945 (P-51).

    • Operations history

    Activated in China on March 13, 1944. Assigned to Fourteenth Air Force. Commanded and controlled assigned units in combat in China from July 1944 until August 1945. Moved to the US, October–November 1945 and was inactivated.

    References

    312th Fighter Wing Wikipedia
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