41st Tactical Missile Squadron

History

Activated by III Fighter Command at Dale Mabry Army Airfield as a fighter Operational Training Unit (OTU) during World War II. Mission was to train newly trained pilots and provide combat training prior to their overseas deployment. Initially equipped with the P-39 Airacobra, moved to Perry Army Airfield sub-field for training. Later using P-47 Thunderbolts and P-51 Mustangs when they became available.

Inactivated 1944, personnel and aircraft re designated 335th Army Air Force Base Unit (Replacement Training Unit, Fighter), Squadron "D".

Activated in the mid-1950s, never manned or equipped.

Lineage

Constituted as 441st Fighter Squadron on 12 February 1943

Activated on 21 February 1943 Disbanded on 1 May 1944

Reconstituted and consolidated (19 September 1985) with 941st Forward Air Control Squadron

Constituted as 941st Forward Air Control Squadron on 23 September 1952

Activated 20 November 1952

Inactivated on 12 January 1954

Re-designated as 41st Tactical Missile Squadron on 19 September 1985 (remained inactive)

Assignments

338th Fighter Group, 21 February 1943 to 1 May 1944

Ninth Air Force, Attached to 507 Tactical Control Group on 20 November 1952 to 12 January 1954

Aircraft

P-39 Airacobra, 1942–1944

P-47 Thunderbolt, 1942–1944

P-51 Mustang, 1942–1944

Stations

Dale Mabry Army Airfield, Florida, 21 February 1943

Perry Army Airfield, Florida, 9 June 1943 to 1 May 1944

Pope AFB, North Carolina, 23 September 1952 to 12 January 1954