427th Night Fighter Squadron

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* World War II: Asiatic-Pacific Campaign (1944-1945)
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battle_honours=The 427th Night Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Fourteenth Air Force, being inactivated at Liuchow, China on 29 October 1945.

History

Lineage

* Established as 427th Night Fighter Squadron 1 Feb 1944: (Not manned after 13 Oct 1945): Inactivated 29 Oct 1945

Assignments

* Fifteenth Air Force, 3 - 22 Sep 1944
* Tenth Air Force, 4 Oct 1944 - 13 Aug 1945
* Fourteenth Air Force, 13 Aug - 13 Oct 1945

tations

* Pomigliano, Italy, 3 - 22 Sep 1944
* Barrackpore, India, 4 - 31 Oct 1944 (Air Echelon)
* Pandaveswar, India, 31 Oct - 23 Dec 1944: Detachment: Myitkyina, Burma, 13 Nov - 23 Dec 1944: Detachment: Kumming, China, 18 Dec 1944 - 16 Aug 1945:: Elements out of the Kumming detachment operated from:: Chengkung, Chinkiang and Nanning during various periods, Jan - Aug 1945.
* Myitkyina, Burma, 23 Dec 1944 - 25 May 1945
* Kisselbarri, India, 25 May - 13 Aug 1945
* Liuchow, China, 13 Aug - 13 Oct 1945

ee also

* P-61 Black Widow

References

* Northrop P-61 Black Widow--The Complete History and Combat Record, Garry R. Pape, John M. Campbell and Donna Campbell, Motorbooks International, 1991.

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