68th Composite Wing

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unit_name= 68th Conposite Wing


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dates= 1943 - 1945
country= United States
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branch= United States Army Air Forces
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role= Fighter
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command_structure= Fourteenth Air Force
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garrison= China Burma India Theater of World War II
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* World War II: Asiatic-Pacific Campaign (1944-1945)
anniversaries=The 68th Composite 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.

History

Lineage

* Constituted as 68th Fighter Wing on 9 Aug 1943. : Activated on 3 Sep 1943.: Redesignated 68th Composite Wing in Dec 1943.: Inactivated on 10 Oct 1945.

Assignments

* Fourteenth Air Force

tations

* Kunming, China, 3 Sep 1943
* Kweilin, China, c. 23 Dec 1943
* Liuchow, China, c. 15 Sep 1944
* Luliang, China, c. 7 Nov 1944
* Peishiyi, China, c. 19 Sep-10 Oct 1945

Components

* 23d Fighter Group Aug 1943 - Oct 1945 (P-40, P-51): 118 Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron: 449 Fighter Squadron (Attached)

* 308th Bomb Group Mar 1943 - Feb 1945 (B-24)

Operations History

The 68th Composite Wing was Fourteenth Air Force's command and control organization for the 23d Fighter Group and 308th Bomb Group. It served in combat from Dec 1943 until Aug 1945.

References

* Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0892010924.

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