6th Night Fighter Squadron
- 6th Night Fighter Squadron
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 6th Night Fighter Squadron
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dates= 1943-1947
country= United States
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branch=United States Army Air Force
type= Night Fighter Operations
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* World War II: Asiatic-Pacific Campaign (1942-1945)
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battle_honours=The 6th Night Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Seventh Air Force, being inactivated at Wheeler Field, Hawaii on 20 Feb 1947.
History
Lineage
* Redesignated 6th Night Fighter Squadron 17 Jan 1943: Was 6th Fighter Squadron: (Not manned after 2 Oct 1945): Inactivated 20 Feb 1947: Combined with: 339th Fighter Squadron, 20 Feb 1947:: Redesignated: 339th Fighter Squadron (All Weather)
Assignments
* Seventh Air Force
tations
* Kiapapa Gulch Territory of Hawaii, 17 Nov 1942 - 3 Mar 1944: Detached: Guadalcanal, 28 Feb 1942 - 15 Dec 1943: Detatched: New Guinea, 18 Apr - 15 Dec 1943
* John Rogers Field, Territory of Hawaii, 3 Mar - 28 Oct 1944: Detached: Saipan, 21 Jun 1944 - 1 May 1945
* Kiapapa Gulch Territory of Hawaii, 28 Oct 1944 - 2 Oct 1945
* Wheeler Fld, Territory of Hawaii, 2 Oct 1945
Operations History
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.
External links
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