418th Night Fighter Squadron

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dates= 1943-1947
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* World War II: Asiatic-Pacific Campaign (1943-1945)
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battle_honours=The 418th Night Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Fifth Air Force, being inactivated on Okinawa in the Ryukyu Islands on 20 Feb 1947

History

Lineage

* Established as 418th Night Fighter Squadron 1 Apr 1943: (Not manned after 6 Oct 1945): Inactivated 20 Feb 1947: Combined with: 4th Fighter Squadron, 20 Feb 1947:: Redesignated: 4th Fighter Squadron (All Weather)

Assignments

* Fifth Air Force

tations

* Milne Bay, New Guinea, 2 - 22 Nov 1943
* Dobodura, New Guinea, 22 Nov 1943 - 28 Mar 1944
* Finschhafen, New Guinea, 28 Mar - 12 May 1944
* Hollandia, New Guinea, 12 May - 28 Sep 1944: Detachment: Wakde Island, 8 Jun - 18 Aug 1944:: Start of B-25 Mitchell operations.: Detachment: Owl Island, Schouten Islands, 16 Sep - 5 Oct 1944
* Morotai, Dutch East Indies, 28 Sep - 26 Dec 1944: Detachment: Dulag, Lete, Phillipines, 14 - 30 Nov 1944 (Ground Echelon): Detachment: San Jose, Mindoro, Phillipines, 15 Dec 26 Dec 1944 (Ground Echelon)
* San Jose, Mindoro, Phillipines, 26 Dec 1944 - 26 Jul 1945
* Okinawa, 26 Jul 1945 - 6 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.

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