422d Night Fighter Squadron
- 422d Night Fighter Squadron
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 422d Night Fighter Squadron
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dates= 1943-1945
country= United States
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branch=United States Army Air Force
type= Night Fighter Operations
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* World War II: European Campaign (1944-1945)
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battle_honours=The 422d Night Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Ninth Air Force, being inactivated at Langensalza, Germany on 20 Sep 1945.
History
Lineage
* Established as 422d Night Fighter Squadron 1 Aug 1942: (Not manned after 26 May 1945): Inactivated 30 Sep 1945
Assignments
* Ninth Air Force
tations
* RAF Charmy Down, England, 7 Mar - 6 May 1944
* RAF Scorton, England, 6 May - 25 Jul 1944: Detachment: RAF Hurn, England, 28 Jun - 11 Jul 1944: Detachment: RAF Ford, England, 16 - 26 Jul 1944
* Maupertu (Paris), France, 25 Jul - 28 Aug 1944
* Chateaudun, France, 28 Aug - 16 Sep 1944
* Florennes, Belgium, 16 Sep 1944 - 6 Apr 1945
* Strassfeld, Germany, 6 - 24 Apr 1945
* Langensalza, Germany, 24 Apr - 26 May 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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