Philadelphia Fighter Wing
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The Philadelphia Fighter Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the I Fighter Command, stationed at Philadelphia Airport, Pennsylvania, where it was inactivated on 3 April 1946.
History
The wing was a World War II air defense organization, reporting to First Air Force, responsible for the air defense of the Philadelphia area. The wing was also a training organization for fighter groups and personnel, with assigned groups subsequently deploying to overseas theaters. Not manned after July 1944, and inactivated at the end of the war.
Lineage
- Constituted as the Philadelphia Air Defense Wing on 6 August 1942
: Activated on 11 August 1942
: Redesignated Philadelphia Fighter Wing c. 2 July 1943
: Inactivated on 3 April 1946
: Disbanded on 8 October 1948Maurer, Combat Units, p. 428
=Assignments=
- I Fighter Command, 11 August 1942 – 3 April 1946
=Components=
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- 33d Fighter Group: 11 August – November 1942
- 58th Fighter Group: 24 October 1942 – c. 3 March 1943
- 83d Fighter Group: 22 November 1943 – 10 April 1944
- 87th Fighter Group: 1943 (dates undetermined)
- 324th Fighter Group: 6 July – 8 October 1942
- 327th Fighter Group: 27 August – 22 September 1942
- 353d Fighter Group: c. 26 October 1942 – c. 27 May 1943
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- 355th Fighter Group: 4 March – 16 June 1943
- 358th Fighter Group: 28 April – September 1943
- 361st Fighter Group: 28 August – 20 September 1943
- 365th Fighter Group: 19 July – 4 December 1943
- 366th Fighter Group: attached 1 June 1943 – 20 November 1943{{cite web|url= https://www.dafhistory.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/432079/366-operations-group-acc/ |last1=Dollman|first1=TSG David.|title=Factsheet 366 Operations Group (ACC)|date=October 18, 2016|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|access-date=January 13, 2022}}
- 371st Fighter Group: 30 September 1943 – 14 February 1944
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=Stations=
- Philadelphia Airport, Pennsylvania, 11 August 1942 – April 1946
References
=Notes=
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=Bibliography=
{{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}
- {{cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Air Force Combat Units of World War II|orig-year= 1961|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/21/2001330256/-1/-1/0/AFD-100921-044.pdf|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161220180735/http://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/21/2001330256/-1/-1/0/AFD-100921-044.pdf|url-status= dead|archive-date= 20 December 2016|access-date= December 17, 2016|edition=reprint|year=1983|publisher= Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-912799-02-1|lccn=61060979}}
- {{cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II|orig-year=1969|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf |archive-url= https://archive.today/20230820144531/https://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= 20 August 2023 |edition= reprint|access-date= December 17, 2016|year=1982|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-405-12194-6|oclc=72556|lccn=70605402}}
External links
{{USAAF 1st Air Force World War II}}