walika Posted August 25, 2019 Share #1 Posted August 25, 2019 420th Night Fighter Squadron | 481st Night Fighter Training GroupLINEAGE. Constituted 420th Night Fighter Squadron on 25 May 1943. Activated on 1 Jun 194.3. Disbanded on 31 Mar 1944.ASSIGNMENTS. Air Defense Department, AAF School of Applied Tactics, 1 Jun 1943 (attached to 481st Night Fighter Operational Training Group, 17 Jul 1943); 481st Night Fighter Operational Training Group, 26 Jul 1943-31 Mar 1944.STATIONS. Orlando AB, Fla, 1 Jun 1943; Kissimmee AAFld, Fla, 1 Jun 1943; Dunnellon AAFld, Fla, 20 Aug 1943; Hammer Field, Calif, 18 Jan-31 Mar 1944.AIRCRAFT. In addition to AT-11, A-20, and P-70 during 1943-1944, and P/YP-61, 194.4, included BT-13 and c-78, 1943-1944. Painted pyrography. Design by Walt Disney Studios. A caricatured black owl, YAHOOTY, expressing an attitude of alert watchfulness, wearing a night cap light red bedroom slippers, and carrying a blue gray machine gun under the left wing and a lighted match held aloft in feather tips of right wing. Maurer. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force World War II. 420nfs 420th nfs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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