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345th Fighter Squadron | 350th Fighter Group | 12th AAF

LINEAGE. Activated on 1 Oct 1942 by special authority prior to constitution as 345th Fighter Squadron on 2 Oct 1942. Inactivated on 7 Nov 1945.

ASSIGNMENTS. 350th Fighter Group, 1 Oct 1942-7 Nov 1945.

STATIONS. Bushey Hall, England, 1 Oct 1942; Duxford, England, Oct 1942 (ground echelon, which was formed in US, was at Harding Field, La, until c. 2 Nov 1942); Casablanca, French Morocco, ig Nov 1942; Oujda, French Morocco, 6 Jan 1943; La Senia, Algeria, 14 Feb 1943; Maison Blanche, Algeria, c. 16 May 1943; Bone, Algeria, 28 Jun 1943; Rerhaia, Algeria, 17 Jul 1943; Sardinia, c. 18 Nov 1943 (operated from Corsica, 6 Feb-12 Mar 1944); Pomigliano, Italy, 1 Jun 1944; Tarquinia, Italy, 25 Jun 1944; Pisa, Italy, 3 Dec 1944-14 Ju1 1945; Seymour Johnson Field, NC, 25 Aug-7 Nov 1945.

AIRCRAFT. P-39, 1942-1944; P-400, 1942-1943; P-38, 1943; P-47, 1944-1945.

OPERATIONS. Combat in MTO, Jan 1943-2 May 1945.

CAMPAIGNS. Tunisia; Sicily; Naples-Foggia; Rome-Arno; Southern France; North Apennines; Po Valley; Air Combat, EAME Theater.

Theater-made. Incised leather, hand-painted.

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Theater made. Italian embroidery on wool.

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Source:
Maurer. Air Force Combat Squadrons of World War II.

 

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