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The squadron remained in the Far East and as the 39th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron was part of the air defenses of Japan when North Korea invaded South Korea. The 39th earned two more DUCs and a Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation during combat in Korea .
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the squadron was deployed to Australia and then to Port Moresby in early 1942. Lynch downed three Japanese planes while flying the P-39, and in June the squadron (now redesignated the 39th Fighter Squadron) was selected to be the first Fifth Air Force squadron to be reequipped with the new Lockheed P-38 ...
39th Fighter Squadron operating F-86Ds from 1952 to 1954; 67th Fighter Squadron operating P-51s in December 1950; 68th Fighter Squadron operating F-94s from March-19 April 1951, 23–27 June 1951 and 24 August 1951 – 23 March 1952; 80th Fighter Squadron operating F-80s and later F-86s from 24 August 1951 – 21 October 1954
Six weeks later, Bolt again turned down his R&R and joined the 39th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, flying the F-86 Sabre. [27] Ruddell assigned him to First Lieutenant Joseph C. McConnell, who would be the top ace in the war. Bolt and McConnell quickly established a close friendship in spite of Bolt's superior rank, and he attributed his success ...
Inactivated on 7 November 1945 - Redesignated 191st Fighter Squadron 408th Fighter Squadron: Alexandria Army Air Base: P-51: Inactivated on 7 November 1945 - Redesignated 192d Fighter Squadron 409th Fighter Squadron: Alexandria Army Air Base: P-51: Inactivated on 7 November 1945 - Redesignated 194th Fighter Squadron 410th Fighter Squadron ...
Group headquarters and the 40th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron moved to Pohang Air Base (K-3) on South Korea's south eastern coast in mid-July, and the 39th Squadron followed on 10 August. The precarious ground situation in Korea forced the 35th Group to return to Tsuiki Air Base , Japan on 13 August, where it remained until early October.
During the Korean War he commanded the 39th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron based at Suwon Air Base. His usual F-86 Sabre was marked as “Mig Mad Mavis”. In late 1952 Ruddell allowed United States Marine Corps aviator John F. Bolt to join the 39th as an exchange pilot, Bolt became the only Marine Corps ace of the war. [3]
Charles Peter O'Sullivan (July 31, 1915 – September 20, 2013) was a World War II veteran fighter pilot and squadron commander of the 39th Fighter Squadron, Army Air Forces while in New Guinea. He flew the Lockheed P-38 Lightning and was shot down on September 20, 1943, south of Wewak while escorting bombers.