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McMullen, Richard F. (1964) "The Fighter Interceptor Force 1962-1964" ADC Historical Study No. 27, Air Defense Command, Ent Air Force Base, CO (Confidential, declassified 22 March 2000) Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings, Lineage & Honors Histories 1947–1977. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-12-9
They served in combat over Europe from October 1942 to April 1945 and was the longest serving USAAF fighter group in the European theatre of World War II. It was assigned to VIII Fighter Command, 12 September 1942 and the 4th Air Defense (later, 65th Fighter) Wing, July 1943 – November 1945. The group operated until 1 April 1943 using Spitfires.
Fourth Air Force region of the United States, early World War II. During World War II Fourth Air Force was the primary air defense command for the West Coast. The command also flew antisubmarine patrols along coastal areas of the Gulf of Mexico from after Pearl Harbor until October 1942.
The Luftwaffe lacked an effective air defence system early in the war. Allied daylight actions over German controlled territory were sparse in 1939–1940. The responsibility of the defence of German air space fell to the Luftgaukommandos (air district commands), which controlled the anti-aircraft artillery (AAA), the civilian Aircraft Warning Service, and fighter forces assigned to air ...
Military units and formations of the Royal Australian Air Force in World War II (2 C, 33 P) ... 0–9. 1st Guards Fighter Aviation Corps; F. Flying Tigers
The attack on Pearl Harbor put all units in the Western Theater of Operations on heightened alert. The first Lockheed P-38 Lightnings of the 1st Pursuit Group arrived in San Diego, California on 8 December 1941, and the entire group had arrived in California from Michigan to reinforce the command's air defenses by 22 December.
V-2 facilities were also bombed in 1944, including smaller facilities such as V-2 storage depots and liquid oxygen plants, such as the Mery-sur-Oise V-2 storage depot [6] on 4 August 1944, and, by the Eighth Air Force, which bombed five cryogenic liquid oxygen plants in Belgium on 25 August 1944, but aborted the next days attack on plants "at ...
The 450th Bombardment Group (Heavy) was constituted on 6 April 1943 and activated on 1 May 1943 at Gowen Field, Idaho. [1] The new group was moved without personnel or equipment to a temporary station at Clovis Army Air Field, New Mexico on 21 May 1943 where the command and headquarters of the group was assembled.