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The Army Almanac: A Book of Facts Concerning the Army of the United States, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950, pp. 510–592; U.S. Army Center of Military History - 16th Armored Division - World War II Divisional Combat Chronicles Archived 8 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine access date = 3 October 2015
During World War II, the 16th Squadron flew missions in New Guinea, India, and China in the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, and North American P-51 Mustang. During the Korean War, the 16th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron flew missions from Korea and Japan in the Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star and North American F-86 Sabre .
24th Fighter Squadron (16th Fighter Group), 15 March–September 1942; 10Jan-28 May 1943 (P-39 Airacobra) 28th Fighter Squadron (37th Fighter Group),26 March-2 May 1942 (P-40 Warhawk) 15th Fighter Squadron (53d Fighter Group), 2 January-10 November 1942 (P-39 Airacobra) 53d Fighter Squadron (32d Fighter Group), 7 January-8 June 1943 (P-40 Warhawk)
Designated a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental system, and later the U.S. Army Regimental System, since 1957, regimental elements have served with the 1st, 2nd and 4th Armored Divisions; the 4th, 8th, and 81st Infantry Divisions; and the 1st Cavalry Division. Regimental elements have participated in combat in Vietnam, and in ...
The 16th Pursuit Group spent its entire existence in the defense of the Panama Canal. The Group was progressively redesignated, in keeping with the changes sweeping through the Army Air Corps, becoming first the 16th Pursuit Group (Interceptor) in 1939 and finally the 16th Fighter Group in 1942. It was disbanded in the Canal Zone on 1 November ...
Unidentified B-29 Superfortress of the 16th Bombardment Group. The 16th Bombardment Group was activated on 1 April 1944 at Dalhart Army Air Field, Texas. [1] Its initial operational squadrons were the 15th, [2] 16th, [3] 17th [4] and 21st Bombardment Squadrons, [5] and equipped with Boeing B-29B Superfortresses. The group was also assigned a ...
Middle West Sector, Air Corps Ferrying Command (later 5th Ferrying Group), 16 April 1942 – 1 April 1944; 4th Combat Cargo Group, 13 June 1944; Army Air Forces, India-Burma Theater, 5 September 1945; 4th Combat Cargo Group, c. October–29 December 1945
Louis Edward "Lou" Curdes (November 2, 1919 – February 5, 1995) was an American flying ace of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II who held the unusual distinctions of scoring an official and intentional air-to-air kill against another American aircraft as well as shooting down at least one aircraft from each of the major Axis powers.