312th Fighter Wing

312th Fighter Wing
312th Fighter Wing
	Emblem of the 312th Fighter Wing
Active	1944–1945
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army Air Forces
Role	Fighter
Part of	Fourteenth Air Force
Garrison/HQ	China Burma India Theater of World War II
Engagements	World War II Asiatic-Pacific Campaign(1944–1945);

The312th Fighter Wingwas aUnited States Army Air Forcesorganization. It was a command and control organization ofFourteenth Air Forcethat fought in theChina Burma India Theater of World War II.

History[edit]

Lineage[edit]

Constituted as312th Fighter Wingon 7 March 1944.

Activated in China on 13 March.

Inactivated on 5 November 1945.

Assignments[edit]

Fourteenth Air Force,13 March 1944 – 1 October 1945.
Army Service Forces,3–5 November 1945.

Stations[edit]

Kunming Airport,China,13 March 1944.
Chengtu Airfield,China,c. 25 March 1944 – c. 1 October 1945.
Camp Kilmer,New Jersey,United States,c. 3–5 November 1945.

Major components[edit]

33d Fighter Group,11 May – 24 August 1944 (P-38, P-47).
81st Fighter Group,12 May – 1 October 1945 (P-40, P-47).
311th Fighter Group,18 August 1944 – 1 October 1945 (P-51).

Operations history[edit]

Activated inChinaon 13 March 1944. Assigned toFourteenth Air Force.Commanded and controlled assigned units in combat in China from July 1944 until August 1945. Moved to the US, October–November 1945 and was inactivated.

References[edit]

This article incorporatespublic domain materialfrom theAir Force Historical Research Agency

Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History.ISBN 0-89201-092-4.

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