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341st Fighter Squadron

Field	Value
unit_name	341st Fighter Squadron
image	341stfightersquadron.jpg
image_size	250
dates	1942–1946
country	United States
branch	United States Army Air Forces
role	Fighter

The 341st Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 348th Fighter Group, based at Itami Air Base, Japan. It was inactivated on 10 May 1946.

It was allocated to the New Jersey Air National Guard and redesignated as the 141st Fighter Squadron on 24 May 1946.

History

Lineage

Constituted 341th Fighter Squadron on 24 September 1942 : Activated on 30 September 1942 : Inactivated on to May 1946.

Assignments

348th Fighter Group, 30 September 1942 – 10 May 1946

Stations

A 341st FS P-47D at Morotai, in January 1945.

Mitchel Field, New York, 30 September 1942
Bradley Field, Connecticut, 30 September 1942
Westover Field, Massachusetts, 30 October 1942
Hillsgrove AAF, Rhode Island, 23 January 1943
Westover Field, Massachusetts, 26 April – 9 May 1943
Jackson Airfield (7 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea, 23 June 1943
Finschafen Airfield (Dreger Field), New Guinea, 13 December 1943
Saidor Airfield, New Guinea, 13 March 1944
Wakde Airfield, Wakde, Netherlands East Indies, 26 May 1944
Kornasoren (Yebrurro) Airfield Noemfoor, Netherlands East Indies, 24 August 1944
Tacloban Airfield, Leyte, Philippines, 30 November 1944
Tanauan Airfield, Leyte, Philippines, 14 December 1944
San Marcelino Airfield, Luzon, Philippines, 4 February 1945
Floridablanca Airfield (Basa Air Base), Luzon, Philippines, c. 15 May 1945
Ie Shima Airfield, Okinawa, 9 July 1945
Kanoya Airfield, Japan, 9 September 1945
Itami Airfield, Japan, c. 20 October 1945 – 10 May 1946.

Aircraft

P-47 Thunderbolt, 1942–1945
P-51 Mustang, 1945.

Operational history

Combat in Southwest and Western Pacific, 30 July 1943 – 15 August 1945.

References

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