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432d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

Field	Value
unit_name	432d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
image	432d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron North American F-86D-40-NA Sabres.jpg
image_size	300
caption	F-86D Sabres at Truax FieldAircraft are North American F-86D-40-NA Sabres. Identified aircraft include serial numbers 52-3622 and 52-3717
dates	1943–1949; 1952–1958
country	United States
branch
role	Fighter-Interceptor
nickname	Clover (World War II)
notable_commanders	Captain (later Colonel) John S. Loisel
decorations	Distinguished Unit Citation
Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation
identification_symbol	[[File:432d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron - Emblem.jpg	165px]]
identification_symbol_label	Patch with 432d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron emblem (approved 9 March 1955)
identification_symbol_2	[[File:432 Fighter Sq emblem.png	165px]]
identification_symbol_2_label	432d Fighter Squadron emblem

Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation

The 432d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 475th Fighter Group at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, Minnesota, where it was inactivated on 2 January 1958.

History

World War II and Army of Occupation

Combat in Southwest Pacific and Western Pacific, 12 August 1943 – 21 July 1945. Occupation duty (Korea and Japan), 1945–1949.

Air defense operations

Air Defense of Upper Midwest, 1952–1958.

Lineage

Activated on 14 May 1943 by special authority prior to constitution as 432d Fighter Squadron on 15 May 1943 : Inactivated on 1 April 1949
Redesignated 432d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 10 October 1952 : Activated on 1 December 1952 : Inactivated on 2 January 1958

Assignments

475th Fighter Group, 14 May 1943 – 1 April 1949
31st Air Division, 1 December 1952
520th Air Defense Group, 16 February 1953
475th Fighter Group, 18 August 1955 – 2 January 1958

Stations

Charters Towers, Australia, 14 May 1943
RAAF Base Amberley, Australia, 11 June 1943
Dobodura Airfield Complex, New Guinea, 14 August 1943 : Operated from Port Moresby Airfield Complex, New Guinea, 12 August – 1 September 1943
Nadzab Airfield Complex, New Guinea, 25 March 1944
Hollandia Airfield Complex, New Guinea, 15 May 1944
Mokmer Airfield, Biak, Netherlands East Indies, 12 July 1944
Dulag Airfield, Leyte, 2 November 1944 : Detachment operated from San Jose, Mindoro, Netherlands East Indies, 5 February – 2 March 1945
Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines, 27 February 1945
Lingayen Airfield, Luzon, Philippines, 19 April 1945
Ie Shima Airfield, Okinawa, 8 August 1945
Kimpo Air Base, Korea, 28 September 1945
Itazuke Air Base, Japan, 28 August 1948
Ashiya Air Base, Japan, 25 March – 1 April 1949
Truax Field, Wisconsin, 10 October 1952
Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, Minnesota, 18 August 1955 – 2 January 1958

Aircraft

Lockheed P-38 Lightning, 1943–1946
North American P-51 Mustang, 1946–1949
North American F-86D Sabre, 1952–1955
Northrop F-89D Scorpion, 1955–1956
Northrop F-89H Scorpion, 1956–1957

References

Notes

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; Citations

Bibliography

References

Watkins, p. 40
Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', pp. 534–535

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