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68th Composite Wing

Field	Value
unit_name	68th Composite Wing
dates	1943–1945
country
branch
role	Fighter
battles	China Burma India Theater of World War II
notable_commanders	Clinton D. Vincent

The 68th Composite Wing was a United States Army Air Forces organization. It was a command and control organization of Fourteenth Air Force that fought in the China Burma India Theater of World War II.

The wing was formed as an expansion of the Fourteenth Air Force Forward Echelon in 1943, becoming the command and control organization for the 23d Fighter Group and 308th Bombardment Group. It served in combat from December 1943 until August 1945. The mixed unit was composed of fighters, fighter bombers and heavy bombers, flown by both American and Chinese airmen.

History

Lineage

Constituted as the 68th Fighter Wing on 9 August 1943 : Activated on 3 September 1943 : Redesignated 68th Composite Wing in December 1943 : Inactivated on 10 October 1945 : Disbanded 15 June 1983 : Reconstituted 31 July 1985 and redesignated 518th Air Refueling Wing

Assignments

Fourteenth Air Force, 3 September 1943 – 10 October 1945

Stations

Kunming Airport, China, 3 September 1943
Kweilin Airfield, China, c. 23 December 1943
Liuchow Airfield, China c. 15 September 1944
Luliang Airfield, China, c. 7 November 1944
Peishiyi Airfield, China, c. 19 September-10 October 1945

Components

23d Fighter Group August 1943 – October 1945 (P-40, P-51)
308th Bombardment Group March 1943 – February 1945 (B-24)

References

Notes

Bibliography

References

Maurer, p. 404
Lineage through 1945 in Maurer, p. 404
Department of the Air Force/MPM Letter 498q, 15 June 1983, Subject: Disbandment of Certain Inactive Air Force Units
Department of the Air Force/MPM Letter 648q, 31 July 1985, Subject: Reconstitution, Redesignation, and Consolidation of Selected Air Force Organizations

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