413th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

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413th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
Emblem of the 413th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
Active1944–1955
CountryUnited States
BranchUnited States Air Force
TypeFighter-Interceptor
413th Fighter Squadron Republic P-47N-5-RE Thunderbolt 44-88572, 1945 flying over the Philippines

The 413th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive

Travis AFB, California
. It was inactivated on 18 August 1955.

History

Combat in Western Pacific, 13 July – 14 August 1945. Air Defense of central West Coast; 1954–1955.

Lineage

  • Constituted 413th Fighter Squadron on 5 October 1944
Activated on 15 October 1944
Inactivated on 30 September 1946
  • Redesignated 413th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 23 March 1953
Activated on 8 July 1954
Inactivated on 18 August 1955.

Assignments

Stations

Aircraft

  • P-47 Thunderbolt
    , 1944–1946
  • F-86D Sabre Interceptor
    , 1954–1955

References

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

  • Cornett, Lloyd H; Johnson, Mildred W (1980). A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization, 1946–1980 (PDF). Peterson AFB, CO: Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 February 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2012.* Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) [1961]. Air Force Combat Units of World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History.
    LCCN 61060979
    .
  • Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History.
    OCLC 72556
    .
  • "ADCOM's Fighter Interceptor Squadrons". The Interceptor. 21 (1). Aerospace Defense Command: 5–11, 26–31, 40–45, 54–59. January 1979.

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