413th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
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413th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron | |
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Active | 1944–1955 |
Country | United States |
Branch | United States Air Force |
Type | Fighter-Interceptor |
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
- 414th Fighter Group, 15 October 1944 – 30 September 1946
- 28th Air Division, 8 July 1954 – 18 August 1955.
Stations
- Seymour Johnson Field, North Carolina, 15 October 1944
- Selfridge Field, Michigan, 20 November 1944
- Bluethenthal Field, North Carolina, 19 March – 5 June 1945
- North Field, Iwo Jima, 7 July 1945
- Clark Field, Luzon, 23 December 1945
- Floridablanca Airfield, Luzon, unknown-30 September 1946
- Travis AFB, California, 8 July 1954 – 18 August 1955.
Aircraft
- P-47 Thunderbolt, 1944–1946
- F-86D Sabre Interceptor, 1954–1955
References
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.