67th Fighter Wing

The 67th Fighter Wing was a unit of the

History

World War II

The 6th Air Defense Wing was organized as a command and control organization for

• Eighth Air Force, 15 June 1943
• VIII Fighter Command, 26 August 1943 – 21 November 1945
• Air National Guard/Continental Air Command (1946–1950)
• Massachusetts Air National Guard, 15 October 1946 – 31 October 1950

Previous designations

• Constituted as 6th Air Defense Wing on 14 June 1943

Activated on 15 June 1943

Re-designated 67th Fighter Wing in July 1943

Inactivated on 21 November 1945.

• Allotted to the Massachusetts ANG on 24 May 1946

Extended federal recognition and activated on 15 October 1946

Inactivated, and returned to the control of the Department of the Air Force, on 31 October 1950

• Disbanded on 15 June 1983

Units assigned

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Components

World War II

• 20th Fighter Group
  : 26 August 1943 – 11 October 1945
• 352d Fighter Group
  : 7 July 1943 – 27 January 1945
• 356th Fighter Group: 5 October 1943 – 4 November 1945
• 359th Fighter Group
  : October 1943 – November 1945
• 364th Fighter Group
  : February 1944 – November 1945

Air National Guard

• 102nd Fighter Group
  22 October 1946 – 31 October 1950
  • 101st Fighter Squadron
    • 101st Communications Squadron
    • 101st Air Control Squadron
    • 101st Weather Flight
• 104th Fighter Group
  • 131st Fighter Squadron
• 101st Fighter Group
  4 April 1947 – 31 October 1950 (Maine ANG)
  • 132nd Fighter Squadron
• 202nd Air Service Group
• 601st Signal Construction Company
• 151st Air Control and Warning Group
• 567th Air Force Band
• 1801st Aviation Engineer Company

Bases stationed

• Bedford Army Air Base, Massachusetts
  , 15 June – 4 August 1943
• Walcot Hall
  (AAF-372), England, c. 26 August 1943
• RAF Troston
  (AAF-595), England, c. 25 October – 21 November 1945.
• Logan Airport
  , Boston, Massachusetts, 15 October 1946 – 31 October 1950

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