68th Composite Wing

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68th Composite Wing
Active	1943–1945
Country	China Burma India Theater of World War II
Engagements	World War II Asiatic-Pacific Campaign (1944–1945)
Commanders
Notable commanders	Clinton D. Vincent

The 68th Composite Wing was a

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 Bomb 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 68th Fighter Wing on 9 August 1943.

Activated on 3 September 1943.

Redesignated 68th Composite Wing in December 1943.

Inactivated on 10 October 1945.

Assignments

• Fourteenth Air Force, 3 September 1943 – 10 October 1945

Stations

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

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

• Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History.
  ISBN 0-89201-092-4
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