341st Fighter Squadron

341st Fighter Squadron

Active	1942–1946
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army Air Forces
Role	Fighter

The 341st Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 348th Fighter Group, based at Itami Air Base, Japan. It was inactivated on May 10, 1946.

It was allocated to the New Jersey Air National Guard and redesignated as the 141st Fighter Squadron on May 24, 1946.

History

Lineage

Constituted 340th Fighter Squadron on September 24, 1942

Activated on September 30, 1942

Inactivated on to May 1946.

Assignments

348th Fighter Group, September 30, 1942 – May 10, 1946

Stations

A 341st FS P-47D at Morotai, in January 1945.

Mitchel Field, New York, September 30, 1942
Bradley Field, Connecticut, September 30, 1942
Westover Field, Massachusetts, October 30, 1942
Hillsgrove AAF, Rhode Island, January 23, 1943
Westover Field, Massachusetts, April 26 – May 9, 1943
Jackson Airfield (7 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea, June 23, 1943
Finschafen Airfield (Dreger Field), New Guinea, December 13, 1943
Saidor Airfield, New Guinea, March 13, 1944
Wakde Airfield, Wakde, Netherlands East Indies, May 26, 1944
Kornasoren (Yebrurro) Airfield Noemfoor, Netherlands East Indies, August 24, 1944
Tacloban Airfield, Leyte, Philippines, November 30, 1944
Tanauan Airfield, Leyte, Philippines, December 14, 1944
San Marcelino Airfield, Luzon, Philippines, February 4, 1945
Floridablanca Airfield (Basa Air Base), Luzon, Philippines, c. May 15, 1945
Ie Shima Airfield, Okinawa, July 9, 1945
Kanoya Airfield, Japan, September 9, 1945
Itami Airfield, Japan, c. October 20, 1945 – May 10, 1946.

Aircraft

P-47 Thunderbolt, 1942–1945
P-51 Mustang, 1945.

Operational history

Combat in Southwest and Western Pacific, July 30, 1943 – August 15, 1945.

References

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556.

USAAF Fifth Air Force in World War II

Previously: Philippine Department Air Force (1941); Far East Air Force (1941-1942)

Airfields

Pacific	USAAF in Australia USAAF in the Southwest Pacific USAAF in Okinawa

Units

Commands

Wings

Groups

Air Commando	3d Air Commando
Bombardment	3d Bombardment 7th Bombardment 19th Bombardment 22d Bombardment 27th Bombardment 38th Bombardment 43d Bombardment 90th Bombardment 312th Bombardment 345th Bombardment 380th Bombardment 417th Bombardment
Combat Cargo	2d Combat Cargo
Fighter	8th Fighter 24th Pursuit 35th Fighter 49th Fighter 58th Fighter 348th Fighter 475th Fighter
Reconnaissance	6th Reconnaissance 71st Reconnaissance
Troop Carrier	317th Troop Carrier 374th Troop Carrier 375th Troop Carrier 433d Troop Carrier

Squadrons

Bombardment	31st Bombardment
Night Fighter	418th Night Fighter 421st Night Fighter 547th Intelligence
Reconnaissance	2d Observation 8th Photographic Reconnaissance 36th Photographic Reconnaissance
Troop Carrier	21st Troop Carrier 22d Troop Carrier 65th Troop Carrier 66th Troop Carrier

United States Army Air Forces

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