432d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

The 432d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 475th Fighter Group at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, Minnesota, where it was inactivated on 2 January 1958.

432d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
F-86D Sabres at Truax Field[note 1]
Active1943–1949; 1952–1958
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
RoleFighter-Interceptor
Nickname(s)Clover (World War II)[1]
DecorationsDistinguished Unit Citation
Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation[2]
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Captain (later Colonel) John S. Loisel
Insignia
Patch with 432d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron emblem (approved 9 March 1955)[2]
432d Fighter Squadron emblem[1]

History

World War II and Army of Occupation

Combat in Southwest Pacific and Western Pacific, 12 August 1943 – 21 July 1945. Occupation duty (Korea and Japan), 1945–1949.[2]

Air defense operations
432d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron Northrop F-89H Scorpion[note 2]

Air Defense of Upper Midwest, 1952–1958.[2]

Lineage
  • Activated on 14 May 1943 by special authority prior to constitution as 432d Fighter Squadron on 15 May 1943
Inactivated on 1 April 1949
  • Redesignated 432d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 10 October 1952
Activated on 1 December 1952
Inactivated on 2 January 1958[2]

Assignments

Stations
Operated from Port Moresby Airfield Complex, New Guinea, 12 August – 1 September 1943
  • Nadzab Airfield Complex, New Guinea, 25 March 1944
  • Hollandia Airfield Complex, New Guinea, 15 May 1944
  • Mokmer Airfield, Biak, Netherlands East Indies, 12 July 1944
  • Dulag Airfield, Leyte, 2 November 1944
Detachment operated from San Jose, Mindoro, Netherlands East Indies, 5 February – 2 March 1945
  • Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines, 27 February 1945
  • Lingayen Airfield, Luzon, Philippines, 19 April 1945
  • Ie Shima Airfield, Okinawa, 8 August 1945
  • Kimpo Air Base, Korea, 28 September 1945
  • Itazuke Air Base, Japan, 28 August 1948
  • Ashiya Air Base, Japan, 25 March – 1 April 1949
  • Truax Field, Wisconsin, 10 October 1952
  • Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, Minnesota, 18 August 1955 – 2 January 1958[2]

Aircraft

References

Notes
Explanatory notes
  1. Aircraft are North American F-86D-40-NA Sabres. Identified aircraft include serial numbers 52-3622 and 52-3717
  2. Aircraft is Northrop F-89H-5-NO Scorpion serial 54-409, stationed at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, Minnesota. Taken at Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Field, Nevada, armed with a "Genie" nuclear missile. Aircraft fired the nuclear weapon as the "John Shot" of Operation Plumb Bob, 19 July 1959
Citations
  1. Watkins, p. 40
  2. Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 534–535

Bibliography

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

  • 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. 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. ISBN 0-912799-02-1. LCCN 61060979. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  • 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. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  • Watkins, Robert A. (2013). Insignia and Aircraft Markings of the U.S. Army Air Force In World War II. Volume V, Pacific Theater of Operations. Atglen,PA: Shiffer Publishing, Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7643-4346-9.
  • "ADCOM's Fighter Interceptor Squadrons". The Interceptor. Aerospace Defense Command. 21 (1): 5–11, 26–31, 40–45, 54–59. January 1979.
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