421st Night Fighter Squadron
- 421st Night Fighter Squadron
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 421st Night Fighter Squadron
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dates= 1943-1947
country= United States
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branch=United States Army Air Force
type= Night Fighter Operations
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* World War II: Asiatic-Pacific Campaign (1944-1945)
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battle_honours=The 421st Night Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Fifth Air Force, being inactivated on Ie Shima in the Ryukyu Islands on 20 Feb 1947
History
Lineage
* Established as 421st Night Fighter Squadron 1 May 1943: (Not manned after 25 Nov 1945): Inactivated 20 Feb 1947: Combined with: 68th Fighter Squadron, 20 Feb 1947:: Redesignated: 68th Fighter Squadron (All Weather)
Assignments
* Fifth Air Force
tations
* Milne Bay, New Guinea, 4 - 27 Jan 1944
* Nadzab, New Guinea, 27 Jan - 28 Jun 1944: Detachment: Wakde Island, 28 May - 21 Sep 1944
* Owl Island, Schouten Islands, 28 Jun - 25 Oct 1944
* Tacloban, Leyte, Phillipines, 25 Oct 1944 - 8 Feb 1945: Detachment: Peleliu, Palau Group, 3 Dec 1944 - 11 Jan 1945 (Air Echelon)
* San Marcelino, Luzon, Phillipines, 26 Apr - 5 Aug 1945: Detachment: Tacloban, Leyte, Phillipines, 9 Feb - 23 Mar 1945
* Clark Field, Luzon, Phillipines, 26 Apr - 5 Aug 1945
* Ie Shima, Ryukyu Islands, 8 Aug - 25 Nov 1945
Operations History
ee also
* P-61 Black Widow
References
* Northrop P-61 Black Widow--The Complete History and Combat Record, Garry R. Pape, John M. Campbell and Donna Campbell, Motorbooks International, 1991.
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