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The 341st Fighter Squadron is an inactive
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unit. It was last assigned to the 348th Fighter Group, based at Itami Air Base,
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. It was inactivated on 10 May 1946. It was allocated to the
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and redesignated as the 141st Fighter Squadron on 24 May 1946.


History


Lineage

* Constituted 341th Fighter Squadron on 24 September 1942 : Activated on 30 September 1942 : Inactivated on to May 1946.


Assignments

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


Stations

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, 30 September 1942 * Bradley Field,
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, 30 October 1942 * Hillsgrove AAF,
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, 23 January 1943 *
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, 26 April – 9 May 1943 * Jackson Airfield (7 Mile Drome),
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, 23 June 1943 * Finschafen Airfield (Dreger Field),
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, 13 December 1943 * Saidor Airfield,
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, 13 March 1944 *
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, 26 May 1944 * Kornasoren (Yebrurro) Airfield Noemfoor,
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, 24 August 1944 * Tacloban Airfield,
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, 30 November 1944 *
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, 14 December 1944 *
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, 4 February 1945 * Floridablanca Airfield (Basa Air Base),
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, c. 15 May 1945 *
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, 9 September 1945 *
Itami Airfield , often referred to as , is the primary domestic airport for the Kansai region of Japan, including its major cities of Osaka, Kyoto, and Kobe. It is the airport closest to Osaka, being 11 km (7 mi) north of Osaka Station, as well as K ...
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, c. 20 October 1945 – 10 May 1946.


Aircraft

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P-47 Thunderbolt The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt is a World War II-era fighter aircraft produced by the American company Republic Aviation from 1941 through 1945. It was a successful high-altitude fighter, and it also served as the foremost American fighter-bombe ...
, 1942–1945 *
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, 1945.


Operational history

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


References

* {{USAAF 5th Air Force World War II Fighter squadrons of the United States Army Air Forces Fighter 0341 Military units and formations established in 1942 Military units and formations disestablished in 1946