The Philadelphia Fighter Wing is an inactive
United States Air Force
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unit. Its last assignment was with the
I Fighter Command, stationed at
Philadelphia Airport, Pennsylvania, where it was inactivated on 3 April 1946.
History
The wing was a
World War II
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air defense organization, reporting to
First Air Force
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, responsible for the air defense of the Philadelphia area. The wing was also a training organization for fighter groups and personnel, with assigned groups subsequently deploying to overseas theaters. Not manned after July 1944, and inactivated at the end of the war.
Lineage
* Constituted as the Philadelphia Air Defense Wing on 6 August 1942
: Activated on 11 August 1942
: Redesignated Philadelphia Fighter Wing c. 2 July 1943
: Inactivated on 3 April 1946
: Disbanded on 8 October 1948
[Maurer, ''Combat Units'', p. 428]
Assignments
*
I Fighter Command, 11 August 1942 – 3 April 1946
Components
*
33d Fighter Group: 11 August – November 1942
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58th Fighter Group: 24 October 1942 – c. 3 March 1943
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83d Fighter Group: 22 November 1943 – 10 April 1944
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87th Fighter Group: 1943 (dates undetermined)
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324th Fighter Group
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: 6 July – 8 October 1942
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327th Fighter Group: 27 August – 22 September 1942
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353d Fighter Group: c. 26 October 1942 – c. 27 May 1943
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355th Fighter Group: 4 March – 16 June 1943
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358th Fighter Group: 28 April – September 1943
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361st Fighter Group: 28 August – 20 September 1943
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365th Fighter Group: 19 July – 4 December 1943
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366th Fighter Group: attached 1 June 1943 – 20 November 1943
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371st Fighter Group: 30 September 1943 – 14 February 1944
Stations
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Philadelphia Airport, Pennsylvania, 11 August 1942 – April 1946
References
Notes
Bibliography
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External links
{{USAAF 1st Air Force World War II
Fighter wings of the United States Army Air Forces