Philadelphia Fighter Wing

Philadelphia Fighter Wing
Active	1942–1946
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army Air Force
Role	Air defense and training fighter units
Engagements	World War II

Military unit

The Philadelphia Fighter Wing is an inactive United States Air Force 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 air defense organization, reporting to First Air Force, 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^[1]

Assignments

I Fighter Command, 11 August 1942 – 3 April 1946

Components

33d Fighter Group: 11 August – November 1942
58th Fighter Group: 24 October 1942 – c. 3 March 1943
83d Fighter Group: 22 November 1943 – 10 April 1944
87th Fighter Group: 1943 (dates undetermined)
324th Fighter Group: 6 July – 8 October 1942
327th Fighter Group: 27 August – 22 September 1942
353d Fighter Group: c. 26 October 1942 – c. 27 May 1943

355th Fighter Group: 4 March – 16 June 1943
358th Fighter Group: 28 April – September 1943
361st Fighter Group: 28 August – 20 September 1943
365th Fighter Group: 19 July – 4 December 1943
366th Fighter Group: attached 1 June 1943 – 20 November 1943^[2]
371st Fighter Group: 30 September 1943 – 14 February 1944

Stations

Philadelphia Airport, Pennsylvania, 11 August 1942 – April 1946

References

Notes

^ Maurer, Combat Units, p. 428
^ Dollman, TSG David. (18 October 2016). "Factsheet 366 Operations Group (ACC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 13 January 2022.

Bibliography

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

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.

External links

USAAF First Air Force in World War II

Airfields

First Air Force Group Training Stations
First Air Force Replacement Training Stations
First Air Force Tactical Airfields
Freeman Army Airfield
Godman Army Airfield
Selfridge Field

Units

Commands

Wings

25th Antisubmarine
50th Troop Carrier
52d Troop Carrier
53d Troop Carrier
60th Troop Carrier
61st Troop Carrier
Boston Fighter
New York Fighter
Norfolk Fighter
Philadelphia Fighter

Groups

Bombardment	2d Bombardment 13th Bombardment 22d Bombardment 34th Bombardment 43d Bombardment 45th Bombardment 301st Bombardment 302d Bombardment 400th Bombardment 402d Bombardment 455th Bombardment 459th Bombardment 460th Bombardment 471st Bombardment
Combat Cargo	1st Combat Cargo 2d Combat Cargo 4th Combat Cargo
Fighter	8th Fighter 31st Fighter 33d Fighter 52d Fighter 56th Fighter 57th Fighter 58th Fighter 59th Fighter 79th Fighter 80th Fighter 83d Fighter 87th Fighter 324th Fighter 325th Fighter 326th Fighter 327th Fighter 332d Fighter 348th Fighter 352d Fighter 353d Fighter 355th Fighter 356th Fighter 358th Fighter 359th Fighter 361st Fighter 362d Fighter 365th Fighter 366th Fighter 368th Fighter 370th Fighter 371st Fighter 373d Fighter 402d Fighter 413th Fighter 476th Fighter
Reconnaissance	26th Reconnaissance 73d Reconnaissance
Troop Carrier	10th Troop Carrier 60th Troop Carrier 61st Troop Carrier 62d Troop Carrier 63d Troop Carrier 89th Troop Carrier 313th Troop Carrier 314th Troop Carrier 315th Troop Carrier 316th Troop Carrier 317th Troop Carrier 349th Troop Carrier 375th Troop Carrier 403d Troop Carrier 433d Troop Carrier 434th Troop Carrier 435th Troop Carrier 436th Troop Carrier 437th Troop Carrier 438th Troop Carrier 439th Troop Carrier 440th Troop Carrier 441st Troop Carrier 442d Troop Carrier
Other	1st Search Attack 477th Composite
Incidents	Freeman Field Mutiny