347. stíhací skupina [1942-1946]

347th Fighter Group
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Formed as 347th Fighter Group 29.9.1942
Activated at New Caledonia 3.10.1942
Relocated to the USA in December 1945
Deactivated 1.1.1946
Re-formed as 347th Fighter Group (All Weather)
Activated in Japan 20.2.1947
Deactivated 24.6.1950


SQUADRONS
4th - 1947 - 1950
67th - 1942 - 1945
68th - 1942 - 1945; 1947 - 1950
70th - 1942 - 1943; 1945
339th - 1942 - 1946; 1947 - 1950


STATIONS
New Caledonia, 3.10.1942
Guadalcanal, 29.12.1943
Stirling, Treasury Islands, 15.1.1944
Mar, Sansapor Airfield / , 15.8.1944
Middleburg, Middleburg Airfield / , 19.9.1944
San Jose, McGuire Field / , 2/22/1945
Puerto Princesa, Puerto Princesa Airfield / , March 6-December 1945
Pittsburg, Camp Stoneman , 30 Dec 1945 - 1 Jan 1946
Nagoya, Nagoya Air Base / , 20.2.1947
Fukuoka, Itazuke Air Base / , 25 September 1947
Hōfu, Bofu Airfield / , 15.10.1948
Ashiya, Ashiya Air Base / , May 6, 1949
Nagoya, Nagoya Air Base / , April 1 - June 4, 1950


COMMANDERS
Lt Col George M McNeese, 3.10.1942
Col Leo F Dusard Jr, Jan 1944
Lt Col Leonard Shapiro, 25.6.1945 - date unknown
Unknown, February 1947 - August 1948
Maj Elmer G DaRosa, August 1948
Maj Alden E West, September 1948
Lt Col John L McGinn, October 1948 - date unknown
Lt Col Clyde A Thompson, unknown date - June 1950


CAMPAIGNS
China Defensive
Guadalcanal
New Guinea
Northern Solomons
Bismarck Archipelago
Western Pacific
Leyte
Luzon
Southern Philippines
China Offensive


DECORATIONS
Distinguished Unit Citation - Netherlands East Indies, 7., 20. a 22.11.1944
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation


INSIGNE
None


Aircraft used
P-400
P-39
P-38
F-82


Edit Admin : Pittsburg at Camp Stoneman is in California, it is not a town in Pennsylvania
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