87. stíhací křídlo [1943-1945]

87th Fighter Wing
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created as 87th Fighter Wing 14.10.1943
Activated 25.10.1943
Subordinated to 12.AF from January 1944 to September 1944
Dissolved in Italy 1.4.1945


Groups
57th - 1944
79th - 1944
86th - 1944

Stations
Garden City, Mitchel Field , 25 October - 15 December 1943
El Ghomri, Nouvion Airfield / , 11.1.1944
Caserta, Italy, 9.2.1944
Bastia, Corsica, 28.3.1944
Vescovato, Corsica, 9.5.1944
Furiani, Corsica, 13.7.1944
Caserta, Italy, 22.9.1944
Florence, Florence Airfield / , 25.12.1944 - 1.4.1945


Commanders
Lt Col Gladwyn E Pinkston, 30.10.1943
Brig Gen Laurence C Craigie, 22.11.1943
Lt Col Gladwyn E Pinkston, 6.3.1944
Brig Gen Thomas C Darcy, 18.4.1944
Lt Col Theodore V Prochazka, 20.9.1944 - 31.3.1945


Campaigns
Rome - Arno
Southern France
North Apennines


Decorations
None


Insigne
None
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