426th Night Fighter Squadron

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* World War II: Asiatic-Pacific Campaign (1944-1945)
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battle_honours=The 426th Night Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Fourteenth Air Force, being inactivated at Shwangliu, China on 5 November 1945.

History

Lineage

* Established as 426th Night Fighter Squadron 1 Jan 1944: (Not manned after Sep 1945): Inactivated 5 Nov 1945

Assignments

* Tenth Air Force (9 Aug - 5 Oct 1944)
* Fourteenth Air Force (5 Oct 1944 - 5 Nov 1945)

tations

* Madhaiganj, India 9 Aug - 5 Oct 1944
* Chengtu, China, 5 Oct 1944 - 15 Mar 1945: Detachment: Kumming, China, 27 Oct - 25 Dec 1944: Detachment: Hsian, China, 27 Nov 1944 - 17 Oct 1945: Detachment: Guskhara, India, Jan - Aug 1945
* Shwangliu, China, 15 Mar 1945 - Sep 1945: Detachment: Liangshan, China, Apr - 19 Aug 1945: Detachment: Ankang, China, Apr - 21 Aug 1945

Operations History

ee also

* P-61 Black Widow

References

* Northrop P-61 Black Widow--The Complete History and Combat Record, Garry R. Pape, John M. Campbell and Donna Campbell, Motorbooks International, 1991.

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