372d Fighter Group

The 372d Fighter Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Third Air Force, stationed at Alexandria Army Air Base, Louisiana. It was inactivated on 7 November 1945.

The 372d was primarily a training group during World War II assigned initially to Fourth Air Force, than later to Third Air Force in March 1944. It took part in air-ground maneuvers and demonstrations, participating in the Louisiana Maneuvers in the summer of 1944 and in similar activities in the US until after V-J Day.

Inactivated at the end of the war, the group was allotted to the California Air National Guard on 24 June 1946 and redesignated as the 144th Fighter Group.

History

Lineage

• Constituted as 372d Fighter Group on 12 October 1943

Activated on 28 October 1943

Redesignated 372d Fighter-Bomber Group in April 1944

Redesignated 372d Fighter Group in June 1944

Inactivated on 7 November 1945

• Redesignated 144th Fighter Group and allotted to ANG (Calif) on 24 June 1946.

Assignments

• IV Fighter Command, 28 October 1943
• III Fighter Command, 29 March 1944-7 November 1945

Components

• 407th Fighter Squadron: 1943-1945
• 408th Fighter Squadron: 1943-1945
• 409th Fighter Squadron: 1943-1945.

Stations

• Hamilton Field, California, 28 October 1943
• Portland Army Air Base, Oregon, 7 December 1943
• Esler Army Airfield, Louisiana, 29 March 1944
• Pollock Army Airfield, Louisiana, 14 April 1944
• Esler Army Airfield, Louisiana, 9 February 1945
• Alexandria Army Air Base, Louisiana, 14 September–November 1945.

References

• Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

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