463d Fighter Squadron
The 463d Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 507th Fighter Group, based at Yontan Airfield, Okinawa. It was inactivated on 27 May 1946.
On 28 May 1946, the unit was redesigned as the 198th Fighter Squadron and allocated to the Puerto Rico Air National Guard.
History
Lineage
- Constituted 463d Fighter Squadron on 5 October 1944
- Activated on 12 October 1944
- Inactivated on 27 May 1946
Assignments
Stations
- Peterson Field, Colorado, 12 October 1944
- Bruning Army Airfield, Nebraska, 20 October 1944
- Dalhart Army Airfield, Texas, 15 December 1944-30 April 1945
- Ie Shima Airfield, Okinawa, 24 June 1945
- Yontan Airfield, Okinawa, 29 January-27 May 1946.
Aircraft
Operational history
Combat in Western Pacific, 1 July 1945-14 August 1945.
References
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
- Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
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