72nd Fighter Wing (World War II)

The 72d Fighter Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Second Air Force, based at Colorado Springs Army Air Base, Colorado. It was inactivated on 9 April 1946.

History

Lineage

• Constituted as 72d Bombardment Operational Training Wing (Heavy) on 12 August 1943

Activated on 20 August

• Redesignated 72d Fighter Wing in September 1943

Inactivated on 9 April 1946.

Assignments

• Second Air Force, 12 August 1943 – 9 April 1946

Units assigned

• 36th Fighter Group: 1943–1944
• 84th Fighter Group: 1943–1944
• 357th Fighter Group: 1943.
• 407th Fighter Group: 1943–1944
• 408th Fighter Group: 1943–1944
• 476th Fighter Group: 1944
• 507th Fighter Group: 1944–1945
• 508th Fighter Group: 1944

Stations

• Rapid City AAB, South Dakota, 20 August 1943
• Colorado Springs AAB, Colorado, 7 October 1943
• Peterson Field, Colorado, November 1943;
• Colorado Springs AAB, Colorado, December 1945-9 April 1946

Operations

Trained fighter organizations and replacement crews

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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