464th Fighter Squadron
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Emblem of the 464th Fighter Squadron | |
| Active | 1944–1946 |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | United States Army Air Forces |
The 464th 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.
History
Established in late 1944 at Peterson Field, Colorado. Trained under XXII Bomber Command as a Very Long Range P-47N Thunderbolt bomber escort squadron, programmed for B-29 escort duty from Okinawa. Training delayed due to P-47N aircraft non-availability, finally equipped in the late spring of 1945 with the long-distance fighters. Deployed to Okinawa in June 1945 as part of the 507th Fighter Group and prepared for the invasion of Japan along with the 413th and 414th Fighter Groups, all equipped with P-47N.
The squadron flew some long distance fighter-bomber sweeps over Japanese Home Islands 1 July 1945 – 14 August 1945 but never performed operational B-29 escort missions due to the end of the war in August. Last "Ace in a Day" of W.W.II was 1st LT Oscar Perdomo of the 464th. Remained in Okinawa until inactivated in May 1946.
On 28 May 1946, the unit was redesigned as the 199th Fighter Squadron and allocated to the Hawaii Air National Guard.
Lineage
- Constituted 464th Fighter Squadron on 5 October 1944
- Activated on 12 October 1944
- Inactivated on 27 May 1946
- Redesignated 199th Fighter Squadron, and allotted to the Hawaii Air National Guard on 28 May 1946.
Assignments
- 507th Fighter Group, 12 October 1944 – 27 May 1946
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
- P-47 Thunderbolt, 1944–1945
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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