306th Fighter Wing

306th Fighter Wing
Active 1943–1945
Country United States
Branch United States Army Air Forces
Role Fighter
Part of Fifteenth Air Force
Engagements
 
  • World War II
European Campaign (1943–1945)

The 306th Fighter Wing (306th FW) was a World War II United States Army Air Forces organization assigned to Fifteenth Air Force as an intermediate-level command and control organization. It was last stationed at Drew Field, Florida and was inactivated on 7 November 1945.

History

Lineage

Activated on 15 January 1944.
Redesignated 306th Fighter Wing in May 1944
Inactivated on 7 November 1945.

Assignments

Stations

Components

1st Fighter Group 27 March – November 1944
82d Fighter Group 27 March 1944 – 13 June 1945
325th Fighter Group May 1944 – 13 June 1945
14th Fighter Group 1 November 1943 – 27 March 1944
31st Fighter Group 2 April 1944 – 13 June 1945
52d Fighter Group 14 May 1944 – 13 June 1945
332d Fighter Group 28 May 1944 – 13 June 1945

All units were transferred to 305th Fighter Wing

Aircraft

Operational history

Constituted originally as the 306th Bombardment Wing (Heavy) on 7 December 1943. Activated in Italy on 15 January 1944. Assigned to Fifteenth Air Force.

Entered combat in Mar as a fighter organization. Re-designated 306th Fighter Wing in May 1944. Operated in the Mediterranean and European theaters until the end of the war.

Moved to the US, July–August 1945. Inactivated on 7 November 1945.

References

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