369th Fighter Group

369th Fighter Group
Active	1943–1945
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army Air Forces
Type	Fighter

The 369th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Third Air Force, stationed at Stuttgart Army Airfield, Arkansas. It was inactivated on 10 August 1945.

The 369th 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.

History

Lineage

Constituted as 369th Fighter Group on 26 May 1943

Activated on 1 August 1943

Redesignated 369th Fighter-Bomber Group in April 1944

Redesignated 369th Fighter Group in June 1944

Inactivated on 10 August 1945

Assignments

IV Fighter Command, 1 August 1943
III Fighter Command, 28 March 1944 – 10 August 1945

Stations

Hamilton Field, California, 1 August 1943
Marysville Army Airfield, California, c. 5 November 1943
Oroville Army Airfield, California, 28 January 1944
Hamilton Field, California, 16 March 1944
DeRidder Army Airbase, Louisiana, 28 March 1944
Stuttgart Army Airfield, Arkansas, 8 February – 10 August 1945.

Components

398th Fighter Squadron: 1943–1945
399th Fighter Squadron: 1943–1945
400th Fighter Squadron: 1943–1945

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.

External links

USAAF Third Air Force in World War II

Airfields

Group Training Stations
Replacement Training Stations
Tactical Airfields

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Divisions

III Tactical Air Division

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United States Army Air Forces

USAAF Fourth Air Force in World War II

Airfields

Group Training Stations
Replacement Training Stations
Tactical Airfields

Units

Commands

Wings

Groups

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Reconnaissance	68th Reconnaissance 69th Reconnaissance

Troop Carrier	64th Troop Carrier

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