The Philadelphia Fighter Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the I Fighter Command, stationed at Philadelphia Airport, Pennsylvania, where it was inactivated on 3 April 1946.
History The wing was a World War II air defense organization, reporting to First Air Force, responsible for the air defense of the Philadelphia area. The wing was also a training organization for fighter groups and personnel, with assigned groups subsequently deploying to overseas theaters. Not manned after July 1944, and inactivated at the end of the war.
Lineage Constituted as the Philadelphia Air Defense Wing on 6 August 1942 Activated on 11 August 1942 Redesignated Philadelphia Fighter Wing c. 2 July 1943 Inactivated on 3 April 1946 Disbanded on 8 October 1948Maurer, Combat Units, p. 428
Assignments I Fighter Command, 11 August 1942 – 3 April 1946
Components
33d Fighter Group: 11 August – November 1942 58th Fighter Group: 24 October 1942 – c. 3 March 1943 83d Fighter Group: 22 November 1943 – 10 April 1944 87th Fighter Group: 1943 (dates undetermined) 324th Fighter Group: 6 July – 8 October 1942 327th Fighter Group: 27 August – 22 September 1942 353d Fighter Group: c. 26 October 1942 – c. 27 May 1943
355th Fighter Group: 4 March – 16 June 1943 358th Fighter Group: 28 April – September 1943 361st Fighter Group: 28 August – 20 September 1943 365th Fighter Group: 19 July – 4 December 1943 366th Fighter Group: attached 1 June 1943 – 20 November 1943 371st Fighter Group: 30 September 1943 – 14 February 1944
Stations Philadelphia Airport, Pennsylvania, 11 August 1942 – April 1946
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