341st Fighter Squadron
The 341st Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 348th Fighter Group, based at Itami Air Base, Japan. It was inactivated on May 10, 1946.
It was allocated to the New Jersey Air National Guard and redesignated as the 141st Fighter Squadron on May 24, 1946.History
Lineage
- Constituted 340th Fighter Squadron on September 24, 1942
Assignments
- 348th Fighter Group, September 30, 1942 – May 10, 1946
Stations
- Mitchel Field, New York, September 30, 1942
- Bradley Field, Connecticut, September 30, 1942
- Westover Field, Massachusetts, October 30, 1942
- Hillsgrove AAF, Rhode Island, January 23, 1943
- Westover Field, Massachusetts, April 26 – May 9, 1943
- Jackson Airfield, Port Moresby, New Guinea, June 23, 1943
- Finschafen Airfield, New Guinea, December 13, 1943
- Saidor Airfield, New Guinea, March 13, 1944
- Wakde Airfield, Wakde, Netherlands East Indies, May 26, 1944
- Kornasoren Airfield Noemfoor, Netherlands East Indies, August 24, 1944
- Tacloban Airfield, Leyte, Philippines, November 30, 1944
- Tanauan Airfield, Leyte, Philippines, December 14, 1944
- San Marcelino Airfield, Luzon, Philippines, February 4, 1945
- Floridablanca Airfield, Luzon, Philippines, c. May 15, 1945
- Ie Shima Airfield, Okinawa, July 9, 1945
- Kanoya Airfield, Japan, September 9, 1945
- Itami Airfield, Japan, c. October 20, 1945 – May 10, 1946.
Aircraft
- P-47 Thunderbolt, 1942–1945
- P-51 Mustang, 1945.
Operational history
Combat in Southwest and Western Pacific, July 30, 1943 – August 15, 1945.
