The New York Fighter Wing is an inactive

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unit. Its last assignment was with the

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, stationed at

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It was inactivated on 10 April 1944. The wing was a

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air defense organization, reporting to

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, responsible for the air defense of the

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metropolitan area. The wing was also a training organization for fighter groups and personnel, with assigned groups subsequently deploying to overseas theaters.

History

Lineage

* Constituted as New York Air Defense Wing on 6 August 1942 : Activated on 11 August 1942 : Redesignated New York Fighter Wing in July 1943 : Inactivated on 10 April 1944, personnel reassigned to 164th Army Air Forces Base Unit (Fighter Control). : Disbanded on 8 October 1948.

Assignments

, 11 August 1942 – 10 April 1944

Components

* 56th Fighter Group: 11 August 1942 – 12 January 1943 * 58th Fighter Group: c. 3 March – 16 September 1943 *

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: 11 August 1942 – 10 May 1943 *

348th Fighter Group The 108th Operations Group is a unit of the 108th Wing (108 WG) of the New Jersey Air National Guard, one of the many units stationed at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. If activated to federal service with the U.S. Air Force, the ...

: 30 September 1942 – 9 May 1943 *

352d Fighter Group The 352nd Fighter Group was a unit of the Eighth Air Force that was located in the European Theater of Operations during World War II. The unit served as bomber escort, counter-air patrols, and attacking ground targets. It initially flew P-47 Thu ...

: 1 October 1942 – June 1943 *

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: 30 May – 4 July 1943 *

359th Fighter Group The 359th Fighter Group was a United States Army Air Force fighter unit that was active during World War II. Following organization and training in the United States, the group deployed to the European Theater of Operations, operating from RAF ...

: 11 July – 23 August 1943 *

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: 19 October – 12 November 1943 *

368th Fighter Group 368th may refer to: *368th Bombardment Squadron, inactive United States Air Force unit *368th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Group (368 EASOG) is a support unit of the United States Air Force *368th Fighter Group or 136th Airlift Wing, unit o ...

: 23 August – 20 December 1943 *

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: 19 October 1943 – 20 January 1944 * 373d Fighter Group: 23 October 1943 – 15 March 1944 * 402d Fighter Group: 1–13 October 1943

Stations

, 11 August 1942 – April 1946

References

Notes

Bibliography

* Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. .

External links

{{USAAF 1st Air Force World War II Military units and formations established in 1942 Fighter wings of the United States Army Air Forces