The Philadelphia 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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, Pennsylvania, where it was inactivated on 3 April 1946.

History

The wing was a

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air defense organization, reporting to

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, 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

, 11 August 1942 – 3 April 1946

Components

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: 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) *

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: 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 355th may refer to: Aviation * 355th Fighter Squadron, an inactive United States Air Force unit * 355th Fighter Wing, a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Combat Command's Twelfth Air Force * 355th Tactical Airlift Squadron, a U.S. Ai ...

: 4 March – 16 June 1943 *

358th Fighter Group 358th may refer to: * 358th Bombardment Squadron, inactive United States Air Force unit * 358th Fighter Group, inactive United States Army Air Force unit * 358th Fighter Squadron (358 FS), part of the 355th Fighter Wing at Davis-Monthan Air Force B ...

: 28 April – September 1943 *

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: 28 August – 20 September 1943 *

365th Fighter Group 365th may refer to: *365th Bombardment Squadron, inactive United States Air Force unit *365th Electronic Warfare Group previously 1st Search Attack Group, United States Army Air Forces unit that served during World War II. 365 EWG was a 'paper' des ...

: 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

, Pennsylvania, 11 August 1942 – April 1946

References

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External links

{{USAAF 1st Air Force World War II Fighter wings of the United States Army Air Forces