Description
Computer made/mounted on velcro. 4.0 inch-100mm
316th FIGHTER SQUADRON
Lineage. Constituted 316th Fighter Squadron on 24 Jun 1942. Activated on 6 Jul 1942 Inactivated on 7 Nov 1945. Activated on 2 Oct 2015-.
Assignments. 324th Fighter Group, 6 JuI 1942-7 Nov 1945 (attached to 79th Fighter Group, 15 Mar-21 May 1943. 495th Fighter Group, 2 Oct 2015-.
Stations. Mitchel Field, NY, 6 Jul 1942; Norfolk, VA, 6 Jul-28 Oct 1942; El Amiriya, Egypt, 23 Dec 1942; El Kabrit, Egypt, 3 Feb 1943; Libya, 15 Mar 1943; Tunisia, Apr 1943; Kairouan, Tunisia, 2 Jun 1943; El Haouaria, Tunisia, c. 18 ‘Jun 1943; Menzel Heurr, Tunisia, 3 Oct 1943; Cercola, Italy, 27 Oct 1943; Pignataro Maggiore, Italy, 10 May 1944; Le Banca Airfield, Italy, 7 Jun 1944; Montalto Di Castro, Italy, 15 Jun 1944; Corsica, 19 Jul 1944; Le Luc, France, 29 Aug 1944; Istres, France, 3 Sep 1944; Amberieu, France, 6 Sep 1944; Tavaux, France, 20 Sep 1944; Luneville, France, 2 Jan 1945; Stuttgart, Germany, 3 May-20 Oct 1945; Camp Shanks, NY, 6-7 Nov 1945. McEntire JNGS, SC, 2 Oct 2015-.
Aircraft. P-40, 1942-1944; P-47, 1944-1945. F-16, 2015-.
Operations. Combat in MTO and ETO, 1 Apr-25 Jul 1943, and 30 Oct 1943-30 Apr 1945. Reactivated as a regular Air Force Active Associate unit, embedded in the SCANG’s 169th FW sharing the same F-16CJ/DJ Block 52 aircraft.
Service Streamers. None.
Campaigns. Tunisia; Sicily; Naples Foggia; Anzio; Rome-Amo; Northern France; Southern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe; Air Combat, EAME Theater.
Decorations. Distinguished Unit Citations: North Africa and Sicily, [Apr-Jul] 1943; Cassino, 12-14 May 1944. French Croix de Guerre with Palm.
Emblem. Approved on 2 Sep 1943.