Description
Computer made/mounted on velcro 4.0 inch-100mm
383d FIGHTER SQUADRON (ACC)
Lineage. Constituted as 383 Fighter Squadron on 25 May 1943. Activated on 1 Jun 1943. Inactivated on 10 Nov 1945. Activated on 1 Feb 2016.
Assignments. 364 Fighter Group, 1 Jun 1943-10 Nov 1945. 495 Fighter Group (Active Associate), 1 Feb 2016-.
Stations. Glendale, CA, 1 Jun 1943; Van Nuys Metropolitan Airport, CA, 12 Aug 1943; Oxnard Flight Strip, CA, c. 1 Oct 1943; Santa Maria AAFld, CA, 27 Dec 1943-14 Jan 1944; Honington, England, 10 Feb 1944-c. 4 Nov 1945; Camp Kilmer, NJ, 9-10 Nov 1945. Buckley AFB, CO, 1 Feb 2016-.
Aircraft. P-38, 1943-1944; P-51, 1944-1945.
Operations. Combat in the European Theater of Operations (ETO), 2 Mar 1944-25 Apr 1945. Active duty associate unit of the 120 Fighter Squadron.
Service Streamers. None.
Campaign Streamers. World War II: Air Offensive, Europe; Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe; Air Combat, EAME Theater.
Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.
Decorations. Distinguished Unit Citation: Frankfurt, Germany, 27 Dec 1944.
Emblem. Approved on 3 Apr 2023.