383d FIGHTER SQUADRON

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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.