443d Fighter Squadron
Encyclopedia
The 3443d Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force
unit. It was last assigned to the 327th Fighter Group
, stationed at Norfolk Army Airfield, Virginia
. It was inactivated on 10 April 1944.
The group was active with First Air Force
as an operational training and air defense unit, February 1943-February 1944, later performing replacement pilot training, February-April 1944
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...
unit. It was last assigned to the 327th Fighter Group
327th Fighter Group
The 327th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the 30th Air Division, being stationed at Truax Field, Wisconsin...
, stationed at Norfolk Army Airfield, Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
. It was inactivated on 10 April 1944.
The group was active with First Air Force
First Air Force
The First Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Air Combat Command . It is headquartered at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida....
as an operational training and air defense unit, February 1943-February 1944, later performing replacement pilot training, February-April 1944
Lineage
- Constituted 443d Fighter Squadron on ig February 1943
- Activated on 24 February 1943
- Disbanded on 10 April 1944.
Stations
- Richmond Army Airbase, VirginiaVirginiaThe Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
, 24 February 1943 - Norfolk Army Airfield, VirginiaVirginiaThe Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
, 16 February-10 April 1944