413th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

The 413th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 28th Air Division, stationed at Travis AFB, California. It was inactivated on 18 August 1955.

413th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
Emblem of the 413th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
Active1944–1955
CountryUnited States
BranchUnited States Air Force
TypeFighter-Interceptor
413th Fighter Squadron Republic P-47N-5-RE Thunderbolt 44-88572, 1945 flying over the Philippines

History

Combat in Western Pacific, 13 July – 14 August 1945. Air Defense of central West Coast; 1954–1955.

Lineage

  • Constituted 413th Fighter Squadron on 5 October 1944
Activated on 15 October 1944
Inactivated on 30 September 1946
  • Redesignated 413th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 23 March 1953
Activated on 8 July 1954
Inactivated on 18 August 1955.

Assignments

Stations

Aircraft

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

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    • Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556.
    • "ADCOM's Fighter Interceptor Squadrons". The Interceptor. Aerospace Defense Command. 21 (1): 5–11, 26–31, 40–45, 54–59. January 1979.
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