369th Fighter Group

369th Fighter Group
Active	1943–1945
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army Air Forces
Type	Fighter

The 369th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Third Air Force, stationed at Stuttgart Army Airfield, Arkansas. It was inactivated on 10 August 1945.

The 369th was primarily a training group during World War II assigned initially to Fourth Air Force, than later to Third Air Force in March 1944. It took part in air-ground maneuvers and demonstrations, participating in the Louisiana Maneuvers in the summer of 1944 and in similar activities in the US until after V-J Day.

History

Lineage

• Constituted as 369th Fighter Group on 26 May 1943

Activated on 1 August 1943

Redesignated 369th Fighter-Bomber Group in April 1944

Redesignated 369th Fighter Group in June 1944

Inactivated on 10 August 1945

Assignments

• IV Fighter Command, 1 August 1943
• III Fighter Command, 28 March 1944 – 10 August 1945

Stations

• Hamilton Field, California, 1 August 1943
• Marysville Army Airfield, California, c. 5 November 1943
• Oroville Army Airfield, California, 28 January 1944
• Hamilton Field, California, 16 March 1944
• DeRidder Army Airbase, Louisiana, 28 March 1944
• Stuttgart Army Airfield, Arkansas, 8 February – 10 August 1945.

Components

• 398th Fighter Squadron: 1943–1945
• 399th Fighter Squadron: 1943–1945
• 400th Fighter Squadron: 1943–1945

References

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

• Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.