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318th Fighter Group information


318th Fighter Group
318th Fighter Group Insignia
Active1942–1946
CountryUnited States
BranchUnited States Army Air Forces
RoleFighter
Part ofTwentieth Air Force
Garrison/HQPacific Ocean Theater of World War II
Engagements
  • World War II
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign (1944–1945)
P-47 Thunderbolts from the 318th Fighter Group taking off from East Field on Saipan, Marianas Islands in October 1944. Lead ship: "Big Squaw" Republic-Evansville P-47D-20-RA Thunderbolt s/n 43-25327 19th FS, 318th FG, 7th AF Assigned to John "Jack" H. Payne.

The 318th Fighter Group was a World War II United States Army Air Forces combat organization.[1] It served primarily in the Pacific Ocean theater of World War II.

  1. ^ Arthur Wyllie (1 September 2005). WWII Victories of the Army Air Force. Lulu.com. pp. 174–. ISBN 978-1-4116-4864-7.

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