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350th Fighter Group
Emblem of the 350th Fighter Group
Active1942–1945
Country350th Fighter Group United States
BranchUnited States Army Air Force
TypeFighter
EngagementsEuropean theater of World War II
DecorationsDistinguished Unit Citation

The 350th Fighter Group was an air combat unit of the United States Army Air Force formed in 1942 and inactivated in 1945. The fighter group consisted of 345th, 346th and 347th Fighter Squadron. The group was formed in England in 1942 flying Bell P-39 Airacobras and participated in the Mediterranean and North African Campaigns of World War II. 350th Fighter Group was based in North Africa, in Algeria and Morocco from January to July 1943. They then moved on to the Mediterranean islands of Sardinia and Corsica in November 1943 and February 1944 and were based in Italy from September 1944 to July 1945. After the group was inactivated on 7 November 1945 at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base following the end of the war. It was redesignated the 112th Fighter Group and placed under the control of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard in 1946.[1]

  1. ^ "350th Fighter Group". 8thafhs.org. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2016.

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