V Fighter Command

V Fighter Command
Active	4 June 1941 – 8 October 1948
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army Air Forces
Type	Command and Control

The V Fighter Command is an inactive United States Army formation. It was last assigned to Fifth Air Force, based at Fukuoka AB, Japan. It was inactivated on 31 May 1946.

During World War II the headquarters initially controlled fighter units in the Northwestern United States. In 1942, V Fighter Command became the primary command and control organization for Fifth Air Force, fighter units operating primarily in the Southwest Pacific Theater. Its assigned units participated in aerial combat in the Fifth Air Force Area of Responsibility (AOR) flying cover missions for convoys, patrols, escorted bombers, attacked enemy airfields, and supported ground forces.

Afterward, served with the occupation force in Japan before being inactivated in 1946.

History

Lineage

Constituted as II Interceptor Command on 26 May 1941

Activated on 4 June 1941

Redesignated: II Fighter Command in May 1942

Redesignated: V Fighter Command in August 1942.

Inactivated on 31 May 1946

Disbanded on 8 October 1948

Assignments

Second Air Force, 4 June 1941 – 2 October 1942
Fifth Air Force, 5 September 1942 – 8 October 1948

Units

3d Air Commando Group*: 13 December 1944 – 25 March 1946
8th Fighter Group*: November 1942-31 May 1946
35th Fighter Group*: 11 November 1942 – 10 November 1945
38th Bombardment Group*: 1 August 1942 – 22 November 1945
42d Bombardment Group: 1946
49th Fighter Group*: 11 November 1942 – 10 November 1945

54th Fighter Group (Interceptor): 1941
55th Fighter Group (Interceptor): 1941
58th Fighter Group*: 6 March – 23 November 1945
312th Bombardment Group: 19 November 1943 – 16 January 1944
348th Fighter Group: 23 June 1943 – 10 May 1946
475th Fighter Group: 14 May 1943 – 1 February 1946

*Note; Does not include periods detached to combat wings

Stations

Fort George Wright, Washington, 4 June 1941
Fort Lawton, Washington, 19 June 1941 – 2 October 1942
RAAF Base Townsville, Australia, 5 September–December 1942
Wards Airfield (5 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, December 1942
Nadzab Airfield, New Guinea, January 1944
Owi Airfield, Schouten Islands, Netherlands East Indies, July 1944

Bayug Airfield, Leyte, Philippines, November 1944
McGuire Field, Mindoro, Philippines, January 1945
Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines, March 1945
Hamasaki (Motobu Airfield), Okinawa, August 1945
Itazuke AB, Japan, October 1945-31 May 1946.

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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.

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