The 303d Fighter Wing was a United States Army Air Forces

United States Army Air Forces

The United States Army Air Forces was the military aviation arm of the United States of America during and immediately after World War II, and the direct predecessor of the United States Air Force....

 unit of World War II. It performed air support operations in Europe using Republic P-47 Thunderbolts until V-E Day and then occupation duty in Germany.

Constituted on 15 November 1943 it was activated on 24 November 1943. Its last assignment was with the XXIX Tactical Air Command

XXIX Tactical Air Command

The XXIX Tactical Air Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Ninth Air Force, based at Weimar, Germany...

, based at Brunswick

Braunschweig

Braunschweig , is a city of 247,400 people, located in the federal-state of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located north of the Harz mountains at the farthest navigable point of the Oker river, which connects to the North Sea via the rivers Aller and Weser....

, Germany before it was inactivated on 12 August 1945 and disbanded.

Assignments

• First Air Force
  First Air Force
  The First Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Air Combat Command . It is headquartered at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida....
  
  , 24 November 1943 – 13 February 1944
• IX Tactical Air Command
  IX Tactical Air Command
  The IX Tactical Air Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Ninth Air Force, based at Camp Shanks, New York...
  
  , 13 February – 1 November 1944
• XIX Tactical Air Command
  XIX Tactical Air Command
  The XIX Tactical Air Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. The unit's last assignment was with the Ninth Air Force based at Biggs Field, Texas...
  
  , 1 November 1944 – 15 December 1944
• XXIX Tactical Air Command
  XXIX Tactical Air Command
  The XXIX Tactical Air Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Ninth Air Force, based at Weimar, Germany...
  
  , 15 December 1944 – April 1945

Stations

• Norfolk AAF
  Norfolk International Airport
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  , Virginia
  Virginia
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  , 24 November 1943 – 12 February 1944
• RAF Ashford
  RAF Ashford
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   (AAF-417), England, 8 March 1944
• La Combe, France, 31 July 1944
• Houesville
  Houesville
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  , France, 2 August 1944
• Rennes Airfield (A-27), France, 24 August 1944
• Vermand
  Vermand
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  , France, 17 September 1944
• Arlon, Belgium, C. 3 October 1944
• Maastricht Airfield (Y-44), Netherlands
  Netherlands
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  , 22 October 1944
• Munchen-Gladbach Airfield (Y-56), Germany, 8 March 1945
• Haltern
  Haltern
  Haltern is a town and a municipality in the district of Recklinghausen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the Lippe and the Wesel–Datteln Canal, approx...
  
  , Germany, 3 April 1945
• Gutersloh Airfield (Y-99), Germany, 14 April 1945
• Brunswick/Broitzem Airfield (R-38), Germany, 22 April – 12 August 1945

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