422nd Night Fighter Squadron
SquadronIWM, Roger Freeman Collection
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
---|---|---|
Based |
Charmy Down | 7 March 1944 - 6 May 1944 |
Other Assigned to 9th Air Force |
7 March 1944 | |
Other Assigned to IX Tactical Air Command |
12 March 1944 | |
Based |
Scorton | 6 May 1944 - 28 June 1944 |
Based |
Hurn | 28 June 1944 - 6 July 1944 |
Based |
Ford | 6 July 1944 - 25 July 1944 |
Based |
Maupertus | 25 July 1944 - 28 August 1944 |
Based |
Chateaudun | 28 August 1944 - 16 September 1944 |
Based |
Florennes / Juzaine | 16 September 1944 - 6 April 1945 |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 422nd Night Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-746016
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 422nd Night Fighter Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Night Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: Australian
- Unit: 422nd Night Fighter Squadron
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Radar Observer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 422nd Night Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16050340
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Aircraft Crew Chief
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 422nd Night Fighter Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 422nd Night Fighter Squadron 305th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 379th Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: P-61 Black Widow
- Nicknames: Husslin Hussey
- Unit: 422nd Night Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-61 Black Widow
- Nicknames: Lady Gen
- Unit: IX Air Support Command 422nd Night Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-61 Black Widow
- Nicknames: Borrowed Time
- Unit: 422nd Night Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-61 Black Widow
- Nicknames: Jukin Judy
- Unit: 422nd Night Fighter Squadron
Revisions
422nd Night Fighter Squadron : A History , Charles McEwen, 1982, Combat Squadrons of the Air Force
Stations added with details from:
- "Battle Colors Volume III - Insignia and Tactical Markings of the Ninth Air Force in World War Two' by Robert A. Watkins;
- http://www.ixengineercommand.com/airfields/physical.php
Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980)