IX Air Support Command
Command
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Squadron
Constituted 422nd Night Fighter Squadron on 14 July 1943. Activated on 1 Aug 1943. Inactivated on 30 September 1945
Command
Station | Location | Date |
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Based | Charmy Down | 7 March 1944 – 6 May 1944 |
Assigned to 9th Air Force | 7 March 1944 | |
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 |
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot
Five aerial victories as the pilot of a P-61 "Black Widow". DFC & 2 OLCs, AM & 9 OLCs.
Military | First Lieutenant | Night Fighter Pilot
Military | Flight Officer | Radar Observer
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Aircraft Crew Chief
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot
Smith, along with his Radio Operator, Robert E Tierney became the first US Night fighter aces of the Second World War on 26 December 1944.
Military | Sergeant
Strong worked for Kiel Grocers in Montana before enlisting in the USAAF in 1942. After his service he operated Burton's Candy from 1951
Military | First Lieutenant | Radio Operator
Tierney, along with his Pilot, Paul A Smith became the first US night fighter aces of the Second World War on 26 December 1944.
P-61 Black Widow
Usually crewed by 2nd Lt Robert G Bolinder and R/O Flt Off Robert F Graham.
P-61 Black Widow
P-61 Black Widow
Assigned to 422NFS, 9AF USAAF. Written of after forced landing 26-Dec-44.
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P-61 Black Widow
Assigned to 422NFS, 9AF USAAF. Credited 3 x kills. Hit several times by flak on mission to Rhine river, with intercom knocked out and A/C afire R/O 1Lt John U Morris baled out. Pilot 1Lt Eugene D Axtell was unaware that R/O had exited and returned...
P-61 Black Widow
Assigned to 422NFS, 9AF USAAF.
P-61 Black Widow
Assigned to 422NFS, IX Air Support Command, 9AF USAAF.
w/o in landing accident at Kassel, Germany Jun 5, 1945. Condemned salvage no battle damage Jun 5, 1945
P-61 Black Widow
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Date | Contributor | Update |
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13 April 2022 08:27:26 | Emily | Changes to us air force combat units of world war ii description and stations |
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422nd Night Fighter Squadron : A History , Charles McEwen, 1982, Combat Squadrons of the Air Force |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
01 February 2017 15:55:29 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to stations |
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Stations added with details from: |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
09 April 2015 02:24:37 | EMBLEMHUNTER | Changes to media associations |
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my art |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:42:49 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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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) |