432d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

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432d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
432d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron North American F-86D-40-NA Sabres.jpg
F-86D Sabres at Truax Field[note 1]
Active1943–1949; 1952–1958
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
RoleFighter-Interceptor
Nickname(s)Clover (World War II)[1]
DecorationsDistinguished Unit Citation
Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation[2]
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Captain (later Colonel) John S. Loisel
Insignia
Patch with 432d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron emblem (approved 9 March 1955)[2]432d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron - Emblem.jpg
432d Fighter Squadron emblem[1]432 Fighter Sq emblem.png

The 432d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 475th Fighter Group at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, Minnesota, where it was inactivated on 2 January 1958.

History[]

World War II and Army of Occupation[]

Combat in Southwest Pacific and Western Pacific, 12 August 1943 – 21 July 1945. Occupation duty (Korea and Japan), 1945–1949.[2]

Air defense operations[]

432d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron Northrop F-89H Scorpion[note 2]

Air Defense of Upper Midwest, 1952–1958.[2]

Lineage[]

  • Activated on 14 May 1943 by special authority prior to constitution as 432d Fighter Squadron on 15 May 1943
Inactivated on 1 April 1949
  • Redesignated 432d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 10 October 1952
Activated on 1 December 1952
Inactivated on 2 January 1958[2]

Assignments[]

  • 475th Fighter Group, 14 May 1943 – 1 April 1949
  • 31st Air Division, 1 December 1952
  • 520th Air Defense Group, 16 February 1953
  • 475th Fighter Group, 18 August 1955 – 2 January 1958[2]

Stations[]

  • Charters Towers, Australia, 14 May 1943
  • RAAF Base Amberley, Australia, 11 June 1943
  • Dobodura Airfield Complex, New Guinea, 14 August 1943
Operated from Port Moresby Airfield Complex, New Guinea, 12 August – 1 September 1943
  • Nadzab Airfield Complex, New Guinea, 25 March 1944
  • Hollandia Airfield Complex, New Guinea, 15 May 1944
  • Mokmer Airfield, Biak, Netherlands East Indies, 12 July 1944
  • Dulag Airfield, Leyte, 2 November 1944
Detachment operated from San Jose, Mindoro, Netherlands East Indies, 5 February – 2 March 1945
  • Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines, 27 February 1945
  • Lingayen Airfield, Luzon, Philippines, 19 April 1945
  • Ie Shima Airfield, Okinawa, 8 August 1945
  • Kimpo Air Base, Korea, 28 September 1945
  • Itazuke Air Base, Japan, 28 August 1948
  • Ashiya Air Base, Japan, 25 March – 1 April 1949
  • Truax Field, Wisconsin, 10 October 1952
  • Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, Minnesota, 18 August 1955 – 2 January 1958[2]

Aircraft[]

  • Lockheed P-38 Lightning, 1943–1946
  • North American P-51 Mustang, 1946–1949
  • North American F-86D Sabre, 1952–1955
  • Northrop F-89D Scorpion, 1955–1956
  • Northrop F-89H Scorpion, 1956–1957[2]

References[]

Notes[]

Explanatory notes
  1. ^ Aircraft are North American F-86D-40-NA Sabres. Identified aircraft include serial numbers 52-3622 and 52-3717
  2. ^ Aircraft is Northrop F-89H-5-NO Scorpion serial 54-409, stationed at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, Minnesota. Taken at Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Field, Nevada, armed with a "Genie" nuclear missile. Aircraft fired the nuclear weapon as the "John Shot" of Operation Plumb Bob, 19 July 1959
Citations
  1. ^ a b Watkins, p. 40
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 534–535

Bibliography[]

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

  • Cornett, Lloyd H; Johnson, Mildred W (1980). A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization, 1946–1980 (PDF). Peterson AFB, CO: Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  • Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) [1961]. Air Force Combat Units of World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-02-1. LCCN 61060979. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  • Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  • Watkins, Robert A. (2013). Insignia and Aircraft Markings of the U.S. Army Air Force In World War II. Volume V, Pacific Theater of Operations. Atglen,PA: Shiffer Publishing, Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7643-4346-9. |volume= has extra text (help)
  • "ADCOM's Fighter Interceptor Squadrons". The Interceptor. Aerospace Defense Command. 21 (1): 5–11, 26–31, 40–45, 54–59. January 1979.

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